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WHERE IS THE COAL?
Five years ago this month the government railroad to the coal fields
pt Mut&nuska and Eska creek was completed, and the Matumiska branch!
at Chivkaloon four years ago. Ever since these dates announcement has'
been made (In Washington) that the Pacific coast would be flooded with I
theap fuel, The Eaka mine was opened in 1915. and lias supplied a liui-1
lted local trade since that time.
For fire years published statements have been made by naval officev-3
that the steaming qualities of the Matanuska coal were better than thotf
of any known deposit.
At the same time the residents ofsnoaS,JUO;) w)LUo; JOI|JO paB preAU s
and adjacent to these mines luive beeu using British Columbia ccul at. • an
enorqous price.
With the present high cost of fuel and the greatest sliort-vge in 'his
tory. It would appear that now was the opportune time to market this 'vast
reserve. Good business \vo-:ld suggest that every effort be made 1.0 sei
this coal on the market while prices are higher than for years.
The residents of Alaska are asking themselves if this fanfare ,< t-um
liota and beating of dram by coal experts is m>t for the purpose of dis
tracting the attention of officials at Washington. It is true that Secretary
Payne visited the coal fields and saw "Millions of tons ready for the fl -els
of the world." but where are the flec-ts?
It seems rather unkind to view with suspicion the statements o f s;>
maay long-range geologists as to the quantities of coal in the fiolds to the
northward, but there is a "ni^ser in the woodpile," somewhere, and some
one Is handing us the bunk.—Valdez Miner.
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ABOUT CHAMBERS. OK roWIKItri
President Harding is a member of the Cham'.H;r of Commerce Cu l.i>
home town, Marlon. Ohio. Here is what he Suva ab.'ijc the Chamber of
Commerce idea:
"I do not know thai I ever asked myself why 1 joined the Chxmber
of Commerce, but I assume that it was because 1 was in the newspaper
business, committed to the policy of everlasting boosting our home town,
and we looked upon a Chamber of Commerce as t'.ie best or^anii. il ;; -i.c
for carrying on the work.
"If 1 were to disassociate myself frjm th>« newspaper business. I
■liould assume I would bo attracted to i Chamber of Commerce b cms
business Is the life blood of material e'jstec ce and no commut: is w.irth
while unless It Is very alert to business jkrogxess and greater eonim. .cial
development.
"I knew something of the inspiring work which is done by t!.e UVfc
secretaries of the Chamber of Commere#; throu ghout the countrv. They
are ever pushing forward with such zeal that the y take a prrat poranauity
of business with them. I thiait that tile thiug which boosts the eom.nnn
Ity is certain to make progi^ss for the nation, 'and 1 should like our e "tn
try to head the list of commercial nations « f the eart.Ti."—Ketchikan
Chronicle. I
f jf •' NEW PAI'KK AT CU ITAI.
Announcement that a new evening tm .vspaper, controlled by the
Scripts interests, Is soon to he published it:: Washington, is not onlx ■>( in
terest to newspaper men. but may prove t . have a bearing on public u
falrs at the capital. The paper is to hi* ira lependent in politic?',. William
B. Colver, former chairman of the fe>ler;J trade commission whose aiJili
atlons seem to have been Democratic .il a , he editor-in-chief. Aj.pi.roirti •'
the new paper will be representative of • the liberal or progressive seiiii
ment of the Middle West—where tl-«- Sc-3 pps intrests already contri: so.:<e
25 papers.
The most recent developmeri in. W; ashinston journalism has been the
strenghtening in all departmet »s of tl e Washington Herald. a morning
paper, which was bought tw»,>cars : ago by a croup including Herbert.
Hoover. Charles R. Crane, tcrvuer at ubassador to China, and Julius H.
liarnes, former head of t*!*. United St! ites Grain Corporation Mr. Hoover
has recently disposed o^-bi# interest a i the Herald on account of his con
nection with the administration, Beca use it is the seat of the government
Washington makes an. obvious ajpeaJ to those seekiug constructively- to
influence through th* jyress the co i uct of national affairs.—Ketchikan
Chronicle.
IS- BUU.MI.Xi
MVS SKAT I LK klV
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J. B. Warrack, president <n' the-'
Warrack Construction company,. ia-j
back from a three-months' »tay iiu'l
Alaska, with some Jnterestaag facts-•
ihout Ketchikan, southernmost- oilj".
In the territory.
