COMPTROLLER
SAYS COONTRY
FINANCES 0. K.
W AS H1N GTON. Feb. 20.—The
comptroller of the currency has ad
vised congress, in submitting his an
nual report, that the United States
now seems “intrenched financially al
most as firmly as it is possible for
any human government to be.” Na
tional banks’ gross earnings are given
as b500.G42.051 for the last fiscal
year: net earnings. $157,544,547, an
increase in the latter ot $“»0.;>00,000.
“Practically the whole world is in
debt to us.” the report said, “and is
steadily increasing its obligations.
Our wealth is piling up with wonder
ful rapidity, but to do our proper
work in the world and protect and en
large our interests, we may before
long need every dollar ot these re
sources.”
The repoit recommends enactment
of these laws:
To amend the crimina? cone, mak
ing it a felony for individuals, firm**
or corporations to make false finan
cial statements to banks to secure
loans.
Burglar of a national bank to be
made a crime punishable by federal
law*.
To limit funds invested b> a bank
in its own building to the abount of
its capital stock.
Authority for the United States
treasury to sell bonds securing the
circulation thirty days after a bank
goes into liquidation.
Clearing house figures for the en
tire country—embracing 17*'» clearing
houses—show aggregate transactions
for the year to be $241,407,541,000. an
increase for the year of $ib,2*V»,44)4,
ooo.
Stella Makes a Name
Mary—Well, Stella has at last
made a name for herself.
Maud—Poetry, art. music, or how?
Mary—Matrimony.
Eavesdropping
I heard them. Whence, you ask me?
Oh,
A hundred miles away or so.
“don, dn.” her sounder said.
The fair dispatcher bowed her head,
Then tapped upon her brassy key:
Two pairs of dots, u dot, then three.
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NEW YORK, Wednesday, Feb. 21.
—Agents for the department of
justice arrested two men today on a
charge of violating the federal law
against carrying on military enter
prises in the United against a friend
ly power. The specific charge is that
this pair conspired to obtain military
information in England to be sent to
ths country and forwarded to Ger
many.
FIND GOLD IN
WELL; TOWN OF
CHINA STAKED
FAIRBANKS.—(Special.)—It was
reported here that the entire town of
Chena had been staked by citizens of
the town for placer mining. The
same report stated that coarse gold
had been found at the bottom of a
well which was dug there last fall.
Maurice Newman, the agent for the
N. C. Co., at Chena, when questioned
concerning the report, was a little re
ticent regarding the affair, but stated
that a number of claims had been
staked in the town.
According to the information re
ceived here, some man, whose name
could not be ascertained, dug a well
near his cabin last fall, and recently
good prospects were found in the
dump near the well. An investigation
of the bottom of the well showed
coarse gold to exist there. How much
was found, or whether it reached bed
rock, could not bet learned, but ac
cording to Newman a sufficient quan
tity was located to justify the staking
that has been done.
According to one local mining man,
coarse gold was found in the dump
near another well in Chena several
years ago. But, owing to the fact
that it was impossible to reach bed
rock. on account of the waters of the
Tanana river breaking through, no
further attempt at prospecting was
done at that time. ,
Comedy on the Line
T. & T. lineman boarding the train:
! “Hey conductor don’t you let that
locomotive smoke go through those
1 wires.
Resident engineer, who has had
1 trouble talking to headquarters—
“H—11, why not, nothing else will.”
Fresh Butterkist popcorn at the
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AUGUSTINE & KYER CANDIES
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Clear Havana. Special attention given mail and phone orders.
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
The Seward General
Hospital
desires to acquaint the genera! hospital inter
ests of this country with the facilities of this
institution for giving the latest devised methods
of nursing care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention given to
patients requiring gynecological treatments.
Hydrotherapeutic treatments carefully follow
ed. This building, just complete, electric light
ed. steam heated, hot and cold water. Physi
cians placing patients in our care will receive
every, ethical attention. Prompt readiness for
accidents, obstretrics and emergencies, day or
night. For further particulars address,
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EDUCATIONAL
FEATURE FOR
INAUGURATION
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Feb.
21.—Representative citizens of the
capital ami government oi?cials with
one accord are combining for service
auxiliary to the general inaugural
committee to make the second induc
tion of Woodrow Wilson into tne
presidency one of the great events of
the twentieth century. Innovations
are promised in pageantry feature
and lire works display, and novelty
and the breaking away from time
worn customs in the social functions.
The Federation of Citizens’ Associr
ations is planning an educational ex
position of Uncle Sam in his work
shop. It is proposed to visualize
government work in the several ex
ecutive departments, which is being
carried on for the betterment of the
people. Inaugural Chairman Robert
N. Harper, says the proposed exhiDt
of the government’s activities placed
on view in one central place will give
the thousands of inaugural visitors
an exhibition such as has never been
seen anywhere before. It will be
valuable from an educational stand
point besides being intensely interest
ing. It also will show the paternal
spirit of the government’s activities
and explain the expenditure of many
thousands of dollars which are being
spent annually to teach the people
how to render better service at a
minimum expenditure of vital energy?
how to develop new' idees and increase
die products of farm and factory.
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Nining Notes
Fred Wilson, a miner on Cripple
mountain, in the Iditarod country, be
lieves he has struck tungsten ore, and
is sending samples of his find outside
for assay.
Swanson and Halverson, on Fourth
July creek at Ruby, have sunk a shaft
through the soft schist bedrock, and
found a bed of gravel. The shaft is
on the extreme left limit of the creek
claim, which includes, a part of the
bench at that place. This is directly
up the hill from where the rich spots
were found last year. It has been
held by many that the rich spots wer»
only sloughings from the real pay.
C. K. Snow and Wm. W’arren, on the
bench about half a mile up the creek
from Swanson, have struck hard bed
rock :o two holes and will sink farth
er tack on the first tier benches in
their effort to find the pay. There are
seven prospecting Doners operating
on Foley creek. There are no lay
men on the creek yet, those working
being owners.
Some of the finest looking ore seen
in the Klondike has b^en secured by
the veteran prospector, Nick Dona
hue, from his property which lies
along the ridge in the vicinity of the
heads of Gold Run creek and Port
land and Caribou benches. Several
hundred pounds of the rock have been
brought to the city, and it is the in
tention of Mr. Donahue to take out
a large quantity this year, he states,
and to have a shipment made to the
smelter. The main body of the rock
is of a crystalline nature with iron
stain, and most of it is free milling.
Donahue says “this rock has beefci as
sayed by local assayers of the big
companies and outside assayers, and
the lowest return we have received is
$18 a ton, while the highest was
$402.19 to the ton.
On her last trip to the North the
City of Seattle brought to Skagway
from the states several men and one
woman bound for the interior, among
the number being Col. A. M. Dewey
and J. L. Harper of Seattle, who art*
interested in the old Conrad mines on
the Little Windy Arm and Lake
Tagish, some sixteen miles from Car
cross.
Removal sale now on at the Bazaar.
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