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ELMER A FRIEND. EDITOR AND GENERAL MANAGER
Harry V. Hoh-n. Premdcnt I rank L. Rallaine, Set.
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nnd uUo the loo M ne»i publish oil herein. _ . -
J J. HILL PREDICTED
HR EAT HU RE l OR
.ALASKA R ULROADS
Thai James .1. Hill, the great Em
pire lluiide; of the Northwest. pr» -
dieted a great future for rad
road development n A aska and ex
pressed regret J it lie would not have
part in work n. it o :t. acecnarg to a
Fail hanks woman, a 1 tier from whom |
was printed ioeently by the bailbanks
i'ltix--n . The 1-ait bunks won an sc
• a th * s?atem» n* > of t»eurg«* l,. Maue..
vice-president o. the Northern Pacific,
who recently n ade a ; rip over A asku.
greatest railroad builder of the west
The letter fc owst
"\t»u know how I enjo> h«ann**
people speaking the truth, tibont Ala
*;;•»>' risilcivous s ate »
meats 1 have he n competed to !»st<*• .
to on my ti • < dewn the river and o'*
, • t tr • . fot was a waste of time
and energy to a gue with people wb*»
rind to which th >aid it was foolisn ■
to build a lu’frc ; and that nothin - I
•*.• b d n Alaska >
You p oh::l»^ re-'V'mb r 1 wrol *
you t’ t* ti o • S’ d<\ Ihrinti1) v e<- j
pr
,oa»l. -u'»r 4-» A ::.'1 a with Mr. klniio*
well. Mr. V * . Dr. P* rooks anti oth
< r\v i 1
t»me a to, and * ) hw 1 1 iv following
direct Pom S: Paul Mime °a: "tieo
ipo T. S ad- has just r.-Un m d f*o:n
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the p i^pst <1 povernni’nt railroad 4
routes. and announced that ho will re- I
c» mm-mi tl.at t*onr;ross authorize j
compfatem nt
♦ on*'1 oxpens' a*’ S > 7,1H)0.000. * Htr* r
hundred r*v*e< oo * *** rortrl ha? hoe*'
cam pint-Hi," he so d. “Tho original np- «
nropriaiion i «\ listed. The railroad!
U to he finished as soon as possible j
peoph realiz-* th** vastnes? and rich- »
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Kr\*intl> rimioit^hlv K^noxated.
-\vi: axsnu: only first cla^ !
GOODS**
• V K I N!»1 K> t \ND HOW TO
IT.EI ARE THEM**
i UMnliiu.H-. and Courte>y
IS orU MOTTO.
PRIY VI K DINING ROOM
FOR LADIES
i H XRLKS CAMERON, DROP.
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wv: >fkyf fvpi: ythixg
TH \T IS GOOD TO EAT
OPEN I> \ N AMI NIGHT
lA^CH
' GRILL
1 JOHN’S PLACE I
Ihv s 01 Alaska. Five hundred miles of
• ai .oad w il not open it all up, but »t
will be a good start/’
it certainly was refreshing to hear
a opinion of a man who had been
jut cteu with r< al railroads, and
u!d appieciate the wonderful poss •
oili ti«s of'Alaska, aft- r homing third
i ourth »ato Senators with ‘one
cylind r’ brains giving their worthless
,»|/a.ons: men whose range of vision
never reached beyond their ov\u po» ;t
books.
“You sec Mr. Slade lived up !•>
■ .lines .1. Hill’s prophesy, inadi m*
> • any years ago, when he sui»\
: a ’ ill be covered with a n< z
aUroads; the country will
ilovt• d with arms jv<t ns Minncse
i . an 1 only wish f were a youn>:
\ so I could start building them.'
dr. I ill had never hem to Alaska btr;
lever t’led of hearing nbo ; it:
you Know l always n “."J
1 i •* a remarkable man, 1 real y. '*
v .ton he had. way ahead of t :
)isl»ra!y thinker.”
1
Many of the Aleutian Islands, that
r. Semitic line oi volcanic isles and
t t uit ut *U hes V;. mbvt ard form
Mask* Peninsula toward Asia, bear
.••posits o sulphur of the type called
a varus d phu • aims have been
* a < ,i. Jireo n aces orAhcse islands
,nd o *u- reoiusnia. one of them in
• i Makushin Volcano, on
naiasba is’and. This peak, which
about o.O i i«t high. is capped by
perennial snow and ice and bears
glaciers < :t u> s opes down to points
.#out »' u :• t above the sea. l’he
olid hut u ,';Mt is the. only part of the
rater that s permanently free from
•now and ice. being kept so by sub
. ». ran an hor.t and by the discharge
>f hot sulphurous vapor, which is
ues from vents in the locks with a
>u<l loar. I . dis obiter i 0,000 to 13,
000 tons o. sulphur may be available
for mining.
A no da deposit of sulphur is on
Vkun Island, it covers lo to 20 acres
.id contains about 1.200 tons to the
acre. Still another is on Stepovak
day, on t.. • south shop.* of Aiusku j
Peninsula.
