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X<>. M. TWEXTY-FIFTH TEAK MUOWAY. ALASKA. SATl'ltDAV, Jl'XE 3. ™CE TE* CENTS
Mine Inspector Declares That
Alaska's Coal Is A Chimera
Seattle. June 3.—Doctor Rain has
come, has seen. aud has spoken. The
Post-intelligencer ti..s morning pub
lishes a special cable from Anchor
age. which is. in p*r. as follows:
Anchorage. June 2.—Doctor Bain
spoke before the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce, after liis visit ami
inspection of the Matanuska coal
fields aoing the lir.j of the govern
ment railroad, and 'ten- is what he
said: "There is not enough coal In
tie .Matanuska coal fields to justify
consideration of si Jpments of coal1
to the Pacific coast markets**• •-*• I
••"•The government railroad intislj
depend for its success on the devel
opment of the tour.it travel, and on
a gradual growth of small Indus-J
tries."
Doctor H. Foster Bain is direc-,
tor of the I'nited Miites Bureau of(
Mines, and with competent assis-|
t uits lias made an nspii'tion of the
coal deposits ill t!:n Matanuska field •
for the government bureau of mines.)
MRS. BtX'KLEY GETS
$2,500 A MONTH I
S-in Francisco. June 3.—Airs. An
nie M., widow of Chris Buckley, was
given $2,500 a month by llie court !
probating the will oi her deceased
husband.
SOVIETS EXECl'TE
1HREE 1*11 HOSTS
London. June 3.—Three priests of,
the Russian Orthouox church wore
executed by the Bolshevist author- j
ities of Shuya because they res.sted |
llie authorities when they con fiscal-,
cd the church property.
.HTKOPKIATIONS AM)
SI/.K OK AII.MV SKT
Washiuston. June 3 —Three
hundred and foriv-one million sev
en hundred and fitly thousand dol
lars have been placed on the army
:tl>propriuiions bill is passed by the
Senate last night. It fixes the army
as composed of tw»!ve thousand five
hundred and thirt> officers and one
hundred thirty-three thousand men.
the action increases the men for the
army by eighteen thousand above
that fixed by the Mease when it pass
ed the appropriation measure. The
bill now goes to conference, which,
if no change is made, w 11 be sent
to the President for his approval.
NATURE DENIED SNAIL BRAIN
Only Thinking A; p.iratus Creature
Can beast of Consss of a
Few tNarve Cens.
Just 20.«*X> snail shells will buy a
wife iti Africa if a man is in a hurry
and not too particular, but to get a
rvally good one requires about ».ihH•
shells, according to Harold 1.. Mail suti,
curator of the Cleveland Museum of
Natural ll:stor>. The African uses the
e-'gs of the snail for ft ••»«!, but save*
the shells with which to buy his wife.
Money cowries, a name given to cer
tain kinds of shells, were used as a
medium of exchange in India and ott
er Far East countries a> early as
7UU A. l>.
White coral and other shell animals
after being subjected tu enorm »us
pressure and tense bent, when buried
in the earth. ultimately are turned Into
marble which is used to build the tin est
palates of man.
Suutls appear to walk on thHr stom
as hs. but they have a soft foot by
which they move. In some types ft
Is shaped like a hatchet. One group
of shell uniuial walks ou its head.
The chambered nautilus Is the most
beautiful of this type. Its eyes are
under its arms, and its uiouth is ou
top of Its head.
A snail has a heart, all right, and
eyes, but he will never die from con
cussion of the brain, for his only think
ing apparatus is a few nerve cells,
lie lives to be about eigirt years old.
but he ha< the ability to live four
years without eating anything. This
has been proved several times. In 1810
a professor in a British museum was
e\ami: ing some snails which bail been
stuck on cardboard for four years. He
noticed that one tooled to be alive, and
after lie pUovd ii in warm water the
animal was <oon feeding on cabbage
lt-avt-s and in a short time became ac
tive as a normal snail.
