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ANOTHER WORLD WAR
WARSAW. Nov., 12— War between
Germany and Poland will be inevitable
if the plebiscite to be held soon in up
per Silesia gives that region to Ger
many. The Gazette Poiana says that
the newspapers predict another world
war a* the result with Fra ice and Bel
guim joining Poland and Great Brit
ian siding with Germany.
PARIS, Nov., J2— The foreign of
fices today stated that the predictions
of a World’s War over Silesia by the
Polish newspapers was rather fanciful
and unworthy of consideration.
GOLDEN PTARMIGAN
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laist Tuesday, Private Anrig and |
Volenchi, members of the local detach I
ment of the 21st Infantry, decided to
climb Marathon Mountain in search of
ptarmigan. Equiped with shot guns
and plenty of ammunition they start
ed out and by evening had succeeded
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in potting eleven nice fat specimens
of the feathered tribe. Tired but hap
py they returned to quarters and per
suaded the cook to dress and prepare
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the birds for*# feast..-Now comes the
most interesting part of the story
which is vouched for and sworn to by
the cook, the hunters and every other
member of the detachment
On Wednesday morning the cook,
O. M. Brown while preparing the birds
was amazed to find a small gold nug
get in the craw of one of the birds.
When he had ossured himself that the
nugget was real gold he carefully in
spected the remaining contents of the
craw and found two more of about the
same site. He informed the rest of the
soldiers of his extraordinary find aid
by so doing created a desire on the
part of every member to go hunting.
The nuggets were brought to town by
Private Evans and shown to several
expert mineroligists among whom
were B. D. Stewart, Mine Inspector
for Alaska and F. G. MacDonald of the
Treadwell company. The gold was pro
nounced a good quality and of the
placer kind. It was flat and dull in
color and the total value of the three
nuggets was placed at apprximately
$4.00. Some where on Marathon moun
tain or along Resurrection Creek or
one of the many creeks tributary to it
the ptarmigan that produced the find
picked up the nuggets with other gra
vel and pebbles. Gold colors of the
flour rarity have been found on Re
surrection and other streams in the
vicinity but nothing like the nuggets
discovered in the dead bird have ever
been discovered. The snow in the
5 gulches and on Marathon Mountain
at the present time make it impossible
for the lucky hunters to go prospect
ing but it is a cinch that if they are
still in Seward next summer that they
will spend all of their time in the
vicinity where they shot the birds!
looking far the place where the ptar
migan picked up three valuable di
gestive pills.
In the meantime the nuggets are
being carefully guarded. One of thc^
richest sapphire mines in Montana
was discovered by a prospector who
found a polished stone in the craw of
a Woe grouse which he had killed, so
not a placer mine from the con
torts of a ptarmigans craw.
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DIGEST OF LOCAL NEWS ! p;.
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Every hotel and lodging house in
| Seward has been filled to capacity durjj
| ing the past few days. . The largest
| crowd of passengers ever hauled op
th*» Gateway Flier arrived in town,
| Wednesday night from Anchorage and-'
other interior points. The arrival of
the Alameda from the south further
[ increased the crowd. Going out for thtj
winter months and coming in. Th£
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j crowd that returned to Anchorage and
other points along the railroad this,
morning almost equaled that which ar^
rived Wednesday. New men for the,
sec-tion gangs, foremen and laborers*,
bridge builders and construction, me
chanics, women and children, the fore
runners of the mighty army of new
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people who will march into the terri-.
