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DOCTOR 15 \ 1N AM) ALASKA COA1.
The question as to whether there is any merchantable coal In Alaska
has been raised and settled by Doctor Rain by saying there Is none. What
then becomes of the million or so tens which ti e Kngneering commission
is reported to have blocked out in one year, what becomes of the more coal
than Pennsylvania has? Several things might he said and manv things will
be vi:d Is Doctor Dain speaking for the big inteiests whlclt sortie persist
ency declare are after everything in Alaska? Or is he seeking to prepare
the people for an easy fall w.tb reference to the Alaska Railroad, now that
it is practically eot_pleted ' So ''.at if a priva'e concern »-ants to acqulra
the railroad a la ford, the fifty-odd ruillloH-dollar project can bo bought for
rbout two and one-half million or some such generous figure? 'Juliet In 500
of the I'nited States Geological Survey published in 1912 gives cons derable
data, with pictures of coal in the Matanuska field, some veins running as
high as twdTe feet thick, others eight feet, etc . etc Is tills all bunk? Mar
tin and Kata. who made up this report, appear to have gone over the
ground carefully and are supposed !o bo geologists, and took pictures and
made a careful report. Alfred H. Brooks, reputed to be the b<«st posted
man on such things, has been lited frequently as contending that there are
i.reat quantities of coal in Alaska. Mqcli more might be said. To the un
initiated it looks strange
Will some one come aior.g and tell us we have no fish, no gold, not
even what we have dug. no wood pulp, no water power and no scenery?
Have we all missed too many boa * or is there a nigger in the woodpile
somewhere" If the characters of some people who have hade someting to
do with Alaska are acurately drawn, and Doctor Bain Is not the kind of
man one uould think hiui to be. we could conceive of a reason for this
change at this time.
TAKING UKSI'KRATK OIAM'KS.—Yesterday's news contained three
points which should make all violators of the Volstead law stop and con
sider:
In Reno there have been filed numerous liens against property for in
ternal revenue ami penalt.es, a^ainsi those who Have lieen convicted of
Vii'lutins the law. and who are iius t illed upon to face a se<#>nd penalty.
l:i San Fraucisco a delegation of Volstead enforcement men is busy
compiling evidence under which to close for a year real estate which has
Li-en used for illicit sale of liquor, shown by convictions obtained.
On the Atlantic coast a fleet of torpedo boat destroyers is being fitted
up to capture rum-runner vessels.
All of this tends to confirm ttie fact that tie American government pro
poses to enfone the provisions of the constitution forbidding the sule of
liquor.
And these facts further si.ow that those who are violating the law are
taking desperate chances.
It is true that violators of the law have in the past, in many cases, suc
ceeded in evading the peualt.es provided That was because it has takeu
time to perfect the organization i"r law enforcement and to add provisions
to the law that experience showi-d to )>e necessary.
Now it is becoming plainer each day that, whatever the local sentiment
may be. the law is to be enforced vv.th increasing severity aud those who
interpose obstacles are going to be crushed by tee power of tjie federal gov
ernment. exerted in many ways.—Keno I Nevada» State Journal.
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Industrial research Is » very eT»-el
lent thing. In its proper place, aud
within reasonable limits. I>ut it seems
to be tolng altoerthtr too fur in the
hands of the Japanese. Openting
uni>r a governmental grant for re
search. a Japanese savant lias created
a machine some 12l» fret by 1.1 > feet in
dimension* which he declares will
hali li l."i<»>.000 eggs at a time, with a
live chicken to every egg. With he
cumlng modesty he describes the con
traption as "the most comprehensive
machine In the world." That the pro
fessor has dared to let wonl get about
respecting his ifventlou would seotn
to be pr»of positive that there Is no
agricultural bloc In Japan. Possibly
we huve arrived at an era of yarns
It would seem that hard times stimu
late the Imagination, says the Nation's
Business. When the world gets to
feeling poor it falls to speculating
upon the production of gold from thin
air. lead or sliver dollars, and upon
the branches of the printing art us
exemplified In slips of paper with
which one can 611 his empty pockets
at will and purchase blue sky or sub
urban mansions, as the spirit may
move hltn.