Ketchikan is the only pav»xl eity'»
u Alaska, Mr. Warrack said, an-1 is.i
ooking forward to much industry >J
»ext year. It hag a population lu J
excess of 5.000; seven church or
ganizations; Klks, Masons. Hasl»s,
Arctic Brotherhood, Pioneers of Al
aska. lied men. and Moose lod;os;
department stores, one of which is
housed in a reinforced concrete
structure; the finest bank nor'li of
fifty-three; two theaters; an eight
page daily paper with Associated
Press service: two cold storage
plants and six salmon canneries- a
clam industry and facilities for
handling niild-cu.»en and fresh fish;
two lumber mills, and a developing
mining and paper pulp Industry.—
Exchange.
1'iifi rtiinatety tor Sir. winnay, ne
Wl a fs'llne. Most of us have. The
most RenlaJ follow Jn the world, he
was cursed yrith too much brains and
imagination and a thirst which re
quired quenching nxound pay day.
Vlso. Sie hud that beastly habit of
••oTiimi ml which Is Inseparable from a
horn leader: when Jie held a first
mate's berth he was-' wont to try to
"run the slilp" and, on occasion*,
lad'/- out suggestions "to his skipper.
Tin s. |n time, he acquired n reputa
lioi f(ir being unreliable and a wlnrt
bn| . with the result that skipper*
we c cluiry of encairtng him. Not to
he too prolix, at tlie time Captain ,
"5 'races made the rff»h«wrtet»ing dls !
f nverv that lie had to have a skipper !
' 'or th« Ma'-'trle. yir. Ofbney found
himself reduc d to the alternative of ,
Ion'.'shore work or a foVastle herth In |
i wind'arnmer hor.nd for hlue water. .
With alacrity. therefwe. Mr. (!lh
mi'V I :*l Hrvpfed St-nvyi's' offer of
seventy-five dollars a month—"and
found" to skipper the Margie °u her
coastwise run. Vf- a flrsl mate of
s'eum In- had no difV-atty Inducing '
the inspectors fi> '-rant him a license '
to skinner stieh an ahnndnm-d craft |
as the Mai'srie. and nivordtngly he
hntiL- up It's tlck*»r In her pilot house
and wjis registered «s her muster, al
'lelt. under a gentleman's agreement
whh Serastrs he was not to claim the
tItJ«• i»r captain and was known to
"he world us the Muggle's first ma>.
second mate. third mate, qnartenner
•er. |.nrser and freight clerk. One
Veils ITn Ivorsen. ;t solemn Swede with
a placid. bovine disposition. consti
tuted the fo'casi!** hands, while Bart
McCilR'ev. a iviWel of the Olbney
tvpe tmt slower-wltted, relcned su
nn-tno in 'he enT'nc room. Also his
trise res Med tftnt of Mr. Oihney In
tlint Mi'CufTi'.v's lob on tlie Maggie
«iis the first he ttad had In six months
and lie treasnretf It according!*. For
■h's reason he atnd fllbner ha.1 heen
'ncHiieu to tako considerable slack
from IVr'a'n Sej.-aggs until McOuffpy
discovered that. In e'J probability, no
engine.— In the world, except hint
self. won't? have the courage to trust
h'nisel' v1"Mr rq nge of the Maggie's
hollers "Cd consequently. he had
Paptalr more or less at his
mercv n.,ot» ti-jjiartiu" th's suspicion
•n Mr ~ c". the letter decided that
•• iiKifi t.e . roM iljiv. Indeed, when
his »l«-" et iri idd not constitute a club
i.erewitli io niuL* Scruggs. as fllb
y exiiiif-scd it. ".uind his H's and
will ' «• seen. 'Ivrefore, that mu
■»i." <ieei--s<ity held litis queeriy as
"irivi trn» together. and, though they
_.. irveJed furiously. nevertheless, with
tne pass; pe of time their own weak
nesses ink| those of the Maggie had
Iiroiised i31 each for tlie other a curi
ous Ii(l'e.tioi). While I'uptaln Scruggs
irequi'iitl y "pulled" a monumental
hluif nut 1, threatened to dismiss both
<lil.:n> tnd McGutTey—and, in lact,
occasion illy went so far as to order
tln'm oil.' his slilp. on their part Glb
ney ami. McGutTey were wont to work
the s»:ae racket and resign. With th®
suVsiditnce of their an™er and the re
turn to reas<«u, however, the trio had
ii habit. of meeting accidentally In the
Ilnwhond snToon, where, sooner or
Inter, they were certnln to bury their
trudge In n foaming heater of stoam
beer. nnd return joyfully to'the Mag
gie.
