President Vanophem Announces Reopening Of
lualin Mines; Will Develop Property Immediately
Work at the Jualin property of the
Alaska Jualin Mines Company will
be resumed at an early date, Is the
gist of an announcement made this
morning by Jean Vanophen:, Presi
dent of the company, who arrived
here last night from the South He
Is accompanied by h.'s daughter. Miss
Simone, and her friend. Miss H.
lvey. of Atlanta, Ga., and Felix Dary,
of Paris France.
Mr. Venophem and his parCy left
this afternoon for the mine on the
Murrelet and will remain there for
about three weeks. Before leaving
in a statement to a rewesen!ative
of The Empire, he said: "I am here
at this time to makb all preparations
for reaming active developments
work at Jualin. This includes gett
ting our equipment into shape, get
ting camps ready and In general do
ing whatever is necessary to facili
tate work after it is started."
Start Work Before Decern l>er. j
"We expect to start work by De-,
ceinber of this year and our plans i
call for the completion of the tun-J
nel by nest summer. 1 am confident j
that we will have a mill in operation!
at Jualin wltbin a year.
Mr. Venophem said that several in-J
terested parties will visit the nilnei
this fall and winter. The first of'
these will arrive on August 19. on (
the Princess Louise. After looking!
over the property, Mr. Venophem J
will return with this party to San (
Francisco and remain there looking
after the company's interests until
November. At that time a large
party from France and Belgium will
be brought here to go over the prop
Following this Inspection worn will
begin at once, said Mr. Vanophem.
This will be confined to Che tunnel
which was driven In to a distance of J
4.ooo feet before the company's dis
continued operations several years
ago. There are still 3,800 feet of
tuunel to be driven and the work
will be done largely by contract
About 40 men will be necessary for
this work, which will be carried on
In three shifts. Mr. Vanophem said
the tunnel would be completed by
naxt summer.
Property Regimled Highly.
The property, he said, la regarded
very highly and the completion of the
tuunel he is convinced will prove t lie
salvation not alone of it. but of other
Berners Bay properties. "We know
that we have a good workable prop
erty and I am sure that a mill will
be in operation on it within a year,"
he added.
Transportation by air is planned
by the company in it renewed oper
ations. he said. Next spring the com
pany will ship a machine to Jualin
and use it for transportation of per
sonnel and supplies between Juneau
aijd the mine. "It takes about 10
hours now to make the one-way trip'
bv bout and by airplane we will be i
able to make it in one-half hour," he j
said.
He intimated that extensive exper-j
imeuts would be fostered in Alaska;
probably next summer. One plane
will probably cover the Interior;
from the Yukon to the Arctic coast..
he said. He believes that aerial
transportation will play an Impor
tant part in topographic mapping, in i
opening up new districts and in j
transportation of both men and sup
plies.
Kntliusiastir About Territory.
Both Mr. and Miss V'anophem are|
enthusiastic over (lie Territory and
expressed themselves as clad to get'
back to the North. "I think there is
no other country just like it." said
Mr. Vanophem.
What holds back the development:
of Alaska, in my opinion, is lark
of transportation, the prevailing be
lief, of people outside of Alaska, that,
the country is lost in snow and gla-1
clers. only inhabited by Eskimos ;
and. most of all, the lack of strong
support by the government»of the!
United States.
"As a mining country, there is no
other in the world that affords morej
opportunities to the mining man.
who has courage and will, than Al
aska. This alone should stimulate i
official Initiative in view of faclll '
tating by every means at its cora-i
mand, the task undertaken by the
prospector and miner In their en-1
deavors to bring the wealth of this
wonderful land to light.
"Although the climatic conditions
are quite severe in the Interior dur
ing the winter time, they ought not
to play, with transportation facilities;
iny part In curtailment or Inter-'
mlttance in operations with lode
mining. There are sufficient ex-j
^mples of mining operations being
:arried successfully on a large scale
OPENING Of LOWE SUSPENSION \
BRIDGE OVER MILES CM!
I
Lord Bvng and suite arrived at,
Whitehorse on Sunday morning at
T: 20, after a restful trip on the,
steamer Whitehorse. Lord and Lady
Bwig expressed great satisfaction to
the White Pass officials for their suc
cessful efforts to make their Journey
in Yukon a most pleasant one.
At S: oO. on Sunday last, the vice
regal party were driven in autos to I
Miles Canyon, where the White Pass
workmeu had built a fine suspension
bridge over the famous canyon. It is!
over 130 feet long and SS feet above'
the roaring waters.
