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FOSTERING MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY
The news dispatches carry an item to the effect
that Persia has just hired three mining engineers at a
salary of $15,000 each to suggest means of developing
the mineral resources and mining activity of that coun
try.
In Alaska, we had some mining engineers on the
payroll to act in that same capacity, but most of them
were cut off at the pockets, and now, it is said, they
are over in Russia, telling the Soviets how to get ore
out of the ground, while our own miners scratch their
heads and ponder.
There are dozens of properties within a radius of
50 miles of Seward where there are showings that
seem to justify development. There are many complex
ores which have never been properly tested for treat
ment and the mine owners haven't the money to em
ploy high-priced metallurgists to determine right treat
or ascertain whether the ores are worth developing.
Either the federal or territorial government
should supply this help. Right now there is a movement
on foot at Anchorage to start a smelter; this soil of
assistance would be a wonderful help to those who
see possibilities in a smelter project. Certainly, the
miners and prospectors are not lackadaisical! They are
entitled to this expert advice and aid. As it is, the Geolo
gical Survey, seems to be about the only source where
any assistance can be obtained—when they have the
time, for their field staff also was cut down—and
advice given. And principally, in Alaska, the Geological
Survey, is a map-making organization.
BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENT
After ten years of alleged prohibition enforce
ment a recent report shows that at Elizabeth, New
Jersey, the arrest of intoxicated persons in 1929 near
ly tripled the number in 1920. SLx hundred were ar
rested in 1929 as against 209 in 1920. Arrests for disor
derly conduct totaled 698 in 1929, as against 458 in 19
28, or an increase of about a third in one year. Sixty
seven persons were arrested and convicted of driving
an automobile 'while intoxicated. These figures do not
include, of course, the hundreds of persons escorted
home by the police or treated in hospitals for drink
ing but not arrested.
In one block, in Salt Lake City before prohibition
there were 12 saloons. Now there are 40 bootlegging
joints in the same block. No wonder the wets have had
a hard fight with so much bootleg money opposing
them.
So live that when your summons comes you will
have a good alibi.
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j An exhibit prepared by the ’
Cc.oraclo School of Mines was on j
I display in the lobby of the Para-f
1 mount theater recently, accord
ing to the Denver Mining Record.
| This exhibit was shown in con
j junction with Rex Beach’s popn
j lar story of the Alaskan gold
; rush. “The Spoilers.” t
j The feature of this exhibit was j
I % va"noble book, De Re Metallica, j
‘ pub ;shed in 1621. This book
| which is one of the original cop- j
I ies of the second edition, is the.
| first complete and systematicI
S treatise on mining and metal-.
j lurgy ever written.
The author is Argricoia, which i
is the Latinized form of the Ger
man name Bauer. He was born
tin 1490, and was one of the fore
most scholars of his time.
| The first edition was written'
t in Latin, which was the language
! of the educated in the Middle
Ages. The book was translated
into English by President and
Mrs. Herbert Hoover in 1912.
The original volume printed in
1 Latin was presented to the Colo
i rado School of Mines by the late
D. W. Brunton, honored Colorado
| Mining Engineer.
i The remainder of the exhibit;
consisted mainly of native gold,
j models of platinum and gold
; nuggets, tellurium gold, rich ores,
fools gold and samples of mar
easite, galena calcopyrite and
i tetrahedrite.
GAME TOMORROW
Seizing Dame Opportunity by
the forelock it has been decid
ed to play a game of basketball j
between the Army and High
School teams tomorrow night,
Tuesday) in the Seward Athle
tic Club Gymnasium. To-date the j
Army five are the city champs
| but the Ponies expect to be sit
i ting on top with the crown after j
! tomorrow’s game. For the pre- j
I minarv the City Women and
j High School girls. A large crowd !
is looked for as two trains will j
be in and the SS Yukon
It is estimated that in the
i Alaska fisheries for 1929, 29.283
; persons were engaged in work,
13 216 in Southeastern Alaska,
j 7,776 in Central Alaska and 8,291
in Western Alaska.
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RADIUM OUTPUT SMALL
! WASHINGTON, Dec., 15, UP)—
Only about one and one-quarter
pounds of radium with a value
of approximately $50,000,000 have
been produced for world use
| since its discovery late in the
19th century, says the Bureau of
Mines.
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LIBERT Y THEATER
8 O'CLOCK ~ ONb SHOW _ R O'CLOCK
LAST SHOWING OF THIS FINE PROGRAM
— THAT FAMOUS HE-MAN ACTOli —
Tii rrcoy
in the rip-snorting frontier story
THE BUSHRANGER”
A vivid tale of a dare-devil man who starts a gen
tleman officer and winds up as an outlaw in the Aus
tralian “bush.” A play so crammed full of thrills and
double thrills, hair-raising escapes, wonderful physical
feats and beautiful outdoor scenery, as to make you for
get where you are. With it we will give you
TWO COMEDIES—ONE,
“FEED ‘EM AND WEEP”
A Hal Roach, Max Davidson two reeler.
The other comedy is
‘THAT’S MY WIFE”
with that laugh getting pair
STAN LAUREL — OLIVER HARDY
- Both of these comedians are side-splitters
Also an interesting News Reel
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