Of 'Till the little ship's compnny,
Neils Ilntvorsen. colloquially desig
nated as "Th*? Squarehead/ was the
nnl.v It dividual who was, In truth and
In fact, his own man. Nells was
steady, Industrious, faithful, capable,
and tollable; imy one of a hundred
deckhand jobs; were ever open to
Nells, yet. for s«'tne reason best known
I to himself, he preferred to stick by
the Maggie. In< his dull way It Is
probable that he was fascinated by
the ag:le Intelligence of >Ir. Glbney,
the vitriolic tongue of Captain
St rages, and the elephantine wit and
grizzly bear courage of Mr. McGuffey.
> At any rate, he deJighted In hearing
. them snarl nnd wrangle.
However, to return to the Maggie
which we left entering the fule fog
a few-miles north of Pilar point:
CHAPTER II.
raptaln Scrnggs nnd The Sqjiare
lieud partook first of the ham and
■eggs. coffee nnd bread, which the
skipper prepared. Scruggs then pre
pared a similar menl for Sir. Glbney
and McGuffey, set it In the oven to
keep 'Minn, and descended to the en
gine room to relieve McGuffey for din
ner. Xcils at the same time took the
cour* :l'rom Mr. Glbney and relieved
the latter at the wheel. By this time,
i 'lnrktvfss had descended upon the
| world, ond the Maggie haid ennered
I the i'hr; following her custonfshe pro
ceeded in Absolute silence, although as
I a partlaJ' offset to the extreme liubilltj
' to collision with other coastwise craft
due to the non 'whistling nile anoartt
the Magpie, Mr. Glbney had laid a
course half a nitle Inside the usual
steamer lanes, albeit due to his over
whelming desire for peare he had
neglected to Inform his owner of this;
the honest fellow proceeded upon the
hypothesis that what people do not
know l» not npt to trouble them.
Captnln Scraggs read the log and
reported the mlleiige to Mr. Glbney,
who figured with the stub of a pencil
on the pilot house wall, wagged his
head, and appeared satisfied. "Better
go for'd." he ordered, "an' help The
Squarehead on the lookout. At eight
o'clock we ought to he right under the
Ice »" Point Sim I'edro; when I whistle
we ought to catch the edu> thrown
buck by the cliff. Listen for It."
Promptly at eight o'clock Mr. Mc
flu (ley whs horrified tc see Ills stcatn
gauge drop half a pound as the Mag
gie's siren sounded. Mr. Gibney stuck
his Ingenious head out of the pilot
house and listened, but no answering
i But No Answering Echo Reached Hie
Ear*.
j erlio reached his pars. "Hear any
j thine?" he bowled.
"Hoard the Mil spin's siren." Captain
, Scraps retorted venomously,
i Mr. Glliney leaped out on deck, se
j lected ii siniJI heiid of cubhaee from s
I broken I'riite ami hurled It forward
I Then he sprain; hack Into the pllnl
| house and stralchtened the Muccle or
her ooun-e airaln. He leaned over thi
binnacle, with the ciifT of his wati-h
coat wiping away the moisture on thi
glass, and studied the Instrument care
fully. "I don't trust the dnnged thine.'
i lie muttered. "(Juess I'll haul her of
I a coupler points an' try the whlstli
I ajraln."
Hp did. Sill! no echo. Me was id
1 cllned to believe that Captain Scragg
Hud nrvt road the Taffrall log correctly
and when nt eight-thirty lie tried thi
whittle again he was still without re
suits In tlie way of an echo from th<
flilT a''ip-' the •'iislnc room howle
Brought: hlin fvpr.nl of n profuse char
acter from the perspiring McGufTey.
•'We've passed I'edro." Mr. Gilmey
decided. He ground his cud und mut
tered ugly tilings to himself, for his
I dead rpckonlDg had gone astray and
i he was worried. The fog, If anything,
was thicker thai) ever.
Time passed. Suddenly Mr. Glhney
thrilled electrically to a shrill yip from
Captain Scruggs.
"What's that?" Mc. fi'bcey bawled.
"I Uunno. Sounds like the surf,
Gib."
"Ain't you been on Oils run long
enough to know that the surf don't
sound like notliin' else In life but
breakers}" Gibney retorted urathfully.
I "1 afn't certain, Gib."
! Instantly Glbne.v signaled JIcGufTey
for half spped ahead.
"Breakers on the starboard bow."
yelled Captain Scruggs.