On arriving at the bridge, gaily
decorated with flags and having the
entrance barred by a cord decorated
with Whitehorse colors, and a Y.O.O.
Pioneers' saah. Principal Galpln,
made a few remarks. Informing His
Excellency that the Idea of building
a bridge In that place was conceived
many years ago by Rohert Lowe, the
Councillor for Southern Yukon, and
now with the willing co-operation of
the White Pass, his idea had taken
tangible shape.
The visit of the Governor-General
had been the means of hastening the
work to completion.
Baron Byng in a few happily chas
en words. congratulated the people
on their enterprise and said how
pleased he was to help tije Territory
in auy way whatever.
Lord Byng, accompanied by Lady
Byng. then severed the cord at the
entrance to the bridge and walked
over the tumultuous waters where
they were photographed alone. His
Excellency then said. "Come along
everybody and be photographed."—
The onlookers readily responded and
Mr. Hamacher took several fine
views of the new bridge.
Baron Byng expressed a wish that
the bridge should be called the
Lowe bridge and wished good luck
to the builders and the tourists who
would use it.
The party were then driven a
short distance to the waiting train,
and proceeded to Carcross, where the
steamer Tutshi took them across the
beautiful lakes to Atlin. B. C.
They returned on Wednesday and
on Thursday arrived at Skagway.
where they borrded the Princess Al
ice steamship for Vancouver, hav
ing spent nearly three weeks in the
Northland and enjoyed every day of
their visit.
Royal Welcome
for Byng Party i
in Atlin, B. C.
Atlin, B. C. Aug. 16.—(By Mail).
His Excellency, the Governor-Gen
eral. Lord Byng of Vlmy, Lady Byng, j
Lady Bascawen, and suite, arrived in j
Atlin Monday morning, and were
met on the wharf by a committee of
citizens consisting of Messrs. Paxton
Hathora and Taylor. A short address
of which, a copy was t» enclosed, was
read by Mr. Paxton. to which Hi» Ex
cellency replied ia most appropriate
terms. In concluding his remarks
he expressed a wish to moeet each o!
the returned soldiers present, which
he did. engaging them individually
In several minutes conversation.
During their stay in the Atlin dis
trict. Their Excellencies visited most
of the points of interest, and seemed
to enjoy every miuute of the time:
King's weather prevailing during tht
whole of their visit.
Her Excellency, Lady Byng, was
presented by the citizens with a nug
Set necklace, nuggets and workman
ship being local products: while His
Excellency was the recipient from the
returned soldiers of a rose quartz
nugget, recently found on Pine
i:reek.
The Address.
To His Excellency,
The Right Honorable Lord Eyng
Til | ~ «—• 'j »ll I '
in countries where winters see the
thermometer drop far below the zero
mark, and does not offer any hind
rance to coustaut and systematic de
velopment.
"During the summer months when
exploration can be made In Alaska,
it is terribly difficult for a man to
prospect, on a thorough and sys
tematic basis, when lie scouts far
away from means of transportation.
He must rely on himself alone in
these vast regions, and is obliged
before undertaking auy work of
reconnaissance at all, to establish a
good camp anu enter material nnd
supplies Tor a long period.
"The hardships that confront hlin
in doing this will result in the ex
haustion of his morale and physical
forces, so much so that when the
moment for real e.\ploratlon comes,
the results he might be able to ob
tain will be very meager in compari-:
sou to the amount of energy that lie
lies spent.
"The U. S. topological survey na»
made several expeditions at a large:
expense, and only a small part of,
Alaska could be covered by topo-,
graphical survey and mapping. The
largest part of the Territory remains
unknown. The reason so little prea1
has been mapped out is due to the
slow means of transportation, added
to the many hardships that any man,
or party, has to encounter in travel-:
tag.
"This shows that the logical solu
tion does not lay with terrestrial
transportation, even with the roads
that the winter affords, but to turn J
to the aeroplanes. The modern ma
chine is fast and able to carry sev-:
era] passengers and heavy loads, and
will respond to every need.
"The safe way of effecting a land-1
Ing on snow covered mountains, as
well as in the valleys, and on the,
water, will demonstrate the practical
feasibility of transportation by air
craft, and open up countries that'
nobody would dare to touch under'
present conditions. With the good
equipment that is available today, j
and proper organization, the work i
that aviation will achieve from the I
start, will turn great light oti the;
unlimited possibilities of Alaskan In- ;
iustries, and be progressively a won- i
Jerful advertisement In home and
Foreign countries tc attract capital." j
—Juneau Empire.
of Viniy. G. C. B.. G. C. M. G.. eic.
