COAL AT LAST IS
ISOM th:
CHICKALOON MINE
The tirst shipment of two ears of coal from Chicka
loon. consisting of sixty tons has reached Anchorage. This
announcement is the most important event so far record
ed in the opening of the Matanuska coal held, for the
branch line ol the Government railroad to this held has
reached its terminus at Chickaloon. seventy-four miles
from Anchorage and the hauling ot coal over it trom that
point is accomplishing the foremost purpose for which
if was constructed.
The shipment in question is from the mine of the
. Alaskan Engineering Commission, located in l nit 1- on
. the Chickaloon River, loss than one mile north of the Ma
* tanuska River. A number of coal beds outcrop along the
Chickaloon River in this unit, and constitute some of the
* best coal showings so far discovered in the Matanuska
Held. The United States Navy obtained in 1914 about
800 tons of coal from this unit for testing purposes, with
satisfactory results, the efficiency of the coal very closely
approximating that of Pocahontas (W. \a.) coal. The
Naval Board making the test reported, in part, as fol
lows: “The Board finds that this sample of Matanuska
coal tested is suitable in every respect for use in the naval
service.” Unit VI. embracing 480 acres, was withdrawn
by executive order of June 18, 1917, tor the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission in order that it could open and de
velop a mine thereon to insure having an immediate sup
.My of coal for use in the construction and operation of the
Government railroad, pending the mining and production
of a sufficient tonnage by private parties to take care of
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the Commission’s needs.
The completion of the Matanuska branch is an im
portant achievement in the construction of the Govern
ment railroad and the development of Alaska. The Ma
tanusfca coal field, known to contain large areas of bitu
minous coal, will from now on be furnished with trans
portation faculties, the lack of which has retarded devel
opment of the resources of this field. The first passenger
and freight train to be operated between Chickaloon and
Anchorage, a distance of 74 miles, made the trip on Octo-j
ber 24 th.
Coal has also been mined in the lower Matanuska
field during the course of construction of the railroad to
Chickaloon. The first car of coal from that section was
shipped on August 17, 11)10, from a mine on Moose Creek
and the total shipments from that mine and the Eska
Creek mine, aggregate 40,000 tons to date.
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GERMAN AG NTS IN!
RUSSIA SPREADING
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—German agents have been
-preading malicious reports concerning the United
States' war aims, through Russia, according to Dr. Frank
Billings, who has been serving as head of the Red Cross
mission recently in that country. Dr. Billings has just
returned from his tour and has visited the President for
tiie purpose of revealing the prdofs of pernicious German
propaganda which he discovered while in the new repub
; liC. i
The chief calumny being circulated is that the United
States is in the war simply for gain; she is also declared
to be merely a vassal of England and to be subserviently
doing the bidding of the British leaders.
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The Russians, however, sajjs Billings, are not as sim
ple as the Germans appear to Upliov©, and they persist in
regarding the United States as their firmest friend among
the world powers. General conditions in Russia are aiso
gradually improving, according to the Red Cross represen
tative. The army is being re-organized and effective
fighting units with new vim and inspiration are expected
to be creating a new Russian situation in a short time.
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DESCENT UPON THE
FINLAND RS TO BE
NEXT rOVE | R
PETROGRAD, Nov. 6. — A report from Stockholm
says that in view of the easy advance in Russian territory
recently made by the Germans that the latter are prepar
ing for a descent on Finland.
The belief is general here that the Prussians will meet
with little resistance on account of the fact that peace
propaganda has been spread about in Finland more assid
uously than anywhere else in the nation and the people
are less hostile to the Germans there than in any other
district.
That the Germans intend to use only a small body of
troops in their invasion is the credited rumor in military
circles here. The Russian troops stationed in Finland are
few in number and little hope is entertained that they will
make any great struggle.
The main object of the Finnish campaign is under
stood to be to capture the railroad running from Russia
up into Sweden, thus isolating the new republic farther
than ever.
I GROUND GLASS IS FOUND IN
SAUSAGE SENT TO SOLDIERS
AT SOUTHERN TRAINING CAMP
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.—An investigation of a Chicago
packing house is being conducted by federal officers. It
was discovered that sausage containing ground glass sent
to a southern training camp came from Chicago and the
name of the meat concern is being withheld to facilitate
the investigation.
