WASHINGTON, March 19.—Na
tional enforcement and operation of
the Adamson law, enacted by con
gress last September when a nation
wide^railroacf strike threatened par
alysis of transportation, was suspend
ed awaiting the supreme court's de
cision upon its constitutionality. Na
tional effect, it was agreed, rested up
on disposal of the single test case of
the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf rail
road, chosen by the railroads and de
partment of justice to determine for
the whole country the issues.
Involved were vital public and pri
vati^interests, present and future, in
cluding those of American railroads
aggregating 250,000 miles and prop
erty interests of $5,000,000,000, to
gether with those of 400,000 railroad
employees, one-fifth of the total. Al
so involved was future limit of public
regulation and private operation of
common carriers with boundaries of
regulatory legislation by congress.
The decision upholding as constitu
tional all features of the Adamson act
entailed:
Permanent establishment of a work
day of eight hours as a measure or
standard of calculating wages and
service of train operatives.
Temporary but immediate increase
of about 25 per cent in wages, during
not less than seven nor more than 11
months! beginning January 1 last, of
about 400,000 trainmen, mostly of the
“Big Four” brotherhoods of engineers,
firemen, conductors and brakemen and
those principally in the freight serv
ice. Comparatively few passenger
trainmen were given immediate bene
fit by the law.
Co®t to the railroads of such tem
porary increase of from $40,000,000 to
$50,000,000, as estimated by the rail
roads, or about $20,000,000 as esti
mated by the brotherhoods. Future
additional cost of a permanent eight
hour day scale was estimated by the
railroads at $100,000,000 annually,
with prospective additional wage de
mands from 1,500,000 other employes,
not benefited by the Adamson law.
Vast extension of congressional au
thority in federal regulation of com
mon carriers with power to authorize
wage fixing by the interstate com
merce commission.
Future negotiations between rail
roads and trainmen of new wage
scales b^ed upon the eight hour day
standard.
Dismissal of about 500 railroad in
junction suits, in virtually every fed
eral district court, to enjoin the law’s
enforcement.
BIG CROWD ATTENDS
OPENING AT CARNIVAL
Dawson night, the opening night
at the Spring Carnival was popular
and Iarbor Union hall was filled to
overflowing with people who fairly
exuded the genuine carnival spirit.
EAry known device to separate the
crowd from their money and at the
same time carrying the mythical spirit
of chance, was in evidence and well
patronized. Wheels of fortune, chuck
a-luck, knife racks, candy booths, etc.,
on down the line were capably man
aged by ballaho artists, who cried
their wares. Cider, hot coffee and light
lunches were served to the hungry.
Everything went for the small sum of
one dime and in every 'case the pur
chaser got value received. Booths
were arranged around the west side
of hall with the feed and drink
joints in front of the stage that was
occupied by Dolliver’s five-piece or
chestra. The eastern portion of the
large hall is corraled off for a dancing
floor that was one of the popular at
tractions last night.
The championship pillow fight was
pulled off last night on the stage and
proved a winner, however the title is
still in dispute. Sam Mandell has
charge of the carnival and everything
is being carried through without a
hitch. Tonight is Nome night and ad
ded Ad new attractions are on the
bill.
(Fairbanks Citizen)
Richardson, March 12, 1917.
Citizen, Fairbanks:
Newton reports the following from
Goodpaster: “At last they have a
bona fide strike up here. It runs from
a dollar and a half to five dollars to
the square foot of bedrock, and is
only 19 feet deep, on upper end of
Michigan creek, tributary of south
fork of Goodpaster, and is opened up
40 feet up and down stream and 25
feet across.” See bearer, Mr. Babcock,
for particulars. GRIFFIN.
Upwards of a dozen men are re
ported to have started yesterday for
the Goodpaster country with the hope
of being able to stake on some of
the creeks of that district on which
pay is reported to have been dis
covered. Some left Fairbanks as
early as 2 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, while still others departed later
on in the day. The leading outfits in
the race are reported as having passed
overland last night.
A wire received in Fairbanks yester
day from McCarty throws a little ad
ditional light on the cause for the
stampede. It is as follows:
“Pay located by Frank Solly on
Michigan creek in the Goodpaster
country. Will average between $1.59
and $2 to the square foot of bedrock.
The last three pans taken weight d
up $2.25. Good pay for twenty-five
feet across the creek and still drift
. ing. The ground is ten feet deep.
! Michigan creek is eight miles long and
is all staked. Good prospects have
, also been found on Bear and Granite
creeks. The news of the strike was
brought to McCarty direct from Sol
ly’s claim by Milo Hsjdukovich on
; March 5.”
August W. Conradt, the local min
. ing man, says that he was informed ol
! the find several days ago in a wire
j from McCarty. He hesitated to make
i the report public, however, for the
j reason that he is well acquainted with
: the Goodpaster country and has known
' of the existence of pay in spots, par
ticularly on Michigan creek, since last
: spring, when he, with Andrew Swan
; son, made a trip into the district.