Governor-General of Canada.
May it please Your Excellency:
We. the residents of the Atlin Min
ing Division, of the Province of Brit
ish Columbia, beg to offer to Your
Excellency a hearty welcome to our
Town and District.
We are few in numbers, but loyal!
to the Crown, as was eviuced by the
large proportion of our men, both!
Koung and old. who went to the j
Prom, many of whom sleep on the
poppled Fields of Flanders.
You will doubtless meet, during!
rour all too short stay, some of the I
"Boys" who served under your il-1
lustrious command in the Great War. |
We trust that Your Excellency a 'i
Lady Byng will have a pleasant visit I
In our Camp, and that you will re
turn to your home with liappv rec
ollections of the North.
We assure you of our continued'
Loyalty to the Throne, and all for>
which it sta-ds. and would respect-'
'ully request that you transmit the
expression of same to His Most Gra
cious Majesty, Our Beloved King. j
Signed on behalf of the Feople of
Atlin,
W. G. Faxton,
Chairman of Public Meeting.
A. B. Taylor,
Secretary.
HAKBONt'S MEDITATIONS
[PAHSON -SAY AH OUGHTER
MAKE UP A RESLUTION
T' 6IT LONG WID DE OLE
'OMAN FUM NOW ON, BUT
TAIN'. NO USE--SHE DONE.
RES'LUTED T' GIT. L0N<sJ
'DOUT ME !! ——
CurVl IS 10 t* KCCN.I* ntmtfiftr Sjwum*
NEVER IN HURRY
Turk# Know Nothing of Modern
Business "Hustle."
Coffee "ai li" Coffee Central Feature
of Hoepltality—Greeting! Marked
by Much Ceremony.
In the Levant coffee Is the cfentral
feature of hospitality, the binding so
cial link, writes a correspondent from
Constantinople In the London Dally
Express. Its consumption partakes of
a religious ceremony and the ritual is
strictly laid down.
When you cnll on a Turkish official,
or, Indeed, on any Turk you udvanee
toward him with a sweeping movement
of the right hand, touching your heart,1
lipB and brow, which he returns. He
then takes you by Uie right hnnd and
ushers you to the best armchair on
his rk'lit where you settle for half a
moment; then, catc'iing his eye, you
half rise; und repeat the salute. In- (
eluding In It all the other occupants of
the room. Again a short pause, and
he asks after the state of your re- {
sported health. "Praise be to God."
you reply piously (meaning that you
are quite well, thank you). "And your i
high excellency's health?" "God be j
praised," be returns, nnd when you j
have exhausted one another's families 1
there ensues another and longer pause.
He comes out of a profound medi
tation. as If a bllmllngly original Idea
hud attacked him. "Your high per-1
sonallty drinks a coffee?" he Inquires, i
his hand hovering over the little bell I
ln«eparnl»!e from a Turkish office
table. You assent, and the bell Is i
struck. A servant enters, buttoning ,
up his coat In token of respect and I
folil'ng his hands over his stomach.
Every Turkish office, from the prime
minister's to the mudir's In an outly
ing village, has an authorized coffee
maker attached to It. His function
Is to lighten the dull round of dally I
toll by ministering to very cultivated i
palates.
neiore muum >..i .. .
been slowly roasted In an Inclined re- i
volving cylinder over an jsh or char
foul fire, and then ground to a fine j
powder; to Insure absolute smoothness
tills powder Is hammered on an anvil,
a most tuneful proceeding. This final
perfect quintessence of coffee Is mixed
with the accurate quantity of sugar
specified, and the water added In the
"ihrlk" or "Jezve," which are two
names for the same little saucepan.
The Jezve Is pushed reverently among
the ashes, which are then funned to
the required temperature, and the cof
fee Is three times brought to the boll
and three times cooled by the addition
of a few drops of water. Then once
more for luck, and It Is poured Into
little cups without handles, like the
slop-basin of a doll's tea set, placed
on a brass tray and offered to the
gne«t.
After nil this you may get on with
your business. If you haven't forgot
ten what It was.
Lost and Found.
Umbrellas are lost and found fre
quently enough, but seldom Is one the
means of helping one person tc find
another. In his recent volume on boolt
collecting Mr. A. Edward Newton says
that while he was at a hospital In
I.ondon he whs anxious to have a cer
tain bookseller come and see lilm; he
tells how his umbrella helped to ful
fill his wish.
