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SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24.
i_BL.J.
Roumania which is now meeting so terrible a time is
a country which in some ways is like Alaska or ( alifornia.
It was poor until the great oil fields were struck and mil
lionaires suddenly appeared all over. Alone amongst the
Balkan states they claim to belong to the Latin race. In
deed, they call themselves Romani and claim to be des
cendants of Roman colonists. Lven today they imitate the
French and the life and appearance of Bucharest is copied
almost as much after Paris as is Brussels, the trench
speaking capital of another unfortunate victim of the
war. At the beginning of the ninth century Roumania
was part of a great Bulgarian kingdom. After the fall of
that kingdom it fell under Turkish rule but later, through
the wars between Russia anil 1 urkey. it gradually began
to gain some freedom. It was given part of Bessarabia
but when it secured its real freedom this province was
given back to Russia. Later it forced Bulgaria to cede
Dobrudja where the Bulgarians are once more gaining
the upper hand. Most of its interior trade is in the hands
of Jews, about three hundred thousand of whom live in
the country. About a half a century ago it took the lead
in giving the peasants the ownership of the soil, each ten
ant buying his land through the government which was
repaid by the tenants in fifteen years. Most of its wealthy;
youths still go to Paris for education although it possesses
universities of its own in Bucharest and a couple of other
cities. In copying the French it also copied French culture
and its late beautiful queen under the name of Carmen
Sylva led the way. She was probably the only queen who
ever was a real poet. Its population is just about equal
to that of Belgium before the war. Both of these little
nations were prosperous and each of them has gone
through centuries of political vicissitudes. They have
been the footballs of the greater nations and they still
are so. The histories of themselves and other small na
tions seem to promise that peace for any small people is
impossible while greater nations aspire to conquest.
The Seattle Star again conies out with that old state
ment that a Republican government would kill the Alaska
railroad project. It does not say why. It could not say
why. It is a paper which is constantly looking tor some
thing sensational to say. It knows that it cannot cope
with the other Seattle papers when it comes to real news
and sensation must be used instead. The only reason in
the world why a Republican government would kill the
Alaska road would be to hurt the Democratic administra
tion but surely if Hughes gets elected killing the railroad
would be hardly much more than sticking a pin in the
Democratic corpse. Mr. Wickersham has tried to prove
to us that the Republicans were the first to try to build a
railroad in Alaska and Taft is today a supporter of
Hughes. Surely those Republicans who sweated so much
blood in the cause of Alaska will not throw it down at the
last moment. Indeed, they will not. even though to the
Democrats must certainly be given the real credit, state
ments of all people to the contrary notwithstanding. The
Star ought to try some other way to sparkle. •
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JOHN RONAN
Democratic Nominee
Territorial Senator
ELECTION NOVEMBER 7
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JERRY GALVIN lUJILDS
K. R. AT WRANGELL
WRANGELL.—J. G. Galvin of the j
Bon Alaska mining company, arrived
from New York reently. Mr. Galvin
will leave in two or three days with
a force of fifteen men for the ground
hog basin where his property is locat
ed.
From the mouth of Mill Creek,
eight miles from Wrangell, a wagon
road will be built to Groundhog basin
a distance of about ten miles. Work
will begin at once on the construction
of a dock and warehouse at the mouth
of Mill creek. The necessary houses
will also be built for the men who will
be at work there this winter. Several j
horses which arrived on the Hum
boldt Thursday night will be taken
in with the party and used to pack
supplies over the trail.
As soon as the snow clears away in
the spring the work of laying steel
for the railroad from the mouth of
Mill creek to the mine will be begun.
It may be that a portion of the
road may be used for the r. r. Once
the laying of steel is begun the rail
road will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible in order that ship
ment of ore may begin.
The work done this winter will be j
chiefly in the nature of preliminary
work. It is Mr. Galvin’s intention to
get everything in readiness to rush
work in the spring in order that the.
shipment of ore may begin as early
as possible.
This is U19 best news the people j
of Wrangell have had for a long time.
It is the beginning of big things in,
the much talked of Groundhog Basin
which is at last coming into its own.
—Sentinel.
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THE MINER’S STORE
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See that sole?
it comes on
white Goodrich “HIPRESS”
Boots and Shoes
and it actually outwears steel!
No more hob-nailed half-soles for ^ Ol 11 footwear,
Mr. Miner.
The soles on this wonderful Goodrich \\ hite **111 PRESS**
FAR OUTWEAR THEM.
It is so superior to nnv other Rubber Boot or Shoe on the
market that once tried you will never wear anything else.
The only Boot in the world made under this IIIGII
PRESSURE PROCESS which MOLDS it INTO ONE
SOLID PIECE!
It won't le^dv, buckle or peel like the ordinary layer
built boot,
y
And it's very easy on your feet.
Many a miner has found that this pliable, sinewy foot
wear does away with discomfort and loss of time ho has
suffered due to the ordinary stiff, ill-fitting boots or shoes.
Beware of imitations—the genuine “HIPHESS always
has a HMD LINE ’HOUND TIlE TOP!
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Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - • ALASKA
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flARlHOSA, Nov. 8. Connects with S. S.Dora
All ship-, via inside passage. The Alameda and Mariposa touch
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THE SEWARD EIGHT AND POWER CO.
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