GLACIERING OF STREAMS IN
INTERIOR CAUSE OF CHANGE
IN GOVERNMENT R. R. PLANS
FAIRBANKS.—(Special.) — Rail
road construction work in Alaska pre
sents many more hardships than it
does on the outside, for the reason
that a railroad, to be serviceable,
must be suited to all of the prevailing
conditions of the country through
which it passes. This fact has been
recognized by the engineers who are
looking after the construction work
on the Alaska railroad, and as a<
consequence it is probable that there 1
will be many changes in the original
plans of the railroad builders before!
the railroad is completed between;
Fairbanks and the coast.
The changes on this end of the line
are made necessary by the fact that
glaciers ubound in the interior. That
is, all of the small streams overflow
more or less even in the coldest kind
of weather, and the ice piles up to an
unbelievable extent in the winter
where only the smallest kind ol
stream exists in the summer time. It
is therefore necessary that, where cul-:
verts had been figured on along the
line of the railroad, trestles be in
stalled, so as to give the water in the
small streams a chance to overflow,
instead of putting in culverts, which,
if they should freeze up, which is al
together probable, would cause the
glaciering of the railroad track in the
immediate vicinity of where the road
crosses even the smallest streams.
It is with the view of inspecting
these places that Jack I'alien, resi
dent engineer of the commission, is
making a trip to Nenana along the
line which will be followed by the
railroad. He estimates that there are
at least twenty such places; places
where the glaciering of the streams to
be crossed will necessitate the con
struction of trestlework where noth
ing but culverts had previously been
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figured on.
Fallon is accompanied by Hawley
Sterling, assistant resident engineer.
Two of the Alaskan Engineering
commissione’s freight teams left
i Fairbanks for Nenana recently with
loads of potatoes for the commission.
The commission has some potatoes
stored at the Happy Station which
were purchased last fall, and the
freighters went by this ruote to pick
up their loads.
“DAMPNESS” FROM
ALASKA FOUND ON
* CITY OF SEATTLE
SEATTLE. — (Special.) — When
the steamship City of Seattle arrived
in port from Alaska recently, it was
met at Pier B by Sergeant V. R.
Putnam and a squad of his most ex
pert searchers for contraband liquor, j
A search of the boat was made in
which sacks and suit cases of whiskey
and beer were found throughout the
hold and six of the crew were placed
under arrest. ‘
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For some time past Sergeant Put
nam has suspected boats arriving here
from Alaska of bringing in the sup
ply of liquor that is found in evidence
at times when bootleggers and joints i
are arrested. ‘
In all, nine gunny sacks ami eight
cases were found. They were taken
from crews’ quarters, unoccupied pas
sengers’ cabins and all parts of the
boat, where they had been secreted in
drawers, behind plates and among
freight. There were 242 quarts of
bonded whisky and 24 pints of beer.
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BOY SCOUTS RECEIVE ORDERS TO
BE READY FOR ACTIVE
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NEW YORK, Friday, Feb. 16.—Orders were issued
from the National Council to 600,000 boy scouts through
out the country to prepare for active service as messen
gers and in other lines on which they are drilled in event
of war.
LOGAN BILLINGSLEY STILL HAS COIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, Feb. 16. — Logan Bill
ingsley, supposed to be “broke,” according to his state
ments in Seattle, where he is involved' in bootlegging
cases, withdrew $65,000 from the Union Trust company
here today. _
Cheer Up Folks
THKRK’3 MORK IN THK KITCHEN
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The Cowboy Caller
(lit yer little sagehens ready;
Trot 'em out upon the floor—
Line up there, you cusses; steady!
Lively now! One couple more!
Shorty, shed that ol’ sombrero!
Stop yer cussin,’ Casimero,
For the ladies! Now all set!
S’lute your ladies, all together!
Ladies opposite the same—
Hit the lumber with yer leather!
Balance all an' swing yer dame!
Bunch the heifers in the middle!
Circle stags and do-ze-do—
Pay attention to the liddle!
Swing her 'round and off you go!
First four forward! Back to places! j
Second foller—shuffle back! j
\ow you’ve got it down to cases—
Swing ’em till their trotters crack!
Gents all right, a heel and toein';
Swing ’em, kiss 'em if you kin—
On to the next and keep a-goin’
Till you hit your pards ag’in!
Gents to center, ladies round ’em,
Form a basket; balance all;
Whirl your gals to where you found
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’em;
Promenade around the hall!
Balance to your pards an’ trot ’em
Round the circle double quick;
Grab an’ kiss ’em while you’ve got
em,
Map Showing Mountain Ranges, Navigable Rivers in Heavy Black, and the Route of j
the Government Railroads under Construction.
