ITEMS OF INTEREST REGARDING
RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH
Seattle.—1'raise for the Alaska
exhibit at the American Mining Con
gress in the Coliseum at Chicago,
w.'.s voiced by hundreds who attend
ed the convention, said J. L. Mc
l • on. manager of the Alaska tiu
.ii! of the Seattle Chamber of Com
. ne. w.io returned from Chicago,
v. :iere he installed and aided in tiie
direction of the display. James F.
t ail'ir.i th. secretary of the Ameri
■ n Mining Congress, said the dis
was a striking revelation of the
"enii.iiiiy of the northern territory
and that it had convinced mining
men that the government will soou
make possible the development of
i.s resources.
l'I.e Alaska exhibit was the ceu
! r of attraction amoug the many
\ .l.-rful displays In the huge Col
The mineral collection from
. alone, embraced more than
• -\aibits. while the background
1 decorative features included ex
!:ihits of grains and grasses from
the I'. S agricultural experiment
s ..tions a' Fairbanks and Kampart,
unted lisli, exhibits of Alaskan
•. oods. and more than sixty hand
•red. enlarged photographs, col
1 l>> tiie Alaska Bureau for use
Washington. This exhibit was lo
.1 in • e center of the Coliseum
i : an octagonal space, with four en
's. that the main Alaska ex
i .itlit the eve and attention
i thousands who visited the expo
ion. from :iny section of the huge
The Forestry Building had a
»itig display of timber resources
d :e large collection of maps and
Egureg prepared by the Alaska Bu
na ■ .hibited in space donated
!> t!ie 1'. S bureau of mines.
T!:.> Sunday after the exposition
■d, a: >1 while the exhibit was bo
; :• u K- d for shipment, repre
.•titatiVes from the Field Museum
■ Cht.ajto I'niversitv, high schools
<: d or:-r educational institutions
vuro ::: Mteudance all day, collect
n: tever could be spared from
: e \: i exhibit for display in the
i stitutions. The interest
1 • cuts emphasized as uoth
■ I'Uld. the need of a eompre
tisive campaign of education to
ake Known to the people of the
-t ar i! Middle West, the facts re
ilr : Alaska and her resources.
T ■' wt aided In making th's ex
h'.'.it a success may feel well repaid
b> r e pr.i se and comments it drew.
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' r reminder that Alaska
doubtless Is destined to send enor
mous quantities of petroleum to all
parts of the world through Seattle
as a distributing point, is found in
an unique exhibit supplied the Al
aska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce by Sydney Laurence
and Arthur Thompson of Anchorai-'O.
Alaska. The exhibit consists of an
ord.uary kerosene lamp filled with
crude petroleum. The petroleum
comes from one of the newly discov
ered oil seepages near anchorage.
It is unrefined, except for one strain
ing through coarse burlap. When
lighted the lamp gives a clear, bright
flame. It has excellent illuminating
qualiti<% and is free from smoke or
odor. The seepage from which this
oil came is easily accessibla. It is
no more than on6-Qulf mile from
Anchorage city limits and about the
same distance from the government
railway.
Commenting on the discovery. Mr.
Laurence said: "The possibilities of
oil in this vicinity first became ap
parent about the middle of last sum
mer. due to the ebullitions of gas
and other evidences of oil have been
discovered close to the town of An
chorage, which, of course, created
the usual excitement, and a number
of claims were located, with the re
sult that several sn-ull seepages have
been found in the vicinity of An
chorage this summer. The more iin
portant of these is situated on the
south slope of CI ester creek de
pression. just south of town.
"This seepage vas carefully ex
amined by Dr. Alfted Brooks, chief
geologist of the C Geological Sur
vey in Alaska: Ed ;«olan, c .ief geol
ogist of the Uenerul I'etroleuin Co..
and James Wood. Jr.. geologist for
the Associated Oil Co.. during the
summer, and wag pronounced by
them to be bona fid? seepage of high
grade oil of a paratine base and of
much importance in establishing the
fact that oil exists in the formation
below the plateau upon which An
chorage is situated."