"Port bow," The Squarehead cor
rected hira. *
"Oh, my great patience I" Mr. Gib
ney groaned. "They're on both bows
an' we're headed straight for the
beach. Here's where we all go to the
devil together." and he yanked wildly
jit the signal wire that led to the
engine room, with the Intention ol
ghlnp McGufTey four bells—the signal
aboard the Maggie for full speed
astern. At the second Jerk the wire
broke, hut not until two bells had
sounded In the engine room—the signal
for full speed ahead. The efticlenl
McGufTe.v promptly kicked her wide
open, and the Kates decreed that
having done so. Mr. McGufTey should
forthwith climb the ladder and thrusl
hi* head out on deck for a breath of ij
fresh air. Instantly a chorus of I!
Rhrleks up on the foVnstle head at- i j
trncted his attention to such a degree i
that he failed to hear the engine room j
howler as Mr. Olhney blew frantically
Into It.
Presently, out of the huhhub for
ward, Mr. McGuffey heard Captain
Srraggs wall frantically: "Stop herl
For the love of heaven, stop herl" In
stantly the engineer dropped hack Into
the engine room and set the Maggie
full speed astern; then he grasped the
howler and held It to his ear.
"Stop her!" he heard Glhney shriek.
"Why In blazes don't you stop her?"
"She's set astern. Gib. She'JI ease
up In a minute."
"Ton know lt-I" Glhney answered
significantly.
Th« Muggle climbed lazily to the
crest of a long oily roller, slid reck
lessly down the other side, and took
the following sea over her taffrnll.
She still had some head on, but very
little—not quite sufficient to give her
decent steerage way. as Mr. Olhney
discovered when, having at length com
municated his desires to McGnfTey,
he spun the wheel frantically In a be
lated effort to swing the Maggie's dirty
j nose out to sea.
"Nothing doln'," he snarled. "She'll
! have to come to.a complete stop before
i she begins to walk backward and get
steerage way on again. She'll hump
as sure as death an' taxes."
Shf did—with a crack that shook
the rigging and caused it to rattle like
huckshois In a pan. A terrible cry—
such a cry. Indeed, as might hurst
from the lips of a mother seeing her
only child run down hy the Limited—
burst from poor Captain Scraggs. "My
ship! My ship!" he howled. "My
darling little Maggie! They've killed
you, they've killed you I The dirty
luhhers!"
The succeeding wave lifted the Mag
gie of) the heach, carried her In some
fifty feet further, and deposited her
gently on the sand. She heeled over
to port a little and tested there as If
she was very, very weary, nor could
all the threshing of her screw In re
verse haul her off again. The surf,
dashing In under her fantall. had more
power than McOufTey's engines, nnd,
foot hy foot, the Maggie proceeded to
dig herself In. Mr. Olhney listened
for five minutes to the uproar that
| rose from the howejs of the little
steamei before he whistled up Mr.
McGuffey.
"Kill her. kill her." he ordered
"Your wheel will hlte Into the sand
first thing yon know, and tear the
<tern off her. You're shakln' the old
girl to pieces."
(Continued on Saturday)
REINDEER INDUSTRY
BEGUN" ON KDOIAK
As the Initial step in building up
! the reindeer growing industry on
! Kodiak Island, a shipment of 63
j reindeer have been landed on the
I south end of the Island by the bu
i reati of education, according to ad
j vices just received from the West
I ward. The deer were secured from
j the Herendeer Bay district on the
| Alaska peninsula and transported
I to Kodiak Island 011 a government
I vessel under the direction of W. G.
Culver, representative of the bureau
I for that section of the territory.
I Mr. Culver will superintend the
' distribution of the animals among
' the natives on the south end of the
| island. The bureau has trained
( herders to assist tte natives in car
, ing for the animals and to give
I them a start in thn business.
I All of the south end of Kodiak
I Island. It is said, contains the finest
I grazing lands and makes the coun
. j try ideal for building up extensive
, | herds of deer.—Ex.
LIFTING EMBARGO
I The news received today of the
I lifting of the embargo 011 the ex
j port of silver-lead ores from the
, Dominion for one year will be wel
I corned throughout Yukon. Xo ter
ritory has more promising high
grade silver-lead properties than the
Yukon.
Not only the well known Keno
Hill clajms, but extensive deposits
of other portions of the Mayo camp,
in the Klotassin district, on Boswell
river, in the Twelvemile. and else
where In the Yukon contain high
grade silver-lead properties.
The Canadian smelters have re
fused to smelt these ores unless the
lead were kept off the Canadian mar
ket, which already was glutted with
lead. This practicaJly put a tremen
dons handicap on the silver-lead pro
duction in Yukon.
Last season the government per
mitted the export of all the silver
lead mined in Yukon. The order
suspending the embargo on all the
production for a year is in the right
direction, and It is to be hoped that
it will lead to the permanent re
moval of all ordets or regulations
which might in any way interfere
with Yukon's development.—Daw
son News.
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