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tory next year and every year after
until Alaska has a population that will
enable her to become a state. . j
W. C. Baird a commercial ti*aveler.
from Seattle is registered at the Ov
erland, Capt. W. H. Beyman, master
and pilot of the government boat Jeff
Davis, which plies the waters of the
Yukon during the summer months is
at the Overland with nine members of
his crew. E. B. Bartean, head of the
White Pass route on the Yukon is al
so staying at the Overland. John
Charley of Fairbanks has a room at
the Overland and in the room with
him is a crate cotaining several dozen
strawberry plants that were grown
and matured in Fairbanks. . These
plants are being guarded by Mr. |
Charley with a forty five. He is tak-1
ing them out on the Alameda to Win-!
nipeg Canada, where he. will plant
them on Canadian soil to demonstrate
to his many friends that the strftw
berry of Alaska is secohd to hone in
the world. Mr. H. A. MacDonald trav- 1
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eling representative of the Treadwell
Co. is at the Sexton also Mr. Stewart
of Juneau, Inspector of Mines for the
Territory. George T. Harlow from
Mile 26 is staying at the Seward with
his wife. They will spend this winter
in Cotati, Cal. , the first in five years.
A large number of mining men, from
Brooks one of the interior mining
towns are also registered at the Sew
ard. A. G. Dickinson frdm-Anchorage
the genial proprietor of Dick's fam- ‘
ous kitchen is staying at the Seward.
Mr. Dickenson is on his way out to see
about a complete outfit for an up-to
date cafeteria for • the Commission
City. E. J. Hickey the Beau Brammel
of the A. E. C. and erstwhile wrestler
of freight at Anchorage is returning
t> Seattle for a few months of well
earned rest. B. C. Elms and wife, I..
A. brown and wife and* Ike Taylor as
sistant engineer on the Nenana divis
ion are also staying at the Sewa> d.
Judge Jas. Truitt, Asst. Prosecuting
Attmuey from Anchorage left on the
morning limited for Anchorage. Ralph
KilnniJler manager of rthe Anchorage
Drug Co. returned to that place this’
turning.
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SOVIET SUCCESSES REPORTED
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LONDON, Nov, 12c—' The Russian
Soviet forces today penetrated Gen.
Wrangell* first line of defenses at Yu
shumaak.Crimea says a ffadeM from
Mannar, aid succeeded in- capturing
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; SEBASTAPOL, Nov., 12— General
Wrangell head of the South Russia an
ti Bolshevik government is withdraw
ing his troops in Northern Crimea to
ward the main defense line which runs
through the village of Lushun ten
miles south of Perekop. He is success
fully resisting all attacks by the Sov
ct troops.
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ADD WORLD WAR
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Bringing the largest shipment of
raimleer meat ever • shipped but of
Alaska, the Akiska Steamship Comp
ipiy’s steamer Victoria, Capt. John
Johnson, arrived in Seattle Monday
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morning on her last voyage of the sea
son from Nome. In addition to 2,000
carcasses of reindeer meat, the Vic
toria has a valuable cargo of gold, the
result of the season’s cleanup in the
Nome district, and a shipment of furs
from the Aleutian Islands. The Rein
deer meat is to be stored at the Bell
Street Cold stroage planj of the port
commission and will be placed on the
market in Seattle and other large cit
ies-of the country.
A Washington special-says Secre
tary of the Interior Payne in his es
timates for the fiscal year ending June
30; 1922, includes $10,000,000 for work
on the Alaska railroads. . .
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9 SPECIAL NOTICE AGAIN . 115
9 If there is any person in Seward 9
9 who has a rose colored tulle 9
9 scarf picked up by mistake at the 9
9 Halloween Ball will they please 9
9 deliver it to the Gateway Office. 9
9 The scarf was lost by Mrs. Towle *
9 on the night of the dance and is *
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9 .part of a set which cannot be re- 9
9 placed. Rose in color. Tulle the 9
9 material and the property of Mrs. 9
9 Towle. .. •
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The Alaska American Paper Corpor
ation has incorporated with Samuel 1>.
Haword, A. Roy Meyers , and Ray
mond J. Gorman, incorporators and.
directors.
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• . The Petersburg By-Products Co.,
'at Scow Bay in Southeastern Alaska
h;ts discontinued operations for this
winteY. Thirty-three "tons of fertilizer
and 4,700 gallons of fish oil were put
•up. by the. company during the few
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weeks of operation last summer.