The last of the Hapsburg rulers has
died In exile and poverty, having been,
according to recent reports, perhaps
too highly colored, for some time past
a charity guest of a generous Made
rian innkeeper. Fate has pursued the
Hupsburgs relentlessly, says the New
Ivrk Tribune, iiiixin/lll&u, eiuperor
..f ii (lay. was stood up Hgalnst a Wtill
at Queretaro and shot by the Mex
icans. Tlie beautiful Empress Eliza
j Iieth was assassinated. Her son Kn
dolph. the heir apparent, perished in a
J sordid suicide pact. Ferdinand, the
I next heir apparent, was murdered
with his wife at Sarajevo, a crime in
terwoven With the beginnings of the
I World war. Francis Joseph died peace
' fully, but left behind him the memory
of having guided Austria-Hungarj to
her ruin. Now Charles, the last of the
emperor-kings, dies destitute and
itmVr direction, after the inglorious
failute of his two filibustering expedi
tions into Hungary.
According to reports, electricity has
ci»ii|tiered at least one-third of the
cultivated area of Sweden and if the
ratio of present installations continue
it will be but a matter of a few years
before the entire country Is run by
electricity. While one may sigh for
the picturesque qualities of the old
type of farming, one must not forget
that the use of electricity is quite as
wonderful find picturesque. This har
nessing of a natural force to forward
the comfort of man is a miracle that
is taken too much for granted In thi
modern age. It is a marvelous thing
to contemplate, and one of the chief
splendors of the remarkable modern
life we lead. .
Especially in Cold W«ather.
.lack Hurryup- <>u my salary of $2.1
a week we can get along swimmingly
Hattle Holdback- But I don't curt
•>r
IbiiWillla'm MacHarq tir»d Edwin
Cbp^riqhf txj EdwinTBalmer
lll«s<ruitons by
IrwtN T^e/evs*
I AlaVpur rtrtwn nis suitcase off tne
stoue porch; the man made no move
to pick It up and bring it In. Then
Alan stepped Into the hnll face to fuce
with the girl who hud come from the
hlg room on the right.
She was quite a young girl—not
over twenty-one or twenty-two, Alan
Judged; like girls brought up In
wealthy families, she seemed to Alan
to have gained young womanhood In
' far greater degree In some respects
than the girls he knew, while, at the
same time. In oihei ways, she retained
more than they some characteristics
of a child. Iler slender figure had a
, woman's assurance and grace; her
I soft brown hair w-as dressed like a
: woman's; her gray eyes had the open
directness of the girl. Her face—
smoothly oval, with straight brows
and a skin so delicate that at the
I temples the veins showed dimly blue—
j was at once womanly and youthful;
I and there was something altogether
I likable and simple about her. as slie
studied Alan now. She was slightly
! pale, he noticed, aud there were lines
' of strain and trouble about her eyes.
"I am Constance Sherrlll," she an
■ iiotmced. Her tone Implied quite evi
, dently that she expected hint to have
Some knowledge of her, and she seemed
surprised to see that her name did not
mean more to hlni.
"Sir. Curvet Is not here this morn
! log." she Siild.
i He hesitated, but persisted; "I was
J to see him here today. Miss Sherrlll.
I He wrote me. and 1 telegraphed bitu I
j would he here to-day."
"I know," she answered. "We had
your telegram. .Mr. (Virvel was not
here when It came, so my father
opened it." Her voice broke oddly,
and he stud'ed her in Indecision, won
> tiering who that father might be that
I (i|H>hcd Mr. Curvet's telegrams,
t "Mr. Corvet went away very sud
I denly." she explained. She seemed. he
' thought, to be trying to make some
| thing plain to him which might he a
shock to him; yet herself to be un
certain what the nature of that shock
, might be. Her look was scrutinizing,
j questioning, anxious, but not un
I friendly. "After he had written you
I anil something else had happened—
" I think—to alarm my father about
j ldm. father catue here to his house to
j look nfter him. lie thought some
! thing might hnve . . . happened to Mr.