S\Wc\\ bu "i'vme, Saves 9
STOl* ami figure how much money you shall waste in nine
years, if you «lo not put some kin«l of a citcck on ft; then 151*1
SOl.YK to put away $.1.00 per week in our SAVINGS ACCOt NT.
In nine years you shall have $2,310 ami I per rent compound
Interest acltletl.
Is it not worth while? There is hut one answer.
Do you not wish you had commenced this system nine years
ago? Theu shall you not rejoice many times nine years heme if
you commence NOW?
Baumk ffiff Mask®
SKACWAY, ALASKA
Zurich. June 3.—Max Oser, tlie
riding muster wist is engaged to
•Harry tiie daughter of Mrs. Harold
McCormk-k. in repi/ to the hitter's
charge that lie is seeking to marry
Mathildo for her. Jiom-y. said. "I
wooed Mathilde he:auxe'l love her.
and she accepted 3ie because she
loves me. Her fortune, instead of
being an inceiil.ve. r.u* been a draw
bark, and nobody would lie more1
Kind than 1 it Jiiss .McOorinickj
should suddenly be relieved of the
weight of the gold w;iicli is crash
ing iier."
AJ.I'IXK Cl.l i! UIIL
MKK1 MONDAY KVKMX'ti
There will h.> a meetiiiR cf the
Skagway Alpine r!..l> .Monday oveil
ing at S o'clock in .he Arct.o Broth
erhood hall. Mailers of importance
will come lip f ir c-.?oussioii and al!
members are 1 :• rts "t'ly requested it*
he present.
After the business of th«* ovonuis
has been Uispon-l oi tl \v: 11 I r a
social session and light refresh
ments will hj t"rvfcj.
SIIIKANK SAII.!I»
TIMS Mi»ItMN<
Seattle. Juii1- -1—T e P S Spoka:
of the Admiral Line sailed this
morning for Southeastern Alaska.
She carried 17."> passengers, includ
ing Leon I'. Tiioti us. M ss S.
and thirty round trip excursionists
for Skagway.
l'KIM 1 ss I.Ol ISI-: TOMOK1SOW
TVie Princess 1-ouise is due in
Stag way at 1 p. m. tomorrow. She
has a full carjio of freight and a
heavy passenger list.
FKKKUITKK KKlMiNPO
MAKHS SKACW.W
T!ip freighter Rrdondo of the A1
aska Steamship Co.. arrived in port
with a small carso of freight Fri
day evening.
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C.ark to Coach Ma r»e fv1 re
Wflkie Clark has emio t" o»*t»«n,
\vh»»r»* he v ill ••«»neh r!»•* o
Maim* bns. t«»nm tin- • • :lr- "'.'i
lion. Onrk wn< the i'olby bus*-l>al!
r»«»*itor Ifiut vpnr.
ALPINE "VODVIL"
. PROVES GRAND SUCCESS
The only critic i' ni of thp
way Alpine "Vodvil." which W i p v
cn in Klks liail I'll Ja> night of lax! •
week and whici" the nt- : • •kIiik
days have not obliterated, w i
p.'ice of admission. All v o sav
the show art* un minimis in t" i re
spec) "It should have l>ee i at 'n-.i-t
a dollar, instead of six hits." rr.'cr
ate the critics. .Most of tiietv land
willing to put up *4 good dollar to
-re the entertain!!'»nt again.
When Mrs. Surfecool took the
<tage for her interpretation of "A
• 'all From the liusii," she took her
audience by surprise. Her make up
was extremely fitting and her ren
dition of Adam L'udii.iv Gordon's
verses was very clever.
e "Nut Brot
.1. Ask and Fred < Blanchard were
good from start to finish* the for
mer's monologue on "The Oyster" |
iml the latter's inteipretation of the
"Shlek" dance, stmding out pre
eminent in their act.