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^’yWARD'32 Clear Cidm.
Am borage 11 Clear Calm
?.t:itanuska 10 CWtr Calm. ..
v,*is:ila 8 Clear Cairo.
SrPkeetha 2D:Clear f
(. elocreek .20. A’orth.
T*j,) nChhe‘18 Cl rir >orthi *
Summit 0’ Clear North. /
Heal? 20 Cfcar North.
Nenana 2,4 C/lepr Calm. . *
. Fairbanks 10 Clear Calm.
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* PIONEER Meeting Tonight at 8 •
* (►'clock, visiting brothers welcome; *
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SOME TREE
. COLVILLE, Wash., Nov.t 10
Forty varieties of fruit are growing
on one tree in the J. N. Skeggs orch
ard two miles northwest of Colville.
Starting with a Ben Davis tree about
13 years ago, Mr. Skeggs began graft
ing different varieties of apples and
pears pn this tree until now he has 30
differOit kinds of apples and pears,
16 of them winter apples, and nine
different kinds of pears. Mr. Skeggs
states he has the earliest of apples on
this tree as well as the latest.
Quince also grows on the tree as
well as*a gooseberry bush. Mr. Skeggs
expects to keep on grafting the goose
berry bush until he gets it into bear
ing.
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The Victoria brought more than 500
passengers made up of mining men,
Nome merchants and residents coming
out for the winter.
NOTICE
City taxes are now due and may be
paid at the office of H. Dougherty,
City Treasurer.
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> • PROCLAMATION
Three hundred years ago, the Pil
grim Fathers landed on the shores of
Massachusetts and founded a nation.
Two years ago the armies of the
civilized world, imbued with that same
love of freedom held by the founders
of this country, forced the powers of
tyranny to their knees to sue for
peace.
Throughout the war now ended,
with its unfading memories, the Unit
ed states did its share nobly and un
complainingly, led in all patriotic ac
tivities by the men and women of Al
aska.
We are thankful that the people ot
our country are returning to peactui
pursuits without the serious disturb
ances accompanying the readjustment
of conditions in other countries, and
that in the recent political campaigns,
the defeated parties have accepted the
verdict of the electorate, - confident
that the United States, safeguarded
under the Constitution, will furnish to
the world an example of free and dem
ocratic government.
NOW , THEREFORE, I., Thomas
Riggs, Jr., Governor of Alaska, do
proclaim Thursday, November 25th, a
HOLIDAY, to be observed throughout i
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the Territory.of Alaska as:— j.
“THANKSGIVING DAY” to be cel
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ebrated according to the dictates of re
ligious conscience in the home and in,
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the church, by appropriate ceremonies
a'hd prayers of gratitude. ..j
Given under my hand and the Seal j
of the Territory of Alaska, in Juneau,
the capital, this 11th day of November
in the year of Oui Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States the
One Hundred and Forty-fifth.
THOMAS RIGGS, Jr., j
Governor.’
(SEAL)
By the Governor:
Ifc J. SOMMERS,
Ex-offido Secretary of Alaska.’
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Bofst Seward but Never Knock.
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The Petersburg B> -Products Co:,
capitalized for $100,000, has been in
corporated by J. H. Scott, W. R. Le
bo and E. L. Peacock.
The Alaska Reduction Company
has started a ncw-by-products plant
at Scow Bay near Petersburg.
The Alaska Cilacier Sea Food Co.,
has increased its equipment to handle
six tons of shrimp daily for the com
ing winter.
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L. R. Ellson, president of the Un
ion Bay Fisheries Company, is in
stalling machinery at Union Bay to
can crabs in addition to the salmon
packing business.
.John VV. Troy, Collector of Cus
toms for Alaska, reports shipments
from Alaska for September amount
mg to $14,8511,525. Of this amount
$12,077,022 was canned salmon.