Mr. Conradt is, perhaps, the best in
formed mining man in Fairbanks in
regard to the Goodpaster. He says
; that he is practically certain that the
i present reports are nothing to be ex
cited over, but he also expresses the
opinion that there is an excellent
; chance for pay on a number of the
creeks in the Goodpaster country.
The formation, he says, is a granite
and schist contact, which is ideal for
the existence of placer gold. When
he was there last spring he saw nug
gets weighing as high as $4, hut they
were only to be found at rare intervals
by the prospectors.
It is understood thut the reported
pay is near the head of Michigan
creek, or several claims above discov
ery. It is also stated that the ground
grows gradually -deeper down the
creek. Below discovery no holes have
ever been put to bedrock, as far as
can be learned.
Most of the ground on Michigan
creek, as well as in other parts of the
Goodpaster country, is wet. This fact,
in the past, has made prospecting
there a very difficult matter, and only
the most optimistic of the prospectors
have stayed with the work.
My Ambition!!
A clean house for clean people. Open
for business from ti a. m. to 6 a. in.
Watch Robarts’ Billiard and Bowling
Parlors. 719
Hot Cross Buns at the North Pole
Bakery. 743
The eating question: Have you
tried Cameron’s Cafe. 737
The Scandinavian society will hold
its meeting in the upper hall of the
Labor Temple Thursday evening,
April 5, at 8 o’clock.
74 1 ESER WIKHOLM, See.
ALASKA NEWS
Commissioner Geraghty of Iditarod i
has appointed a J. E. (George) Riley
as road supervisor for that district.
A Nome merchant is offering as a i
premium to his customers to be drawn
June 1, a round trip ticket to Seattle.!
It is reported that the miners in
the Kuskokwim district are busily en
gaged in taking out dumps and a
large output of gold is anticipated.
A rich strike is reported to have
been made recently on Disappoint
ment creek in the Marshall City dis-:
trict.
The application for an official sur
vey of the townsite of Petersburg for
a patent has been granted by the
general lanad office.
One hundred reindeer were recently
sent from Golavin to Nome. The uni-1
mals will be slaughtered for the local
market.
At a rousing meeting held a few
days ago at Juneau the Juneau Home
Guard was organized with fifty mem
bers on the roll.
Ester and Olive creeks in the.
Brooks district, are said to have yield-1
ed some excellent prospects and will
be worked this summer. The ground
is about 17 feet in depth.
The Valerie copper mine in the
Whitehorse district, reputed to be one'
of the richest in the district, will be ,
opened up at an early date on a large
scale.
Charles Close, known to nearly all
the old timers in southeastern and
western Alaska as one of the best
piano players ever coming north, died
in Cordova recently.
Good pay is reported to have been .
bund on the Diamond L. claim near;
Nome in two shafts. One will be
worked this winter and the other will
be rigged up for summer work.
All the wells in Brooks and vicinity
froze up during the recent cold snap
and melted ice and lake water hauled
four miles is the only supply for the
inhabitants.
Old timers at Nome state that the j
long continued uniformly cold weath
er which has prevailed during the
present winter is unprecedented since
white men have been in the countrv.
l
Four Italians became involved in a
cutting affray at Atlin last week and
as a consequence one is in the hospi
tal and three are held pending the
outcome of the seriously injured one.
None can talk English.
An unwonted activity in quartz
circles is reported from Nome. It is j
said that on New Year’s night there I
was much staking of quartz claims j
that had lapsed for want of assess-!
ment work.
The Douglas public school is to,
have a Victrola, the purchase money;
having been raised through the sale.
of tags and boxes at a social recently j
given by the Parent-Teacher organi- j
zation.
Petersburg is experiencing a build
ing boom. It is reported that about j
a dozen new dwellings are to be [
erected there as soon as the sawmill!
egins operations and a supply of
lumber is available.
The government, through the pub
lic health department, will send a;
sanitary engineer to Juneau at an1
early dale for the purpose of examin
ing into the milk, water and sewage ;
conditions at that place.
The first exhibition by the natives 1
of Juneau, Hoonah, Loring, Douglas,1
Sitka, Klawock, Hydaburg and Met
lakahtla held at the last named place ’
recently was pronounced a decided1
success.
Last week for the second time in IS j
years, religious services were held at {
Hope, Rev. H. C. Munroe, of the Com
munity church at Seward officiating.
He also organized a non-sectarian
Sunday school.
The Juneau Empire will add within
a few days one of the latest models
of the Optimus cylinder presses to its 1
joD department, me new press win (
have a speed of 2500 impressions an
hour.
<
Gus Less in?, a well known and es- i
teemed trader at Allakaket on the !
Koyukuk, committed suicide there re- ;
cently. The body was found in bed
with a 22-calibre rifle tied to the bed
post and a string attached to the trig- (
ger. Extreme loneliness and discour-'(
agement were the causes of the act. !
It is repoi-ted that the old cannery )
buildings at Pillar bay, southeastern
Alaska, have been torn down and a : 5
new cannery building with a two-line
equipment will be built. It is expect
ed that a pack of 70,000 cases will be ,
put up there this year.