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Alaska products shipped to the
states during the month of Septem
ber had a total value of $11,412,550
according to the monthl> statement
of shipments of nieichandise, by col
lector of Customs John W. Troy.
The principal commodity exported
was canned salmon, which was val
ued at $9,957,661, and consisted of
64,163.073 pounds. The next oil the
list of exports was copper ore. val
HAINES NOTES
Haines, Nov. 15.
The newly appointed assistant at
torney anil Jack Wilson, the special
officer for the suppression of the li
quor traffic, came up on the steutr
er Peterson, and have been in town
for several days. They will leave
tonight on the Estebeth.
Steve Sheldon has sold his stock
of drugs to Dr. Pryer, and the doc-<
tor Is moving them to his place of
business, between the hardware
store and the stort of J. 11. Ch.'sel.
The entertainment Riven hy the
I'areni-Teacher association last Fri
day evening was t> very enjovahie
affair. L>r. t'rver gave quite a talk
on health, and Hev. Denton gave a
talk on correct English. Thero wen
several songs, interspersed with in
strumental music, and all was well
rendered. The closing feature >vns a
mock trial, in which a young lady
was arrested and brought before the
court on a charge of cruelty to ani
mals by beating eggs. an1 the trial
created a good'deal of merriment.
The dance given by the Haines
Athletic club on Saturday evening
was a great success in ever> ».*iy:
there being a large crow! present.
The hall was beautifully decorated
and good music, and a Hue lunch
was served: and the Moor was kc-|.t
warm until the early hours of '.,01 n
ing.
ued at $4S0,426.
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The largest area of forest pulp
timber ever offered for sale lias been
thrown open to bidders by the Uni
ted States forest service. The tim
ber is located In the Tongass nation
al forest of Alaska and comprises
150,000 acres along the west coast
of Admiralty Island. According to
government figures the timber stand
will cut :t50.000.0(>0 cubic feet.
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The announcement is mado that
Jafet I.lndeberg has disposed of his
Alaska reindeer holdings to an east
ern syndicate sufficiently financed to
place reindeer meat on the world
market, and it is expected the new
company will open general offices in
Seattle early in March. A large sum
was paid down wheii the papers
were signed.
To Cure n Colo tn Oue Day
Take Groves LAXIT1YE BKOMO
QUININE tablets. The geuuine bears
the signature of E. \V. Grove. 30c
Subscribe for the l>a!lv Alaska:
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What a combination for comfort and enjoyment after
the day's work's done!
You can sit enraptured with the singing of the noblest
masterpieces played by the world's greatest artists; you can
feel the thrill of soul-stirring music by the finest bands and
orchestras; or you can forget your worries in side-splitting
laughter at the merriment of leading entertainers—all in
your own home on the
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Come in and let us demonstrate the Victrola. and arrange easy terms of
payment, li you desire.
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO.
WHITE PASS QUITS
TAXAN'A RIVER POINTS
Wheeler Predicts Camp Will Bo
Greatest on North American Con
tinent—Treadwell Co. Opening
I,<><!(• Matter of Astounding Rich
ness.
General Manager Herb Wheeler
of the White Pass & Yukon H. R.,
made the announcement from the
White Pass general offices in Se
attle on Tuesday taat the company
would not accept freight or passen
gers for Tanana valley points next
season, as the company will not
operate any steamers to Nenana riv
er. It is also announced the com
pany will not operate steamers on
any fixed schedule between St. Mi
chael and Dawson on the lower riv
er.
Manager AVheelet says completion
of the government railroad has de
stroyed the White Pass business on
t- e Yukon river, ai.d it is the inten
tion of h.s company to give shippers
outside of Tanana valley points the
best service possible after consider
ing net returns to the railroad com
pany. He said during 1920 about
$500,000 in gross tonnage was col
lected by the White Pass corpora
tion on traffic frora St. Michael to
Dawson, which includes all the low
er Yukon and tributaries. This sea
son the traffic was below 1920. This,
in his opinion, will leave the govern
ment railroad with about $100,000
in gross tonnage returns for the
1922 season. which, in his opinion,
will give appalling loss for railroad
operations.
