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SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25. 1915
With all the editorials that appear from day to day all over the world we
seldom see the editorial itself made the subject of an editorial. The editorial,
to speak in the good old manner of the juvenile school days, is an institution
which even newspaper possessses whether there is anything to say or not.
No newspaper seems to be without its editorial page although, really, there
i; no good reason why newspapers should make any comments at all on any
thing. Their true function would appear to be to give the news and let leisur
jy essayists make the comments. It is not to be expected that one who has
tv> write columns of comments day in and day out can produce the best that
is in him. When Horace Greeley was asked why he was not more careful of
his English—why he used such long words when smaller ones would be purer
he answered by saying that he didn’t have the time. 1 his is the case with
all people writing for the daily press. They are required to fill a certain
amount of space one day after the other and the thing becomes a mechanical
ly mental grind, if one might use such a term.
It is well known in the newspaper business that after a long rest ideas
>eem to be hatched in the thoughts. This is one of the reasons why so many
people outside the profession of the Fourth estate flatter themselves that
they could write so much better. In their minds are ideas which they simply
itch to express. Every man has some such ideas, or, at least, one idea, and
the man of one idea is the most egotistical of all the human race. Let him
start out in the attempt to propagate that idea; let him even start out to
continually express half a dozen ideas ami he will very soon find that there
are a mighty lot of people in this world who have polarly opposite concep
tions of the same subjects.
To write editorials one must touch on almost all things and the man
who thinks he can speak or write on all subjects only proves that he can
write one infallible truth—he can write himself down an ass.
Literature in the shape of editorials does not exist. Unfortunate!) wh.it
passes for fine writing in the belief of the majority is nothing but the crude
ness of exaggerated expression, the rumbling of verbal rocks, the vigor of
non-restraint, the verbosity of looseness, the superfluity born of haste and
the sophistry which comes from shallowness or careless thinking. And
those very qualities are the very worst, and are also the very kind inevitable
in the hurried grind of the newspaper office.
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TREAGOLD’S FIRST NEW
GOLD EXCAVATOR ARRIVES.;
DAWSON.—A. N. C. Treadgold’s
new placer digging machine has ar
rived in Dawson, and is to be taken
to the creeks immediately. It will be
placed on upper Dominion creek, and
it is expected to get it into operation
this fall and to run it long enough to
give it a thorough trial before the
freezeup.
This axacavator is built after the!
style of certain ones used extensively
in Europe for some time for excavat
ing gravel, and working chalk, coal
and other deposits. It has a capacity
in such material equal to that of the
largest gold dredges working in the
I Klondike, and the cost is understood !
! to be only about one- tenth as much
' as the dredges. The excavator, it is
hoped, will so reduce the cost of work-1
i ing in frozen gravels and to revolu-!
tionize mining in such placers, es
1 pecially on creeks, and thus to bring
into the zone of profitable working ^
many low-grade creeks which other-,
wise could not be operated by the (
| ordinary procsss of thawing and with ;
dredges.
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PAY REPORTED LOST
IN THE ( HIS ANA.
Word has been received in a letter
from the Chisana that Charley Range,
who had the rich pay on discovery
claim on Skookum gulch last year,
ran out of the pay this year alter
working only live feet into the face
from the point where he shut down
last fall. Range, the writer says,
would have saved himself a heavy ex
penses had he worked a few feet
further last fall, as he went outside
during the winter and bought and
brought in heavy equipment for
further mining this year. It is under
stood Range will do further prospect
ing with hopes of finding the pay
elsewhere on the claim. The lower
end of the Range claim adjoins the
, Carl Whitham claim on Little El
dorado.
HENRY OWREN SUCCUMBS
FROM RECENT injuries.
DAWSON, August G.—Henry
Owren, who was injured internally
when the Canadian Klondyke dredge
No. 2 plunged from its piling into the
pond several days ago, passed away
yesterday at the Good Samaritan hos
pital from the effects of the injuries.
Mr. Owren was a native of Norway,
31 years of age, and a member of the
Eagles. He leaves a brother in Miles
City, Montana, who has been notified
by wire of the death and asked for
advice as to the disposition of the re
mains.
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STREETS WILL BE IMPROVED.
ANCHORAGE.—Contracts will be
awarded immediately for street im
provement work which comprehends
the placing of a layer of gravel for
a width of fifteen feet from B. street
along Fourth avenue as far as K
street, and from B. street along Fifth
avenue as far as K street. The work
will be done under the auspices of the
townsite manager and under the im
mediate direction of the town
engineer.
The work of building sidewalks
along Fourth and Fifth avenues will
start as soon as the lumber arrives
from the outside. None of the kind
required for the purpose could be ob
tainod here.
The permanent water supply sys
tem will likewise be installed as soon j
as the necessary material arrives.