The Nome Chamber of Commerce, j
which is boosting for the establish- ^
ment of a pioneers’ home at Knuzag- j
amappa Hot Springs, has received a (
communication from Governor Strong
turning down the project and stating '■
that the home at Sitka is tilling all '
re(|uirements.
Diamond drill exploration may be j
undertaken in the copper country of <j
the upper Chitina river if a prelimin
ary examination of the country about
to be made by i’. J. Lynch, the dia
mond drill expert of Juneau, proves
satisfactory. Lynch came north to jj
Cordova on the Admiral Evans en -
route to the ICennecott property.
Ruby Igloo No. 5, Pioneers of Alas- i
ka, is planning to mark the 50th an- jj
niversary of the raising of the Ameri- jj
can flag in Alaska on October IS next jj
by the erection of a monument over jj
the grave of Mrs. John Bean, the first |
white woman to penetrate interior jj
Alaska, the first to bear a white child jj
and the first to die in that country. jj
Open all night, the North Pole link- jj
ery. TIG ;
Joe Kisling, watchmaker, near Har
mony theatre. 433
.Stop at Peterso-n’s Hi tel. 300
The coal bunkers at the Blurt' Point
coal mine on Kac.he.mak bay are re- •
ported to have been destroyed by a
recent gale.
VaudevilTe stunts of all kinds at the
Spring Carnival, Labor Temple, April
4, 5, 6 and 7. 701 *.
Dave Barnes left on the launch 1
Swan for.- Knik where he will spend a0'
few days visiting his family before go- 1
ing to his season’s work as amalga- 1
mator for the Martin mines in the Wil- j
low creek district. '
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Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice ('ream, 4
Light Lunches
And— |
Home-Made ('audios.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace of Sweets
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Union Laundry <
and Bath House i t
Fourth Ave., Between H «nd 1, (
Ani'hora^ <
Ol‘It WOltK IS (illAKWTKKD J
—and—
SANITARY
1HK I.AHOKST AND CLEANEST 1
BATH TIBS IN ANOHORAflK I
THE COOK INLET
TRANSFER CO.
WOOD AND ICE
A SPECIALTY.
MARIES BENSON
Mgr.
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Temple Auditorium
A. L. U.
Spring Carnival!
OPENS
Tomorrow Night
DAWSON NIGHT
Everything in the Hall 10c
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Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING R HEGSTROM j
'< Next to Harmony Theatre. j
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The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Part ies.
lire place of real service. Boxes, Ltmeh < ‘ounter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
FRISCO CAFE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Hv»*ryt.ltins* in Season and Service tlie Yerv Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
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BUILDERS’ HARDWARE ]
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS !j
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
OL. SAPP WILL AID
FORMATION OF COMPANIES
After spending the past three months
s clerk in the Washington senate at
Mympia, Col. J. It. Sapp has returned
o Anchorage and will resume his du
ies with the Alaskan Engineering
Commission. Col. Sapp served in the
ipanish-American war and is a mem
er of the federal reserves, making
im subject to call. He will probably
ake part in the movement of organ
sing a local company and suggests a
ublie meeting for one night next
,eek. Col. Sapp, in speaking of An
horage, says that this city should be
repared for a large amount of tour
st travel this season, and further that
he courtesy extended tourists last
ummev did a wonderful amount of
ood towards advertising Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE CABINET WORKS
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
Joe Casati
537 Sixth Avenue.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Lund Office at Juneau, Alaska, February
3, UU 7.
NOTICE is hereby *iven that William
Mushes, of Knik, Alaska, who, on April
l«‘f, 19X3, ma<lc Homesttad Entry, No.
01780, for NW1 * S\V>,, Lots 1. G. SC
NW»4 See. 2, Lot 2, Section 11, Town
ship 1G N.f Kanue 2 W., Seward Merid
ian, has filed notice of intention to make
live years Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Leopold
David. U. S. Commissioner, at bis office
at Anchorage, Alaska, on the 11th day of
April, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Fred Crocker, of Knik. Alaska.
Malcolm A. McNeil, of Knik, Alaska.
Stanton Shafer, of Knik. Alaska.
James Patchell, of Knik, Alaska.
C. I!. WALKE»f. Kejristcr.
NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, V. S
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska. February
2. 1917.
NOTICE is hereby given that August
Swanson, of Matan-n o'. A aska, who, on
October lx, 1913, made lun.esteud entry'
No. 02438, for N»» N’E1,, Sec. 20, N k
N\V»4 Sec. -1 and EVs SK*4, Section 17.
Township 17 N., Pang* 1 E., Seward M*
ridian, has filed notice of intention
to make five year I’roof, to establish
*elahn to the land al>o ♦* described, before
L< opold David, Uni‘« d btate* Commis
sioner, at Anchora*? . .Mask.-, on tit*
Iftth day of April, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Peter Murray, of Matanuska, Alaska,
tleorge Nylen, of Matanuska, Alaska
tleorge (Jrennan, of Matanuska, Alaska
Arthur A. Cobb.
C. R WALKER Roister
Phone 43-Y for car day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 136
T-atest War News at Peterson's. 399