Mayo Is Rich
Manager Wheeler is authority fori
the statement that he believes Mayo |
is going to be the greatest silver
camp in the North American contin
ent. He bases this claim on con
fidential information in his hands.
He believes there will be large re
duction plants at Mayo, and that
eventually a large population will
lie centered there.
The Alaska Dispatch has been ad
vised that the Treadwell Co. engi
neers predict the White Pass fleet
will he swamped with business dur
ing 1923. and that development
work on the Treadwell holdings at
Mayo is opening lode matter of as
tounding richness.
WHAT THIRTY BILLION
DOLLARS WILL DO
Counting the cost in money only,
the European war cost the United
States more than $30.000.000.000—
i hundred times as much as the cost
nf building the Panama Canal, con
sidered in its time one of the great
est undertakings the United States
might assume.
What would not thirty billion dol
lars do?
Thirty billion dollars would buy
ill the railroads of the United
States, free from debt, and leave ten
Million dollars for betterments.
Thirty billion dollars would build
300.000 miles of the best highway,
u a cost of $50,000 per mile—high
way enough to lay fifty national
liighways across the country. East
:ind West, and fifty similar high
nays across the coantr.v, North and
South.
Tiuriy onuon aonars woma ouiia
itnd equip a college in ea.;ti of the
states and in Hawaii and the Philip
pines at a cost of $200,000,000 each
ind leave twenty billions with which
to erect and equip- one hundred
thousand high schools at $200,000
sach.
Thirty billion dollars would ac- i
eomplish anything that could be de- [
vised by the most ardent advocate
nf public improvements, so far as
money could attain the end.
When the American people con
template what might be done with
the amount of money we have Just
spent on war. they will stop at noth
ing short of yielding of national
honor and safety In the efTort to se
cure the assurance of permanent
peace.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MADE NO ATTEMPT
Washington, Nov. 16.—While the
hearing before the Senate commit
tee on territories was in progress,
Senator New, chairman of the com
mittee, made inquiry as to why the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
which is so actively interested in
Alaskan affairs, did not take any
steps to break the monopoly of the
steamship companies in Alaska. Bal
laine replied to Nnw that until re
cently the Guggenheims controlled
the board of trustees of the institu
tion and said he, Ballaine, had been
denied a hearing before the commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce.
APrLKS RIPEX IN THE
CHILKAT VALLEY; CLALM
That Apples will ripen in the Chil
kat Valley, near Haines, Is demon
strated by J. H. DeBlondeau, a Chll
kut Valley rancher. The apples seut
to The Empire by J. H. DeBlondeau.
are of the Yellow Transparent var
iety and are of good size and flavor
and thoroughly ripened.
In a letter of explanation sent
about the matter, Mr. DeBlondeau
said that four years ago he secured
40 young apple trees of various
kinds from the Sitka experiment sta
tion. Ten of them died on account
of mice that got under the snow and
ate the roots, he says. He has 30
now growing.
The only variety that has ripened
fruit so far are the Yellow Trans
parent, which in the south is one of
the earliest of apples. One crab ap
ple tree has also had ripened fruit.
Six of the trees have never blossom
ed. The Duchess of Oldenburg trees
have apples that aro fine for cook
ing purposes, but they never ripen.
The Red June variety have but a
few apples and the trees crack, ac
cording to the rancher, to overcome
which he wraps them with sacks.
Mr. DeBlondeau Is of the opinion
that some apples can be raised with
great success In the Chilkat Valley
and he will graft some ,of the trees
he already has growing and plant
others in the spring. With his trees
only planted for four years, he has
picked as high as one box from a
tree.