The lighting and power system and
the local telephone system are mat
ters that are as yet undetermined, but
it is quite possible that an early solu
tion of these problems will be found.
—(Pioneer.)
CANADIAN CAStJALITIES
ONE-THIRI) ORIGINAL FORCE.
OTTAWA.—The over-Sunday cas
ualties reported from the Iront num
bered slightly over 100. They in
clude Ml members of the eighth bat
talion who are among the missing.
The total number of killed is now
1,658, wounded, 6,405, and missing,
1,766, a total of 9,829.
The first overseas contingent num
Sr
be red MM,000, so that the Canadian
casualties represent almost one-third
of the original force.
A large number of the wounded
I have, however, returned to the ranks
or will do so.—(Ex.)
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PASSING OF FORMER
DAWSON ACTRESS.
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Lists 6-1661,*1661,-1683,-1664.
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
NATIONAL FOREST.
NOTICE Is hereby Riven that the Innds
described below, embracing 640.58 acres,
within the ChUgach National Forest, Alusku.
will be subject to settlement and entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June II, 1906;
(34 Slat., 233), at the United States land
ollice at Juneau, Alaska, on October 16, 1913.
Any settler who was actually and in good
faith claiming any of said lands lor agricul
tural purposes prior to January I, 1906, and
lias not abandoned same, has a preference ft
right to mako a homestead entry for the
lands Hdually occupied. Said lands were
.isted upon the applications of the pel sons
mentioned below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such settler,
•rovided such settler or applicant is qualified
o make homestead entry and tin1 preference
right, is exercised prior to October 16, 1915,
#n which date the lands will Is- subject to
M’ltlument and entry by any qualified person,
i'hu lands embrace a tract of 159.08 acres,
described as follows: Beginning at Corner
No. 1 whence Forest Service Monument
(hereinafter described) bears N. 21 deg. W.,
;3 chs. ; extending thence Hlong shore 60 feet
oack from line of ordinary high tide N. 21
leg. W., 23 chs.; thence N. 19 deg. W., IV
•lis. ; thence E. 49.32 ciis.; theme S. 37.54
■h*. ;thence W. 36.65 chs., to the place of l>e
ginning. Forest Service Monument consists
.f n hard rock boulder marked F. S. M. 11.
whence the mouth of Nikiski Creek No. 1.
i>enrs N. 22 deg. VV., 16.60 chs. Listed upon
application of John Hedberg, Kenai, Alaska;
| Ulst 6-1661. A tract of 160 acres, described
as follows: Beginning at Corner No. I, a
spruce post marked ll-l ; whence the south
east corner of Section 6, T. 13 N„ R. 2 \s., _
(as per unapproved ti. L. O. survey), Is-ars
N. 59 deg. 30 min. W., 42.70 chs.; extending „
thence E. 20 chs.; thence N. 1" chs.; thence r
E, 20 chs.; thence N. 20 chs.; thence W. 40 I
chs.; thence S. 60 chs., to the place of be
ginning, application of J. H. Wilson, Knik,
Alaska; List 6-1662. A tract of 169.99 acres,
described as follows: Beginning at Corner
No. I, a spruce post set sixty feet hack from
line of ordinary high tide, marked U-l
whence Forest Service Monument (hereinafter
described), lwars S. 77 deg. W., 259 links; I
extending thence S. 16 deg. E., 40 chs.; I
thence K. 36.10 chs.; thence N. 38.46 chs; I
thence W. 47.12 chs.. to the place of licgin- fl
ning. Forest Service Monument consists of a I
granite boulder situated at edge of ordinary ■
high tide line on east shore of < ook Inlet, I
whence the mouth of Salamuto Creek Ix-ars S. I
16 deg. B. Vi mile. Application of Frank g
Lashbrrtoke, Kenai, Alaska; List 6-1663. A
tract of 160.61 acres, described as follows: ,
, Beginning at Corner N'o. I, a post in ground
60 feet in renr of mean high tide line on j
north shore of Kachemak Bay. marked ll-l I
whence Forest Service Monument (hereinafter g
| described) U-ars N. 53 deg. 15 min. E., 33.90
' ciis. ; extending thence meandering north
: shore of Kachemak Bay 60 feet back from
mean high tide line S. 49 deg. W.. 6.90 chs. ;
1 S. 58 deg. W., 7.80 chs.; S. 67 deg. \N ., 6.2 >
chs.; S. 74 deg. W., 7.45 cha. ; S. 52 deg. 30
| ,„in. W., 12.60 chs., to Corner No. 2. thence
N. 30 chs.; thence N. 25 deg. W., 43.50 chs.;
thence E. 19 chs.; thence S. 20 deg. E., 20.50 I
' chs.; thence E. 9.50 chs.; thence S. 36 deg. I
K., 29 chs. ; thence S. 6.60 chs.. to the place J
of tieginning Forest Service Monument situ- (
nted at extreme high tide line on north shore
of Kachemak Bay 1 chains west of the right
bank of Fox Creek at the mouth, marked
F. S. M. II., application of A. J. Clark,
I Homer, Alaska; List 6-1664. June 29, 1915.
j C. M. BRUCE, Assistant Commissioner of the
I General Land Ollice
First publication, Aug. 16, 1915.