(The principal known mineral and
mining districts are indicated in the
numbered circles, as follows; 1. Port
Die* district; 2, Sunrise district, gold;
3, Resurrection district, copper; 4,
Falls Creek district, gold; 5, Latouche
district, copper; 6, the Bering River
coal fields; 7. the Valdez district, gold
and copper; 8. llliamna district, gold
and copper; 9. the Bonanza mining
district, owned by the Alaska Syndi
cate, copper; 10, the Matanuska coal
fields, and Matanuska iron a^d gold
district; 11, Willow Creek district,
gold; 12, Yentna district, gold; 13,
lalkeetna district, copper and gold;
14, Mt. McKinley district, gold; 15
Broad Pass district, gold and copper;
16, \>nnna coal fields; 17, Kantishna
district, gold; 18r- Hot Springs dis
trict, gold, silver, and tin; 19, Fair-i
banks district,' gold; 20, Circle dis
trict,'gold; 21, Rampart district, gold;
22, Chandlar district, gold; 23, Eaglei
district, gold; 24, Koyukuk district,1
gold and coal; 25, Kuskokwim dis-(
trict, gold; 26, Ruby district, gold and
coal; 27, Ophir district, gold; 28,
Iditarod district, gold; 29, George
town district, gold; 30 Nulato coal
fields; 31, 32, and 33 Seward Penin
sula districts, gold. From Cordova to
kennicott, the Copper River & North
western Railroad, 199 miles owned by
the Alaska Syndicate. From Seward
to Nenana, Government railroad
route, 412 miles, with 38-mile branch
to Matanuska coal fields, and project
ed branch of 395 miles throiigh the
Kuskokwim valley to the Yukon.)
Hold ’em to it if they kick!
Ladies, left hand to your sonnies;
Alamain, grand right and left;
Balance all an’ swing yer honies—
Pick ’em up an’ feel their heft;
Promenade like skeery cattle—
Balance all, swing yer sweets;
Shake yer spurs an’ make ’em rattle! j
Keno! Promenade to seats!
—Author Unknown.
Long distance phone at The Branch.
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EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOC’TY
Of the United States
H. A. GKIKR. RKPKK.HKKTATIPK
Sew a ixl. Alaska
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FORFEITURE—NOTICE
[To A. F. SPRAGUE, YOUR HEIRS
AND ASSIGNS.
Your are hereby notified and will
take notice that 1, the subscriber, J.
C. Gilpatrick, have expended during
the year A. D., 1916, the sum of One
hundred ($100.00) dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the fol
lowing described mining claims, to
wit: “MEAT IN THE , POT,”
“CLARA,” “OLYMPIA,” “SUMMIT,”
“LISBON” and “HATTY,” all of
I which said cluims are s::unted and lie
[ in the Moose Pass Mining District,
Kenai Recording District, Third Judi
cial Division, Territory of Alaska. The
notices of location thereof are of
record in Book One of Locations, at
pages 132 and 133, and Book 5 of Lo
cations at puges 45, 46 and 84 in the
office of the United States Commis
sioner and District Recorder for Ke
nai Recording District and Precinct,
at the Town of Seward, Territory of
Alaska, to which book and pages ref
erence is hereby made for a more par
ticular description of said claim. Said
expenditures w’ere made for the pur
pose of holding possessory rights and
title to said mining claims under the
provisions of section twenty-three
hundred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
ami the amendments thereto and the
Session I*aw's of the Territory of Al
aska, providing for the annual labor
upon mining claims, said amounts be
ing the sums required in each instance
to hold said mining claims during the
period ending the thirty-first day of
December, 1916.
If you fail and refuse or fail or re
fuse within ninety (90) days from the
personal service of this notice, if per
sonal service be had, or within ninety
(90) days after the publication of this
notice, to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure as a co-owner,
your proportion being in the total the’
sum of Two hundred ami eight dol-!
lars and thirty-two ($208.32) cents,
made up of the following amounts to
wit: ‘MEAT IN THE POT," $50.00,'
“CLARA", $25.00, “OLYMPIA,"
$38.33, “SUMMIT," $33.33, “US-!
HON," $33.33, and “HATTIE,"
$33.33, your respective interests in
and to said mining claims, and each
and every one of them, will become
the property of the subscriber, who is
your co-owner, and who has made the
expenditures and improvements as
above mentioned on said mining
claims, and each and every one of
them, nursuant to Jhe provisions of
the said statute and the said Session
I>a\v8.
J. C. GILPATRICK.
First publication, Feb. 2, 1917.
Last publication, April 27, 1917.
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