It is pointed out that the Chilkat
Valley, where the famous Haines
strawberries come from, is singular
ly free from the excessive rainfall
that occurs in some other parts of
Alaska and which has proven detri
mental to the ripening of fruit on
the trees and that quick ripening
apples should get enough sunshine
in the valley to ripen them In the
growing season. —Stroller's Weekly
ULTIMATUM GIVEN TO ULSTER
London, Nov. 16.—The govern
ment has delivered ail ultimatum tu
Ulster, (o the effect that she must
accept the proposal by Lloyd George
for a settlement of the Irish ques
tion, without any vital changes.
It was announced last night that
the Sinn Fein demands that all of
Ireland have one parliament. To this
the Ulsterites refuse to accede.
How's This?
We offer One Hun ?red Dollars Reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that oannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by cutarrh sufferers for the past thirty
Ive years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces, expelling: the Pol*
*on from ihe Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Hall's Catarrh ?
Medicine for a short lima you wfl) se* a
srrtral Improvement y .it general
lealth. Start taking Hall's C.itr»rrh Medi
cine at once at«d k- i : id .>f • . rrh. Send
?or testimonial j 'rt>
F. J. CHtI>'KV ' v. icdo, Ohio.
Sold by all 7oc.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law j
Practlc* In all court*
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES — AlASb t|
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Dentist
Most Modern Method*
Office Hours: 9-12 a. to.—1-0 't*
Alaskan Building Broadway
SKAGWA* ALASKA
rrt»»Hnmir«TT» I
SKAGWAT'8
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skagway No. »•
meet* trery second at>4
fourth Tuesday •venlnsj
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit'
fng brothers cordially welcoma,
J, M. Keller, L. 8. Keller, >
Arctic Recordefj Arctic Chief.
B. P. O. ELKS, Skair
way Lodge, No. 481, IL
P. O. Elks, meets every,
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers ccr»
dlally welcome,
J. 0. WOOD, It. R.
P, J. VANDEWAliL, ^Secretary.
r, lilL
WUita Paaa Lodge P. S i.
A. >L Ha. 118, maeta 2do
and 4th Saturday •renins
of each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren ara w&l
Z%k JcT«, come.
JOHN N. HANSEN, \V. 11.
T. 3. Standlsh, Secretary
Fraternal Order of
Eagieg
hkagwaj Aerlo, No. !85,
iraternal Order ol
Katies, meet tli« first
and third e<lnrtsuay night •! »acu
month at tlieii hall on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially In
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. Griesbach, Sec'y.
Pioneers ot Alaska, Igloo No. 12,
meet in A. R. Hail first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting brothers cordially wel
come. i. C. PHELPS, Sec'y.
.Naomi Chapter No. 9,
O. E. 8., meets la Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday, of each
month, at 8 o'clock. Vis
iritis members welcome.
Charrie Marl* Spark*,
Worthy Matron.
Virginia Suffecool, Secretary.
XOTICB
When you want anything moved
Trunks, Baggage or anything else,
Call up the John William*, U. S.
Transfer Co. Also wood, 16 Inch,
delivered, $4.50, and coal, per ton,
delivered, $18.
..Rochester Hotel, j
A. Rystogi, Prop]
All Modern Conveniences
Corner King Street and Second Ave., DAWSON, Y.T
Seven-Passenger McLaughlin-Buick Car Service
White Fass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 48.
Tuesdays and Fridays
So.
1, X. Bound
1st Class.
8:30 a.m. Leaves
10:45 a. m. "
12:30 p. m. "
2:CO p.m. "
4:25 p.m. Arrives
Leaves
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WIIITEHORSE
Passengers must be at the depot la time to hart Baggage In
spected. and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty mlnutsa befoie
leaving time of trains. was »»»-.«»*»••• * •»' - |i»
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free witn each fall fare
ticket, and T6 pounds with each half fare ticket.
No. 2, S. Bourn
1st Class.
Arrives 3:35 p. m.
2:05 p. m
12:45 p. m
10:55 &. m
8:30 a. m.