The title of Vic -Sparks' turn was
somewhat misleading to the audi
ence, but when they had settled
t >■ selves in thei* seats after Mr
S- irks had made h s debnt, and had
pulled down the Mind, he quickly
enlightened the aud.euce as to what
he meant by "A Fc* Lines." Sketch
after sketch followed in quick suc
cession and each ai d every one was
declared pood. His closing sketc'
of "My Little C!r:.y Home in the
West," which he drew as Judson
Rogers sang the song, was done
even to detail, lie not even omitting
tiie lamp-lit windows.
The fourth number on the pro
gram was the sing.ng by the Har
mony Quartette: Messrs. A. C.
Blanchard, W. C. Blanchard, C. C.
Cole and J. It. McMillan, with Mrs.
W. C. Blanchard accompanying
"Drink to Me, Only With Thine
Eyes" was their sciection. and was
j exceptionally good. They respond
! ed with "Kentucky I3abo" as an en
i core.
| Fred C. Blanchard as Prof. Wal
I (er Knapp, with Mrs. A. Slaughter
playing opposite as Mrs. Reed in fie
I one act comedy, "An Innocent Vil
Uan," were well supported by Mrs
Curtis as Mrs. But-in, Miss Delia
i Kapuzzi as Miss Rut-in, Miss Vivian
! Talbot as Ernestine Floyde and Miss
i Margaret Callihan as Freda.
The closing nun. her, "Follies of I
177';." was well put on. and it has J
!>"< a long time since tiic "theater"
public of SK.isway has had an
('I ! rt unity of toeing a more charm
ing see.ie.
c summer garden was most re
aii; c. with the guests Mrs. Pearl
I rs. Miss Elsie Ridlen, Mrs. I
K\ .11 f'ui tis. and Messrs. Cleon |
.v A. C. ISlunchi..'d. Judson Rog-1
ers a'id Fred C-. Tlanchard. seated |
ai fie n .-.v-r decorated tables sip-j
|ii:iK cooling drinks, while the en-|
tenalners rame and went.
T s scene opened with the chorus, i
<■>>: . i njr of Misses Hella Rapuzzi,
Hiriiie Solmer, A Irginla Selmer.
Farell;. and Mrs Myrtle Keller,
ui attractive cosiumes and pic- 1
ture hats, dancing over the lawn
as they sang a popjiar air.
This was followed by Mrs. Lam
pert of Fort Seward, who gave a 1
1 beautiful dance interpretation
ot M >-s Vivian TallDt's' rendition of
"Ilumoresque" on the piano, and
graciously responded to an encore.
In turn, Mrs. Clyde Rogers and
M - ( Iron Ask. A. C. Ulanchard
and Fred Blanchard sang a popular
catchy song, w th Uie chorus trip
ping over the lawn as - they joined
in the melody.
Between the ac.s Messrs. P. H.
Ganty at the piano, and Oscar Sel
nier on the violin played several of
the late popular rieces. and in a
measure made the entertainment al
most a continuous performance.
The entertainment committee are
iudt'Med to Messrs. Si. G. Henry and
W. t;. Keffer tor tueir assistance lu
the performance.
The costumes in "The Follies of
177ti" were designed and made by
Mesdames Clyde Rogers and Jack I
Keller. j
Tile entertainment committee.
Mrs, Clyde Rogers. Fred C. Blauch
ard, .Mrs. Jack Keller and Cleon J.
Ask. are deserving of much credit
for the work they did in putting
the entertainment across to a suc
cessful end. and this they did, not
only from a point of observation,
hut from a financial point of view,
for the evening netted the club con
siderably more than $100. This will
be expended in the building of the
approach to the Alpine bridge
[across the Skagwa,' river.
BUS! IKS
London, Jiitio 2.—The American '
1»• i ')!i:;::er, Hearst, like his prototype.
