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Ut-v. J. T. McQueen. >upei ^ntm-dent
of Alaska mission* of tie \leth*> 1 t
church was recently in Sewa-d t» in
-.tail Rev. K. I>. Carter as the pa a*
here l pou his return to Juneau, Rev.
McQueen gave the following interv e
• u ihe Juneau l>a»!y Kmpire;
-Our church." said Rev. McQueen,
**»- much encouraged at Seward. Rev
(’a»*t* >• s«*eni* to he the man to vu
dace and we are pleased with the otr
’••ok there.”
•*(l*u.* of tin* peculiar features *>f ibe
vo k there was that the churc5 d‘d
not *avo a member, as the wai took
•ill of the members away, but with ;
the ap|M*aranee of R**v. t arte o- .
.vne t e poopo* rallied at out e
the support of the church.
••The town, as a whole," said Rev. j
\!r« > :e«-n. **seem* very much encour
aged o\ er the i ‘i<t that the na\)
to s ml in men at once to build a bur
lock for the handling of naval 'oa .
Ilusiposs m- n say that tbe*r
- now bette? than it has been for v
•*ral months.
••One featu e of tin church." said
K* \. M 1 > n - n. “which emphasize -ho
o k t* . re i.- the fact that Seward ha
o -.c of the b»»st ch*»ir> in Vlaska. Th“
local musicians there have talent »':•.»
above the average.
The exodus on account of the ,
cut into the member.-hip of th«* chi on
• *t Alaska and in some instances near
ly dej opulated them . Seward was
hard hit. but one member left whi n
K»*v. Cart r cam * to the field. l’'*opl
a**e • turning no v and the conge* ;*■!.
tions are increasing .
tiOl.D OHT1T 1\
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The value of placer gold producer*
in Alaska in I!•!* was about J-ViHW.
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Recently llu»roughly Renovated.,
“VN hi HANDLE ONLY FIRST CLASS
GOODS"
•Wh UNDERSTAND how to
PREPARE THEM”
Cleanliness and Courtesy
IS OCR MOTTO.
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
FOR LA DIES v
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\VK SERVE EVERYTHING
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Ol'KN DVY AND NIGHT
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JOHN'S PLACE
000. The production in IS* 17 was •*!>.
SlO.(KM). Tin* decrease in 1U1S was
g *neral throughout the Territory, ***
,.p in the Copper River and Yentna
districts and some of the smallei
\ ukon districts, The decrease was due
mainly to curtailment of operations
because of shortage of labor, b'gh
cost of supplies and uncertainty a? to
uture conditions. Local decreases
were due also to unfavorable Climatic
conditions and to the depletion of .
,»*ine ol" tho richer placers.
It is estimated by the l*. * G“o
■agical Survey department of the In
t'rioi. that about a74 placer rn !*■
were operated in the summer of i*>• S
and 1during the previous win. *r
hut many for only a part of the sea
son. About :?.000 men were engaged
productive placer mining in the ;ym* j
i mer ami i>\'> in the winter. In adc:h m j
sevefji! hundred men were engai
respecting o:* other non-prodtv*j
; work relating to placer mining.
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I’UROICII Tit VINS FROM
\F.\ \N \ TO F MRRVM
f ‘Phis is a great day in Our Tov
| Today the first “through” trail *
the North Nenana -Garden i V*
t ans- continental railway made low
good time, bringng v issengers T*»«
Nenana and taking passengots t * >
liana. Phis train didn t go all ti
1 way through. The two trains rm t
Standard, half way, changed partnei
ami the engine thorn hen* brought tin
tra n from North Nenana here. I o
day. however, the train will go ad the
! »» ay and back again, leaving her* |
noming. mal North Non an*
and returning here in the cvmvng. 1
i'no>e coming ei the tiain stat** that
t,.w* completion of the toad to her* hi •*
1 aus^d the builders t«> lay olf J-*(
.e-kois. and that many of them a*e
htk;ng for the Outside, hut that i- an
oth* r story, now that w»* have $6.0*)0.
•)()» more for railroad work than we
( ha*’ yest**rda>. bairhanks New**
M.ner.
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MW wi> wom w
AUK nESCRIPKM
CHICAGO. Dot*.. *> Happiness **f
I man and voman is onl,\ of secondary
'• affair in marrape, tin* prim** pn»poso
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of whvh it to produce robust clr'.l
i*on, Professor William .1 Durant
of Colombia University ul in a iec
ture at the Sina Social Center hero.
"Where there are no chihlren there i .
no marriage,’’ he added.
Free love is impossible, the p» r> k
sor red. been use conquests of a
ai< .1 oUur men, “but if n
woman had one tree love aMuir die
is held in ridicule and belittled hv her
associates.
“Most men now many after- tie y
have become incapable of love,” R
prof* ssor continued, "and then r ri e
your divorce.
('on its say that di voices are d m
to cruelty, dnyikenness and ha1
dozen other things, but they are
.vronp. T:,*» three fundamental i vson.*
for* divorce are:—
•*1. Tlie natural vanity of hot 1 ka \r
"PhyoholoRlca! incompatibility.
! e*k of chihlren.”
\L.\S!v \ COVER NOR (‘AN
i OMMAND SERVICES OF
THE RKdlTLAR SOLDIER**
(iov. Thomas Uijjtfs, dr., has receiv
el authorization from Secretar* of
War Newton D. Raker to cal! on fed
eral troops against violence at any
t:me h»* may deem it necessary. He is
<1 ,*ected in case of necessity arising
t«» communicate directly with (icrvrul
Hunter l.:£,. < t, commanding the wei t
evn department at San Francisco.
This information from the So.
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That the Fruit The Key sells i
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is the very best that can be ;
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purchased? *
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Candy sold only at The Key
is perfectly perfect?
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You can surely find
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; tary of War is official recognition of j
'• Alaska as on the same basis as states,
i where the federal troops are available
on the call of the governors.
HY HI It YL YSK Y MIN Eli
IS I..YTKST NEWS I’ YI’EI.
TO Y!*I*K.YU IN NOltTII
Tin* llyder Alaska Miner, is* tin j
I latest Alaskan newspaper. It is a !
weekly publication. W. R. Hull is lb*
• •ilitor, and he says it has come to st'i*
and chronicle the news events of
latest Alaskan mining c *mp.
At a meeting of the Whitehor?:**
Fire Department a few days ago !
George Ryder was elected lire chiei,
defeating J. H. Cole, who has been
fire chief for five years, by a vote o
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