As a memorial to the life and work
of Right Rev. 1*. T. Rowe, bishop of
Alaska, a movement is being launeh
cd by officials of the Episcopal Chureh
to raise $100,000 for a “Bishop Rowe
Anniversary Fund,” the income from
which will *bb used to carry on the
work inauguarated by Bishop Rowe
during his twenty-five years in Alas
ka. The 26th anniversary of Bishop
Rowe’s missionary episoopate will be
observed Nov. 20.
Subscribe for the Gateway.
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Wanted one complete oil drilling outfit
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FRESH Sable fish and Halibut.
Barbecued SABLE FISH.
SMOKED SILVER SALMON.
SEWARD FISH CO.
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FRANCE STUBBORN
PARIS, Nov., 12— France is unal
terably opposed to the admission of
Germany into the League of Nations
at the present time unless it is neces
sary to do so. Some drastic action? on
the part of Germany if she is admitt
ed is feared.
HUNGER STRIKE OFF
CORK, Nov., 12— The hunger
strike of the nine Irish prisoners who
have been fasting for liberty for nine
ty four days was called off today.
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AUSTRIA ASKS
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GENEVA,-Nov., 12— The League
of Nations secretariat received today
a formal application from the Austri
an government for admission into the
League of Nations. * \ *
BIB
AL ASKA LETTER
SEATTLE, Nov., 10- “The Univer
sity of Washington must be a big bro
ther to Alaska until Alaska has a uni
versity of its own” is the assuring
message of Henry, president of the
University of Washington, in answer
co a letter written by the Alaska Bur
eau upon receipt of a letter from the
Juneau Commercial Association urg
ing tiiat no limit be pleaced on the
registration of Alaskans in the state
institution. The action of Juneau Com
mercial Association is in anticipation
of any steps which may be taken by
die Board of Regents to limit the re
gistration of students after this quar
ter.
Recognizing the importance of
fostering friendly relations between
Alaska and Washington, President
Suzzalo has hastened to assure the
Alaska bureau of the willingness of
the state university to always heartily
cooperate with Alaska.
“Some of the men from Alaska
were admitted on special dispensation
this year, after the formal registra
tion because we had to take into* con
sideration the sailing dates of the
stcumers,” President Suzzallo stated
in showing how the situatoh was met
this fall. “We feel a special obligation
to care for the Alaska people because
practically all of. them are coming
here. I understand that all of the-je*
cent high school graduates of Alaska
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except three came to the university. I
will present your communication to
the Board with assurance that they
will share the attitude, of the admin*
istration as here expressed.” * *
. Thirty-four students front Alaska
attended the University of Washing*
ton during the regular session last
year, an increase of twenty-one over
the proceeding year, according to fig*
ures recently compiled by the state
university. Of this number practically
every section of Alaska was represent*
ed from the southeastern towns to the
Fairbanks valley and Nome.
: For several years Alaskan students
have belonged to the4Sourdough Club*
on the campus. Prior to the war, more
than eighty fotmer University of
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Washington students were living in or
near Juneau, Alaska, where meetings .
were held regularly to renew college *
interests and to work for the advance-.
nient of the university, which must
continue to be a University for Ala^a
as well aa of Washington, until Alaska
ojvns i university of her owii !'
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| FLEET TO CRUI8E 1
[ NEW YORK, Not., 12— He At
l^ntic land Pacific fleets of the U. S..
Navy Will make a joint cruise to the
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west coast of South America in Feb
ruary. The Atlantic fleet will stop at
Call-ao, Peru, for a visit and the Pa
cific fleet will continue to Valparise,
Chili, returning to alboa February 26.
Sailors of both fleets will complete in
interf(eet atheistic contests.
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8ele thef will bo held bjr Dm le
tttes Aid Society, Tory aooo. Wat* tfcf
Gateway, for tho date fi aak
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