I Oorvet here In his house. Kut Mr.
I Corvet was not here."
| "Ton mean he hn*—disappeared V
"Yes; he has disappeared."
Alan giuced at her dizzily. Benja
I oiln Corvet—whoever he might he—
I
| Alan Gazed at Her Dizzily—Benjam.n
Corvet—
i had disappeared; he had gune. Did
any one ulse, then, know about Alan
Conrad?
"No one has seen Mr. Corvet," she
laid, "since the. day he wrote to
you. We knew rhut—that he became
so disturbed after doing that—writing
Jo you—that we thought you must
bring with you information of hliu."
"Information I"
"So we have been waiting for you
to come here and tell us what you
know about him or—or your connec
tion with him."
CHAPTER III
Discussion of a Shadow
Alan, us he looked cuutusedly and
blankly at her, made no attempt to
ans ..er the (jucstion she had asked,
or to explain, iiis silence and 'con
fusion. he knew, must seem to Con
stance Sherrill unwillingness to an
swer her; tor she did not suspect that
lie was uuuble to answer her.
"You would rather explain to fathei
than to uie." she decided.
UtaiUieu. kVbiU ii« tt tint till now
was tlme"To niHik, to learn who she
was and who her father was. and to
adjust himself to this strange reversal
I of his expectations:
"Yes; 1 would ml her do that," he
! said.
She caught up her fur collar and
muff from a chair and spoke a word
to the servant. As she went out ou
to the porch, he followed her and
stooped to [lick up Ills suitcase.
"Simmons will hrb»^ that." she said,
"unless you'd rather have it wltli you.
It is oldy a short walk,"
They turned in at-the entrance nf a
house in the middle of the block and
went up the low, wide stone steps;
the door opened to them without ring
or knock; n servant in the hall within
took Alan's hat and coat, and he fol
lowed Constance past some great room
upnii his right to a smaller one farther
down the liair.
'Will you wait here, please?" she
a*ked.
lit* Silt flown, ana • no iert nun;
when her fi»it steps had died away, and
he coil!*] In'iir im» oilier sunn.Is except
tin- occasional soft tread of some
si'i'viint. lie twisted himself uliout In
his chair mid looked around. Who
were these Shprrllls? Who was Cor
vet and hat wus his rel.-ition to the
Sherrllls'r Wlr't. beyond nil. was their
| uikI <'nrv> i's relation 'o Alan Conrad—
to hlmsijf? The shock and contusion
I he hud felt at the nature of his recep
tion in Curvet's house, and the strange
ness of his transition from his little
I Kansas town to u place and people
such us tlds. hud prevented him from
Inquiring iiirectly from Constance
. Sherrill us to that; ami, 011 her part,
[ she had assumed, plainly, that he
[ already knew and need not he tjdd.
lie straightened and looked about,
i then pot up, us Constance Sherrill
I came huek into the rooiu.
I "Father is nut here just now," she
said. "We weren't sure from your
telegram exactly at what hour y«>u
would arrive, and that was why I
wailetl at Mr. Curvet's to lie sure we
wouldn't miss you. I have trJephoned
father, and he's coming home at on>e."
She hesitated an instant in the door
way. then turned to go out again.
"Miss Sherrill—" he said.
She halted. "Yes."
| "Von told me you had been wnltlng
1 for me to come and explain my c<>n
j nectlon with .Mr. Corver. Well—I
! can't do that: that is what 1 cume
' here hoping to find out."
I She came hack toward him slowly.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
He fought down and controlled
resolutel} the excitement in hi- voice,
as he told her rapidly the little he
knew about himself.
lie could not teU definitely how she
was affected by what he said. She
Hushed slightly, following her first
start of surprise ufter he had begun
to spi'^k; when he had finished, he
saw that she was a little pale.
"Then you. don't know anything
■ about Mr. Corvet at all," she said.
"No; until I got his letter sending
for me here, I'd never seen or heard
his name."
, She was thoughtful for a moment.
''Thank you for telling me," she said.