Last publication. Sept. 6, 1915.
Julia Walcott, a footlight favorite
in the halcyon days of Dawson, pass
ed away recently in Chicago. Julia
was one of the most popular actresses
ever in Dawson, and, after leaving
there, worked up to the foremost
companies in the legitimate drama.
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Lists 6-1497,*1657,*l703.
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
NATIONAL FOREST
NOTICE is hereby given that the lands de
scribed below, embracing 3#«j-20 acres,
tvunin the Chugach National forest, Alaska,
will bo subject to settlement and entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws ol the
United States and the act of June II, lib"*
UU Stat.. 233), at the United States land
office at Juneau. Alaska, on October 10, 1915.
Any settler who was actually and in good a
faith claiming any of said lands for agricul- H
tural purposes prior to January 1, 1906, ami S
has not abandoned same, has a preference ■
right to make a homestead entry for the ■
lands actually occupied. Said lands were ■
.isted upon the applications of the persons |
mentioned below, who have a preference right 3
subject to the prior right of any such settler, ■
provided such settler or applicant is qualified ■
to make homestead entry and the preference ■
right is exercised prior to October 16, 1915, D
on which date the lands will Ik* subject to ■
settlement and entry by any qualified person. W
The lands embrace a tract of 160 acres, de- I
scribed as follows: Beginning at Corner No. ■
1, a spruce post marked 11-1 whence the 4
southeast corner of Sec. 6, T. 13 N\, It. 2 W.,
(as |»er unapproved G. L. t). Survey) hears
N. H4 deg. 30 min. W„ 16.85 chs; extending
thence E. 20 chs.; thence S. 8u chs.: thence
vV. 20 chs. ; thence N. 80 chs., to the place of
beginning Listed upon application of Karl
Johan Algot Nelson, knik. Alaska.; List
6-1497. A tract of 169.8? acres, described as
follows: Beginning at Corner No. 1. iden
tical with Forest Service Monument (herein
after described) : extending thence meander
ing the left bank of the Kenai river at a
point sixty feet distant from line of ordinary
high tide. S. 28 deg. E., 3 chs.; thence S. 36
deg. E.. 7 chs.: thence S. 40 deg. E., 6 chs.;
thence S. 17 deg. E., 3 chs.: thence S. 70 deg.
K., 4 chs.; thence S. 82 deg. E.. 10 chs.: _
thence S. 86 deg. E.. 7 chs. to Corner No. 2:
thence S. 45.38 chs.; thence W. 32.20 chs.; m
thenc* N. 63.58 chs., to the place of begin
ning Forest Service Monument consists of a
spruce post marked F. S. M. H-l in the
ground on left bnnk of the Kenai River sixty
f,H*t distant from line of ordinary high tide
and approximately two miles distant southerly
from the village of Kenai, East snore of
Cook Inlet, whence P. F. Vian Store Building
within the village of Kenai liears N. 12 deg.
W., 2 miles and the water tank at North
western Fisheries cannery on right hank of
the Kenai river bears N. 30 deg. E., approx.
I and 14 miles. Listed ur»on application of
Roy Forsythe. Kenai. Alaska: List 6-1657.
The lands embrace a tract of 6540 acres, de- 1
scribed as follows; Beginning at Corner No.
I, a post in ground on line of ordinary high
tide near head of Forbcrg Bay. marked H-l. '
thence meandering the west shore of I*orl*erg j
Bay on line of ordinary high tide S. 61 deg.
30 min. E., 2 chs.; thence N. 66 deg. K., 2.20
chs.; thence N. 38 deg. E„ 6 chs.; thence N.
18 deg. E.. 2.80 chs. to Corner No. 2, thence
N. 31 deg. W., 11 chs.; thence N. 59 deg. E.,
S chs; thence N. 8 deg. E., 5 chs.; thence S.
83 deg. W., 15 chs.; thence S. 30 deg. W., 25
chs.; thence S. 25 deg. E., 10 chs.; thence _
N. 75 deg. E., 16 chs. to the place of begin
ning, listed upon application of Price E. —,
Nettleton. Cordova, Alaska: List 6*1703. June
29, 1915. C. M. BRUCE, Assistant Commis
sioner of the General Land Office.
First publication, Aug. 16, 1915.
Last publication, Sept. C, 1915.
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