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People who wish to know Alaska should always be kept in mind of the
fact that this part of the territory at least is no more like the frozen Alaska
of fiction than an apple is like a snow ball. We have suffered immensely by
the ridiculous stories that have been sent broadcast by fictionists and by the
supposed writers of facts that are more false than fiction. It might be
news to many that these stories cause broad smiles when they do not cause
disgust amongst the people who live in the places which they are supposed
to describe.
Kight todav, on the fourteenth day of l>eceinber. the grass around the
city of Seward is just as green as it is in the state of Washington, lo see a
hit of snow one must raise his eyes to the high peaks ot the mountains. 1 he
trees are just as green and the landscape is just as russet brown, or green,
or clear of white as any place one can imagine.
People are walking about the streets without overcoats and the ther
mometers are no more thought of than they are in the city of Seattle.
For mercy’s sake let the people outside get this into their heads and
forget that freezing dope of diseased or hard-working imaginations..
At all periods in all ages there is always one period in which the dev
elopment of one country is most promi nent. Providence acts like a great land
holder who has taken over the task of development as quickly as his resources
permit all the great tracts of territory in his possession one by one. To begin
w ith he dev elopes the fields most accOssible and as time goes on he takes up,
one after the other, the fields further off.
For ages Alaska has been the neglected field. Civilization began at the
end of the earth most remote from this territory. It took centuries for this
civilization to move to the continent of which Alaska is a part. But in :
this period Alaska is the land which comes next in the work of development
bv providence, or whatever you might like to call this strange historical man
ifestation.
To reach each of these lands this providential developer has had to
select one chief gateway for the most favorable entry. Like a general in the
held he has had to carefully consider the most favorable line of approach and,
again like a general, he has had to keep always in mind the fact that entry
by the richer provinces presents greater promise of quicker success.
The kenai peninsula easily presents greater advantages for this entry
than any of the other points mentioned in the report of the secretary of the
interior. It is facile princeps as the most fertile route to the interior. Be
ginning at the very edge of salt water it presents opportunities for develop
ment which no other district in Alaska can boast of. If the government rail
road is intended not to reach some given point, whose resources are doubtful, .
hut to open good country along its right of way as it goes along Seward is ,
the gateway designed by this providential landowner for the most favorable
entry into the new territory which is about to be opened to production.
Nrms from AU
Parts of thr
U Northland tt
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In the last mail from the Coast, let
ters were received stating that Walter
Johnson, formerly of Fairbanks, was
in the hospital at Juneau, suffering
from paralysis. Ali one side of the
patient’s body was paralyzed, and the
former Fairbanks business man was
said to be in a critical condition.
CORDOVA.—Angelo Velisalis, who
was shot near Cordova by Tony
Papas, was a southbound passenger
on the Alameda for Douglas, where he
will be placet! in the hospital for
treatment.
Velisalis was taken to Valdez, and
appeared as a witness against Papas,
being brought into court on a stretch
er, since which time he has been in
the hospital at that place.
A brother of the injured man, a
resident of Douglas, came north on
the Alameda, and is now taking him
back to Douglas, where he will be
placet! in the hospital. His principal
injury is a fractured vertebra, caus
ing partial paralysis, and it is ex
tremely doubtful if he will recover
sufllciently to be able to walk.
FAIR BAN KS.—In a letter received
Wednesday night by Clerk McBride of
the district court, Judge Fuller writes
that he is in Los Angeles and expects
to remain there awhile. His future
plans he did not mention, rather leav
ing the impression that they were un
formed.
FAIRBANKS.—A report received
from Seattle on the last mail states
that Mr. A1 Thompson, the former
Clear} operator, and Miss Johanna
Lund, formerly proprietress of the
Golden Gate hotel, were married in
the States recently. The exact date of
the marriage is not known, as the
news was conveyed on a postal card
and simply stated the fact that the
couple were married and were living
in Seattle.
Returning from the Tolovana dis
trict, where they have spent tw?o
months looking over conditions and
prospecting, J. C. Kinney and Gus
Conrad reached Fairbanks yesterday
afternoon. Both men speak conser
vatively of the district, but, like all
others who have returned, say that
some excellent prospects have been
located along Livengood and other
creeks, and they think that it will
make a good camp.
SEATTLE, Nov. HO.—A. A. Jones,
first assistant secretary of the inter
ior has rendered a decision declaring
the claimants to the Detroit group of
coal claims in the Cook Inlet region,
Alaska, are not entitled to patents, ac
cording to an announcement mode at
the land commissioner’s office here
this morning. The claims embrace
16, 000 Acres.
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Established 1905 E. UVIN, Prop.
If
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While
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Some Suggestions and a tew Prices:
In this store you will not find one article that is not the best that it is
possible to obtain from the Outside Manufacturers. We buy only the best,
and we cater to the trade, that is willing to pay a fair price for the best.
We have found that it is easier to show a customer why a good article
costs a little more, than it is to explain to him, why an inferior article did
not wear.
STEIN-BLOCH SL ITS WINTER of 1914-5 models $25.00 to $10.00. Late
styles, New Fabrics. The kind they try to imitate.
Has
KENYON OVERCOAT AND RAIN COATS Balmacaan Models $15.00 to
$30.00. All weather proof, some plaid backs, the best coats made in
America. Remember One Fourth off this month.
FANCY MACKINAWS Made by Bird Jones and Kenyon $8.00 to $15.00. In
fancy pliads, water proof The Coat for Alaska. Brown, Blues, and
Grays plain colors $3.00 each
SHIRTS PRE SHRUNK FLANNEL Guiterman Bros, make, $3.50 to $8.00.