A report i those deposits, by A. G.
.Madden, has just been published by
the United States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior, is a
ampld t entitled “Sulphur Deposits
md Lioach Placers of Southwestern
Alaska" (KtiileUn 692 -K) an advance
chapter of the Survey’s annual bulle
tin on the nincral resouces of Alas
... 1917.
Placer at Kodiak
Mr. Madden examined also the
deposits o placer gold in the beach i
ands on Kodiak Island, where min- j
.ing has been carried on for 3l> years, j
and where the value of the annual j
o’ ut of g.»hl has ranged from $3,000 |
to $10,000. Ho sketches the geology '
of the is'a:! 1 anvl describes the beach i
deposits that contain the gold and
their mode < f origin, as well as the *
methods us. d in mining. Here the!
sea has don * for the gold miner the j
work lh.it is done inland by streams— ]
it has as orted and concentrated,
particles o' gold, which were derived
from the bluffs that border bench
for miles a'ong the island. Tne storm •
surf along this coast is powerful
enough to move be i! lets that weigh
tons, and the play of the waves con- ’
centrates the fine gold in patches that
yield good returns to the miners.
Mr. Maddren’s reports can ho ob
tained free of charge on application
to the Director of the Geological Sur
vey at Washington, D. C.*
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SOUUCK OP ANNOYANCE
LONDON, Dec., 20— The gorgeous
' uniforms of the dignified English
| s»* ca; is who tu o id ways in uttcnduncu
' at all official receptions have been the
rocks upon which the pride of more
than one foreigner has been wrecked.
I’he uninitiated never is sure as he ap
ptoa< her. one of these impatsiv■» faced
functionaries whether the latter is a|
field nut'-shid. or a footman. Witncs
the discomfiture of Ilia Highness,
Prince Eeisah son of the King ol the i
Hedjaz. at the great reception in the I
| Guildhall to England, reluming hero,
j Firhl M rshal Viscount Allonby.
The Arabian Prince, clad in his of
j fieial robes of Oriental design, \va< |
on • of ti*<% many famous men at tin* j
| Guildhall. Always punctilious in the j
| extreme. His Highness made his wav
| irto the ancient hall, bowing to right!
and left as he nu*t great soldiers anri i
j statesmen of the countiy. He neared !
I oi e who. wearing wonderful raiment j
ai'orne 1 with yards of heavy goTd lace.<
appeared to he greater tliaii them all. j
T- Prince bowed deeply — to the ,
•* * .1
Lord Mavor’s flunkey. % ’ : ;
!i u:7 \!!!I TO Sl’I'NIV \M \S
1\ MTliE 01.I> TKIS-'O
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SAN .KRAN01SriV._ tS.jf.;;iiix~ ' T;j<> '
H:uv\ld lYothall eleven will* spend j
Christmas h o as the quests o;‘ t!\< !
Harvard Club. On Ne*v Year's day *r <.*;
• • v i •
eleven plays the Oregon w cloym a*
Pasadena. . ..
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A1 Meet has taken ovei\tlw w:\" m o
nent of the While'House* at Aftrtioi *
acr^ from Hob White, forme: o v»e ]
1) I l> YOU* know
That the Fruit The Key hcIIs
is the very best that can be
purchased? *
And that the Golden Pheasant
Candy sold only at The Key
is perfectly perfect?
You car sorely find
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AMERICAN LEGION ASKS TO
BAR IIAYWOOD FROM MAKING
A SPEECH SATURDW NlGJii
• CHICAGO, Doc., 20— The Detroit
American Legion lias asked Federa
Judge Landis to bar William L>. h\i
wood from speaking in Detroit next
Saturday irgiu. Juugo Land's has vvir
J od that he could do nothing but added
i that it would be an outrage of lh
j century to permit Haywood and othei •
| .0 speak. ’ *
ON D c.i 20 T c
\ )u. -' p«> tal cblmnittee issued an an
uct'i today t*» oublishors to econom <
in news print and asked all newspap*
ers to reduce the consumption or news
print ton p»»r cent for six months.
CHRISTMAS
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supply ho jjet your orders in vi\f\
Uiv«- Hit a “SPIXr.U. MOl.Pt \
; BOX” of Libby’s assorted fruits:
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“ Quality l ii-st *' • •
ke your (able feHorvahtm* i>a*«v.;
‘or t hrintmoK dinner -aJU tainerou■? i
Cafe. Speiiht-Christman d/nner* Tiupj
key clc„ with all Of the many extr-j
trimming*. * * ■ • ' - • *I>Io4i. •
* *<Ml r L' E M E N r
Wo iV&vd ju*t the thinpr shtr wml** |
Will ffl? glad to help you Settfct'yeW* '
^ifts nrrd wrap them with tissue pope:1 ‘
end ffi* with ribbon, etc., if you wi'
just give us a' chance.
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