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DEADLY BLASTING CABS
Approximately 500 children are crippled each year
in the United States by playing with blasting caps, which
they have picked up in the vicinity of mines, quarries, or
in the fields where agricultural blasting with dynamite
has been carried on.
Blasting caps contain fulminate of mercury, a quick
powerful explosive. It will explode when struck by a
hammer. The blasting cap will explode when thrown in
to the fire. It will also explode when children try to ex
tract the contents with a pin, or by holding a lighted
match to it. In the mines and quarries, where men daily
using blasting caps ought to know better, there are plen
ty of mangled hands and other injuries as the result of
crimping caps and fuse with a jackknife or a nail.
A blasting cap is a copper shell about a quarter of an
inch in diameter and an inch long, half full of fulminate
of mercury. This fulminate is the most sensitive and inr
pulsive explosive in common use. Blasting caps contain
anywhere from 15 to 30 grains of it; firearms cartridges
usually contain not more than one-fifth grain. The explo
sion of the fulminate will blow a hole through a steel
plate one-sixteenth of an inch thick. A cap will blow a
child's hand off. When a blasting cap goes off there is
no escaping its effects.
The word “caps" suggests the paper caps used with
toy pistols and because the blasting caps are called by
this name it is natural to think that the two articles be
long to the same family. They may; but they bear about
the same resemblance to each other that a tiger does to
a pussycat.
If all the children mangled during the past year by
blasting caps had been hurt at one time, what an uproar
would be created! But because the accidents are spread
all over the country and happen at the rate of only about
40 to 50 a month, nothing is done. The only thing to be
done is to educate the whole population to realize how
dangerous these useful caps are when they are out of
their proper place.
It is proposed that the government create a private
corporation for handling medicinal whiskey. With a na
tion sick of the stuff they are now peddling, there would
be no lack of patients.
An Eskimo, brought to New York on a sight-seeing
tour, describes the American girl as “onnanutziak.” That
leaves only “onna” and “ziak” to be explained.
Old aurora borealis is poking his head up over the
Northern horizon these nights and the radio fans who are
tired of hearing static can by looking sharp see it.
The WTar Department announces 6,000 amputations
without the aid of a surgeon. The tails of that many
butchers’ coats were cut off to convert them into jackets
for cooks and bakers, saving the government $10,000. The
severed tails were utilized by making them into chefs’
caps.
As we understand it, it’s all right to be kidnapped,
but one mustn’t tell falsehoods about it.
The other day we read where a bank cashier of only
30, stole nearly half a million dollars. Would you call him
a promising young man?
Chicago might try liberating the bootleggers and
jailing the police force.
DEAD WOMAN ON FENDER
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 27. (IP)—With
the body of a dead woman on the fen
der of his automobile a motorist was
arrested here yesterday and is being
held for reckless driving.
PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Eastern Star will hold Memor
ial services tomorrow (Sunday) after
noon at Odd Fellows hall at 2 o’clock.
The public in general is extended an
invitation to the services.
ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS PRO
GRESS OF ACTIVITIES! DURING
PAST FISCAL YEAR
According to the annual report of
the Alaska Road Commission, just to
hand, the total mileage of roads and
trails constructed by the commission
during its first 16 years of existence
(1905-1920) aggregated 4,890 miles,
consisting of 1,031 miles of wagon
road, 636 miles of sled road, and 3,
233 miles of trail. In addition some
712 miles of temporary trail have been
flagged as required.
This work has been financed joint
ly by the Federal government and un
der the Territorial co-operative road
act approved April 30, 1921. Since
that date no territorial road building
organization has been maintained, all
available funds being allotted to co
opertive projects. The President of
the commission, Col. Jas. Gordon
Steese, has continued to serve as dir
ector of public works for the terri
tory and supervised the "work of the
divisional chairmen as well as other
work supported by appropriations of
the Territorial Legislature.