I U Northclifl'e, i. not adverse to
king a talk to his friends in Bri
t:i 11 as to the questions with which
! !i't nation is struggling. Speak Ins
of the Irish question, Hearst said,
t the future of t' e British empire
. -P'-nds upon the maturing of plans'
tier ttuifli the component parts of
tne empire ran lie made and kept
ill: ugly. loyally and enthusiaslical
I. parts of the confederation.
"The British Einprie," said the I
Publisher, "is rich in possessions,
■ it it -eenis to me tiiat in these do
' lit days the prssessiuns which
e held !•> fore of arms are not as
Is hut liabilities.
i UYYKR.HKTKITJVE
TO 111: CHIEF OF POLICE
S.-attle, .Fune 3. — -If tl'.e new May
i>r Klect carries out his proposed
plan of appointing William B. Sev
- as Chief of 1'oliee of Seattle,
•.liicli, lie says. h« intends doing.
Me should liave the criminally
,<■11: "d rounded uj. m the course of
a few months, and that city become i
• e mod I of western towns, for so
liri.'iy and ohservrii.ee of the law
Mr. Severvns is a lawyer, ar.d was I
t irirerly a Burns detective.
El Paso, June 2.—The seroplan"
driven by Lieutenant Ben Jenkins.
Jr., crashed against the side of a
mountain and was destroyed by
fire. Lieut. Jenkins was accompan
ied by Sergeant Juengllng, who was
also burned to det.th in the catas
trophe.
CHINESE PRESIDENT
OUT OF OFFICE
Peking, June 3.—President Hsu
Shin Chang gave up the office of
President of the Chinese Republic
yesterday and lef Immediately for
Tientsin. Chow Tsu Chi, the acting
premier, took up the office of act
ing President.
BRITAIN LANDS NEW
FORCES IN IRELAND
Relfast, June 3.—The British forc
es in Northern Ireland were rein
forced today by t ie arrival of twelve
officers and ninety-seven men. They
are of the Royal Air Force, and were
followed by twelve fighting planes
and a battery of howitzers.
IILIIOI AND A HALF
FOR CUE IHBILL
Washington, June 3.—Instead of
the one hundred forty thousand dol
lars tor the repair <-f the old Alaska
cable, (he Senate accepted the sub
stitution of a million and a half ap
propriation in the army bill for the
construction of a new Alaska cable.
I'OI'K OVERTURNS
CONVENTION' OF CENTURIES
Rome June 2.—rope Pius XI dis
regarded the conventions of his pre
decessors for centuries, when he in
stalled his old servant, Signora Lin
da, within the precincts of his ap
partments and appointed her as his
housekeeper and wardrobe tnuld.
TO START ALPIXU
BRIDGE APPROACH
It is expected that work on the
aproach to the A.pine will begin
begin next Monday And will be rush
ed to completion. The material
for the approach ia on the ground
and it is expected that all the work
will be done in as short a time as
possible.
I'opnlnr Fiction at Popular Prices
A large list of the very latest hit*
on the Edison An.bercola cyllndei
have been received by Kellers auo
may be heard at ai-y time.
BRITISH COIil"JIBIA TOWNS
INVITE PRESIDENT
Washington. June 2.—President
| Harding gave a ten.atlve acceptance
j of an invitation (or him to visit
j Vancouver and Victoria on his trip
to Alaska. Speaking to Ambassa
dor Geddes, who extended the in
I vitation on the p;trt of the Canadian
| cities, he said tiiat his trip north
| depended on the early adjournment
, 01' Congress.
LOST OR MISLAID
Policy No. S1GS78, issued by the
| Penn Mutual Life Insurance Com
i pany. on the life of Ross R. Peebler.
The finder will please return to
I the undersigued.
An application has been made for
the issuing of a duplicate.
(Signed) ROSS R. PEEBLER
Carcross, Y. T.
First insertion June 1, 1922.
Final insertion Juna 13, 1922.
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