The latest ideas in shirts. Sargent Collars, serges tweeds, cassimeres,
and Cheviots. You should see them.
STONY CREEK TROUSERS a complete stock of the very best dress pants
and working pants made in America. All sires and all weights. $4.00 to
$6.00.
DUXBAK RIDING BREECHES Reinforced knee and seats Made to lace
below the knee. Fine for the trail. $4.00.
MACKINAW RIDING BREECHES, Duxbak faced. The greatest winter pant
made. Warm and durable $9.00.
HEAVY WOOLEN BLANKETS Ten pound weight. Regular Hudson Bay
type. Fine for winter $9.00.
DAHMNEREDOWN QUILTS, DAMHNERESILK COVERED Light as a
feather warm as toast $7.50.
DOE SKIN TRAIL VESTS Come in Corduroy and Mole skin, knit Neck
and Wristlets, The best trail garment made $6.00 to $8.00.
UNDERWEAR All kinds, all weights prices from $3.50 to $8.00 Pure wool,
silk and wool, Union and two piece styles.
SOCKS All kinds all weights from gauze to heaviest 3 for $1.00.
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 “Don’t forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
HOW MODERN
GUNS WOUND
.
SURGEON GENERAL TELLS OF
THE VARIOUS SORTS OF
INJURIES IN WAR.
—
(By The Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Dec. 12.—The German
surgeons have begun to talk about
their experience in healing the wound
ed in this war. Prof. Payr of Leipsic
University, who is acting as Surgeon
General to the Saxon Army, recently
delivered an address at one of the im
provised hospitals on the line of the
German communications, in which he
gave much interesting information on
this subject.
Payr pointed out that the balls used
• in shrapnel shells produce much more
dangerous wounds than rille bullets.
They carry into the body fragments
of clothing, a corresponding quantity
of dangerous germs; and they are
much more likely to be lodged in the
body. There was suppuration in 70 to
75 per cent of cases. The same danger
is still more serious with wounds from
fragments of shells. It was found ,too
that this war has been especially
marked by the great number of such
wounds. Not only do shell-fragments
carry germs into the body with bits
of clothing, but the dangerous gasses
from the shrapnel explosion often ad
here to the fragments and balls in
sufficient quantities* to poison the
wound. Lock-jaw is often produced
by wounds of this character; but by
vaccinating patients with a tetanus
serum the surgeons have
materially reduced the ratio of deaths
in such cases since the first weeks of
tKn u'nr
Especially dangerous are the
wounds caused by fragments of bombs
thrown by aviators. Even very small
fragments often produce much more
angerous wounds than much larger
pieces of ordinary she'ls. These small
fragments penetrate very deep into
the body, cutting through all blood
vessels; and thick masses of muscle
are cut through as with a sharp knife.
Aeroplane bombs also frequently
cause bad burns.
So far as simple flesh wounds from
small-calibre rifles are concerned,
Payr found that these heal very rapi
dly. In most cases the wounded were
able to return to the ranks within a
week or two. Even in cases of chest
wounds, where the riba are not touch
ed, healing is usually very rapid, even
though the lungs be penetratd.
A new kind of wound has been
caused by the sharp steel arrows
thrown at great heights by French
aeroplanists. These arrows have about
the thickness of an ordinary lead pen
cil, and when thrown from a height
of about 5,000 feet strike their victim
at the velocity of a bullet just leaving
the muzzle of a rifle. Payr says they
produce very dangerous wounds.
Dr. Payr declares that the small
bullet badly shatters the hollow bones
of arm and legs when striking them
at short distances but that at greater
distances they tend more to bore a
smooth hole, with little or no fractur-:
ing. Hones near the joints are shot
through smoothly, and the wounds
heal with no difficulty. Another effect
of the present type of bullet is to cut
through the blood vessels, whereas
they would often be pushed aside by
the older lead bullet and escape dis
ruption. This is regarded by Payr as
one dangerous result of the small j
calibre bullet, especially where veins |
and arteries are cut through deep in
the flesh.
Wounds in the abdomen, says Payr,
are most likely to heal without an op
eration than with one; and this, he
says, was first proved in the Hoer
War. The difficulty in the way of an
operation is that it is almost impos
sible to take the necessary antiseptic,
precautions.
VISITORS NEAR BATTLE
LINE CLOSELY WATCHED.
JONCHERY, Dec. 12.—The civilian
visitors to any village near the firing
line are usually compelled to sleep in
the vechicles in which they came. As
to getting anything to eat or drink,
this is almost impossible. The rest
aurant or inkeeper always declares
that all food has been requisitioned
by the soldiers. If the visitor has i
brought his provisions with him, he
may eat them at the inn, but nothing
can be cooked in the place owing to !
the lack of fuel.
The visitor may not go out into the
streets betw'ccn six o’clock in the
evening and five o’clock in the morn
ing, so severe are the restrictions of
martial law. Should he break the re
gulations, he is arrested and kept in
the gendarmery until an escort has
been provided, which accompanies him
to some city far to the rear, and he i3
put under parole not to approach the
lines again during the campaign.
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days each month on the
5th, 15th, 25th,
ADMIRAL WATSON AND ADMIRAL EVANS
via "the INSIDE PASSAGE, for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat.
Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez. Latouche, Seward.
Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak Island.
PUGET SOUND-CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle to San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and Har
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Right/reserved to change steamers and saiiing dates without notice.
B F. WATSON, General Agent. WAYNE BLUE, Local Agent
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. Si
Steamers Alameda and Mariposa sail from Seattle
every eight days tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
S. S/DORA leaves.Seward 15th of each month for Cook Inlet points and Dutch Harbor.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th,
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
Right reserved to change this schedule without notice"^
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