The following general road funds
were expended on Territorial propects
during the fiscal year:
Co-Operative Projects
Alaska Road Commission
funds _$ 86,772.91
Territorial funds - 101,765.00
Miscellaneous contributions 2,819.01
Divisional Projects
Chairman, 3rd division -$ 9,882.86
Chairman, 4th division - 12,360.00
Total- _-. $191,356.92
Special Projects
Shelter cabins:
Second division -$ 2,672.08
Third division . 3,270.03
Fourth division ..-.. 3,773.30
Aviation fields:
Second division .- 2,500.00
Fourth division - 7,726.08
Telephone-lines . 2,149.10
Nome harbor .. 2,500.00
Seward peninsula tramway
A. R. C. funds _ 25,049.25
Tolovana tramroad, A. R. C.
funds _ 4,190.o9
Nazina bridge, A. R. C. funds 8,876.35
Total _ $60,706.78
Grand total -$274,306.56
For the working season of 1926 (fis
cal year 1927) the Teritorial Board
has allotted to the Department of Ag
riculture $29,325, and the Alaska Road
Commission the following amounts:
Co-operative projects -„$60,000.00
Shelter cabins --- 8,624.34
Aviation fields -.- 14,773.92
Telephone lines - 1,850.90
Nome harbor - 2,500.00
Total _$93,<49.16
Chairman Third Div. - 15,217.14
Chairman Fourth Div. - 16,440.00
Grand total -$125,406.30
Commenting on results obtained,
the report says:
“The co-operative road act has work
ed satisfactorily under the conditions
imposed. Certainly, the amount of
road work accomplished for the
money expended has been far in ex
cess of anything heretofore possible.
Had the Territory attempted to ex
pend its $30,000 per division under an
independent organization, nearly one
third of the available funds would
have gone into overhead. . . All
of this service -was furnished free by
the Alaska Road Commissionand to
no additional cost to itself. In addi
tion, the extensive plant and mechani
cal equipment of the Alaska Road
Road Commission, representing a
capital investment of over $500,000,
were furnished were available in the
Territorial work without extra charge
except for fuel and ordinary running
repairs. Due to the extensive organi
zation of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, it has been possible to apply
Territorial money to outlying pro
jects where maintenance of an in
dependent organization would have
been impossible or prohibitive in
COSt.”
Since the beginning of road and
trail development in the Territory,
the Alaska Road Commission has ex
pended a total of $10,813,165.11, of
which $722,547.33 wrere contributed
funds including those from the Terri
tory, expended under co-operation.
In addition to the road work, the
commission has supervised the dis
bursement of $1,395,845.69 for other
activities for which funds from the
Federal government have been appro
priated.
Alaska split-stock fish 25c
pound. Seward Trading Co.
THEAT
TONIGHT—TWO SHOWS 7 AND 9
Reginald Denny
in the fine 7-reel feature comedy
Where Was 1?
Now here is this popular
star in another A-l play
AN EVENING OF FUN THAT YOU
CANT AFFORD TO MISS
This is the old two-fisted
Denny who smiled and
pounded his way to the
hearts of the public
With it is one of those interesting
HOGE-POGE REELS of a bit of everything
and there is also a
PATHE NEWS
SUNDAY ONLY—TWO SHOWS, 7 AND 9
A fascinating and thrilling tale of rum-runners,
with a thread of light-house romance running
through it. Something Good, with
Blanche Sweet playing the star
EXCITEMENT —TENSION —THRILLS
A beautiful Pathe Review and a reel of jokes.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE KODIAK RECORDING PRE
CINCT, THIRD DIVISION, TER
RITORY OF ALASKA, AT KO
DIAK, ALASKA
In the Matter of the Estate of Louis
Melsing, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned, administrator of the
estate of Louis Melsing, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons hav
ing claims against the said deceased*
to exhibit such claims, with the neces
sary vouchers, within six (6) months
after the first publication of this no- ^
tice to the said administrator at the
office of John F. Coffey, attorney at
law, located in the Gray building in
the village of Kodiak, Third division,
Alaska, which said office the under
signed selects as his place of business
in all matters connected with the said
estate of Louis Melsing, deceased.
Dated and first published this first
day of November, 1926.
NORMAN NOBLE
Administrator of the es
tate of Louis Melsing, de
ceased.
JOHN F. COFFEY
Attorney for the Administrator.
First Publication November 1, 1926.
Last Publication, November 29, 1926.
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