My. uncle, he says, had never seen
Mr. Hutt, who kept > bookshop at
some distance from the hospital, and
since he had been In London only
forty-eight hours he did not know his
way round and whs as nervous as a
hen. I told him as well as I could
where the shop was, and he started
off. As he went I noticed that he was
carrying my umbrella, which has a
curious horn handle studded with
rotindheaded tacks.
lie promptly lost his way. and an
hour later my friend, Mr. Hutt, who
was hurrying along the crowded
Strand, saw a man apparently looking
for some one or something and car
rying my umbrella! Calling my uncle
by nnme—he had heard me speak of
him—he asked If he could direct him
unywhere. My uncle was emazcd and
conducted my friend, or rather was
conducted by him, to my bedside.—
Youth's Companion.
Rays From Human Hand.
A member of the faculty of the Unl-!
versify of Pennsylvania made X-ray j
photographs by means of secondary I
radiations from his hand exposed to j
the notion of a Crookes tube, which
was so screened that Its rays could not
directly reach the photographic plate.
Other things besides the hand, such as
pieces of wood, zinc, and brass, were
found to possess a similar property of
being excited to the 'mission of Invis
ible rays by the action of the tube.
On two occasions the investigator has
suffered from Inflammation of the eyes
and throat when sleeping In a room
where X-ra.v experiments had been
conducted, and he thinks the cause
may have been the secondary radia
tion from the air or the objects In the
room.
Foreigners In New York.
Of the 10,385.227 Inhabitants of New
York state. 6.634.-S69 or 08.9 per cent,
are natives of that state, according to
an announcement of the census bureau
of the Department of Commerce. Less
than 1,000.000 of the population were
burn In other states, while almost 3,
000,000 were born In foreign countries.
T!:e percentage of native Americans
n the state had Increased from 09.S
ii 1910 to 72.8 In 1920, with an equ«l
reduction In the percentage of for
eign born resident*.
BIBLE THUIIUHX
FOR TODA1
THK ONLY WAY:—I am the way,
the truth, and the life.—John 14: 6.
TRUST AND WAVER NOT.—
Trust In the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.—Proverbs 3: 6.
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vored chewing gum "
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sugar jackot
"melt* in your
mouth," leaving i
the delidously
flavored gum
center to aid
d 1 ge• t on,
brighten teeth
and tooth* ,
mouth and throat.
Iltere 1s more catarrh in this secBo#
Of the country than iftl other disease*
lut together, and for years It was sup#
posed to bo Incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatr.ont, pronounce*
tt Incurable. Caiarrh Is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con
ditions and therefore requires eonctlUV
tlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine. manufactured by F J. Chene) A
Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is a constitutional
remedy, 1s taken Internally and acta
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surface*
of the System., One Hundred Dollars f*.
ward Is offered for any case that Hall'*
Catarrh Medicine falls to cure. Send fot
circulars and testimonials.
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Bold by DruffRlHt"*, 75c.
Hair* Faintly 1'ills for constipation
THE 8KAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. 8 EE MAN, Prop.
THb SANITARY MILK RANCH
The largeat Mill b«at eon
ducted dairy ia tluk*. .
Dully shipment* •! pnre
milk and cream to all
polnta on Whlta Pasa A
Yukon lloute.
Phone 126 and Kellers will d»
liver ice cream Sunday In time foi
dinner. Order either a three flavor
brick of neapolltan or plain. Wt
will pack It to ketp for hoar*.
... Caribou Hotel..
E. W. Gideon, Proprietor.
CAKCROSS, I. T.
At the Meeting of RaiI ana Sail
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ECZEMA ] YEAR
In Pimples All Over
Body. Itched and Burned.
" Eczema broke out In pimples all
over my body. It itched and burned
all the time ana i scratcnea
and irritated the parts un
. til they bled. My clothing
aggravated the breaking
out and 1 could not rest
day or night.
"The trouble lasted
aDout a year cxaore 1 dc
gan using Cutlcura Soap and Oint
ment and after using three boxes of
Ointment with the Cuticura Soap I
was healed in si* weeks." (Signed)
Mrs. Ear! Baker, Custar, Ohio.
Beautify your skin by daily use of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum.
IiapUKtchrrMbrHiU Addf*t»: -Clttcar» L«b
onUrlia. D«pt. 4i, Sold every
where. Soap fee. OintxnenC'J&ftndUe. TslcnmOc.
Cuticura Soap ihafm without mug.
We have just received the "FLY"
which should tempt the big ones.
Remember that it is good policy,
when selecting flys, to pick out
those which look good to the fish,
not those which leak good to you.
Kellers have the kind the fish like.
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