The entire shipment from this certain house to the
soldiers’ training camp was found to contain ground
glass. Its presence was discovered before any great
amount of the meat had been cooked and very few ol the
men ate the poisoned food. No serious illness resulted.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To J. C. Ducken, his heirs ami admin
istrators, and to all whom it may
concern:
Take notice that I have done Three
Hundred Dollars’, ($300.00), worth of
labor each year in order to hold the
following described quartz claims,
known as the Bonanza, Eureka and
Phoenix Claims, situated on Popof
Island, in the Unga Peninsula Mining
District, Territory of Alaska, the no
tices of location whereof are recorded I
in the office of the Recorder of the
Cnga Put)insula Mining District at
Unga, Alaska, in Book 1, at Page 264,
of Locations for the Bonanza Claim, in
Book 2, Page 50, for the Eureka
Claim, and Book No. 3, Page 30, for
the Phoenix Claim, of the record* of
said District for the years ending De
cember 31st, 1913, and December 31,
1914, and December 31, 1915, and De
cember 31, 1916, and unless within
ninety days after this notice by pub
lication you fail or refuse to contrib
ute your portion of such expenditure,
viz: Six Hundred Dollars, ($600.UU),
being One Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
($150.00), for each of said years, your
interest in said Bonanza, Eureka and
Phoenix mining claims will be for
feited to and become the property of
the subscriber under Section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
LOUIS HERMAN.
First Pub. Aug. 31.
Last Pub. Nov. 30
FAMO US UfiEtK
Of Ink YUKON
IS WUhKtu UUT
DAWSON, Nov. .‘{.—With the freez
ing up of the Klondike and the clos
ing down of the dredges for the win
ter, the cream of the placer ground of
that famous stream is practically
cleaned out. The big dredges of the
Yukon Cold Company finished the
season’s work by dredging the entire
creek from end to end, and also com
pleted dredging Eldorado to 27 above
Discovery last week.
These operations take about all of
the beat ground. The once rich dirt
is exhausted, or practically so. There
is still some pay dirt to be handled,
but the biggest part of the job is com
pleted, and part of the dredges will be
taken to other sections.
Crews are now engaged in knocking
down two of.the largest dredges, and
they will be hauled in during the win
ter so they can be loaded and shipped
to the outside on one of the first boats
next spring. While it is not known
where they will be sent, it is thought
likely they may be taken to Murray,
Idaho, where one of the company’s
dredges from here was shipped last
June, and which has just been in
stalled and is now working.
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PURITAN THANKSGIVING
PROPOSED TO HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Restore
puritanical Thanksgiving. Make
Thanksgiving day this year a fast and
not a feast. Make it a fast not only
to accord with the sacrificial character
of war times, but as an aid to food
conservation. This is a suggestion
that has been made here and that has
secured the tacit approval of Food
Administrator Hoover. It is possible
that the President will recommend the
idea in his Thanksgiving proclama
tion.
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UNCLE SAM IS
IN EARNEST IN
THE WAR GAME
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. — If any
one in Germany really believes that
i Uncle Sam is not going at this war
! in grim earnest, here are some fig
ures that ought to undeceive him:
By September 30th next there will
have been prepared for the army
alone something like fifty million
shells, costing close to $1,000,000,000.
This will require close to 2,000,000
tons of bars and steel forgings. On
the basis of four cents a pound, this
steel alone will cost $100,000,000.
Thirty-three million 75-milliraeter
shells for field and anti-aircraft guns
will require about 085,000 tons of
steel.
Approximately 17,000,000 larger
sized shells, varying from 0 to 12 in
ches in diameter, will require 1,000,
000 tons of steel.
And all this vast amount of metal
is to be hurled against the German
lines on the Western front, in addition
to what the English and French have
in store for the kaiser’s men.
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PLOWS WITH BABE IN ARMS
YORK, Pa.f Nov. 2.—Testimony
that Harry Kessel, of Newberry town
ship, made his wife do the plowing
and harrowing with her two-year-old
baby in her arms, and on one occasion
deliberately drove his buggy over her,
causing her severe injury, caused Al
derman Stager to commit Kissel to
jail.
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SEND RALROAD MEN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—American
expert railroad men are to be sent to
Russia to organize transportation
there.
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