"I'll tell my father when he comes."
"Tour father is—?" he ventured.
She understood now that the name
of Sherrill had meant nothing to him.
"Father Is Mr. <'orvet's closest friend,
and his business partner us well," she
explained.
ne umugm sire whs iu icn
■him something more about theui; but
slie seemed to decide to leave that fur
her father to do. She crowed to the
big chair beskle the grate and seated
herself." As she sat looking at him,
hands clasped beneath her chin, and
her elbows resting on the arm of the
chair, there was speculation and in
terest In her gaze; but she did nut
ask him anything more about himself.
She, he saw, was listening, like him
self, lor the sound of SherrUi's ar
rival at the house; and when it came
she recognised it tirst, rose, and ex
cused herself. He heard her voice in
the hall, then her father's deeper voice
which answered; and ten minutes
later, he looked up to see the man
these things had told him must be
Sherrill standing in the door and look
ing at him.
Alan had arisen at sight of him;
Sherrill, as he came in, motioned him
back to his seat; he did not sit down
himself, but crossed to the mantel and
leaned against It.
"I am Lawrence SherrilJ," he said.
As the tall, graceful, thoughtful
man stood looking down at him, Alan
could tell nothing of the attitude of
this friend of Benjatnfn Corvet to
ward himself. His manner had the
same reserve toward Alan, the same
questioning consideration of him, that
Constance Sherrill had had after Alan
had told her about himself.
"My daughter has repeated to me
what you told her, Mr. Conrad,"
Sherrill observed. "Is there anything
you want to add to me regarding
thatr .
"There's nothing I cnn add," Alan
answered. "I fold her all that I know
about myself."
"And about Mr. Corvet?"
"I know nothing at all-labout' Mri
Corvet"
"I am going to tell you some things
about Mr. Corvet,'" Sherrlll said. "I
nad reason—I do not want to explain
just yet what that reason was—for
thinking you could teU us certain
tilings about Mr. Corvet, which would;
perhaps, make plainer what has bap
liened to him. When I tell you' about
him now. It Is In the hope that. In
that way, I may awake some forgotten
memory of him In you; If not that,
you may discover some coincidence of
da'es or events In CVrvet's life with
dates or events In your own. Will you
tell me frankly, If you do discover-any
i thing like that?" -
"Yes; certainly."
For spveral moments, Sherrlll paced
up and down before the fire; then he
returned to his place before the
mil n tel.
"I first met Benjamin Corvet." he
commenced, "nearly thirty years ago.
I I had come West for the first time
the year before; I was about your owu
ago and bad lieen graduated from
| college only a short time, and a busi
ness opening had offered Itself here.
Times were booming on the Great
Lakes. Chicago, which had more than
recovered from the tire, was doubling
Its population every decade; Cleve
land. Duluth. and Milwaukee were
leaping up as ports. Men nere grow
ing millions of bushels of gralu which
they couldn't ship except by lake;
hundreds of thousands of tons of ore
I nad to go by water; and there were
tens of millions of feet of pine and
' hardwood from the Michigan forests.
| Sailing vessels. It Is true, hail seen
their day and were disappearing from
| the lakes; were being 'soJd,' many of
| tbem. as the saying is. to the Insure
ance companies' by deliberate wreck
ing. Steamers were taking their place,
i Towing had come in I felt, young
! man though I was. that this trans
i portatlon matter was aM one thing,
I and that in the end the railroads
j would own the shins. I have ue<er
engaged very actively in the operation
v.f uie ships; my daughter would ilk*
| we to be more active in it than 1 have
I I'Ueu; but ever siiu e, 1 have had
i money in lake vessels. It was the
I jeur that 1 began that sort of inveat
j ujeut that I tlrsl met Corvet."
; Alan looked up quickly. "Mr. Cor
I vet was—?" he as^ed.
I "Corvet was—is a lakeman," Sher
< rill said.
I AlUIl sal Illotiouiess, us lie- H-V.
j lected the strange exaltation thai had
' come to hiuj wlieu tie saw the lake
j fur (lie tirst time. Should he tell
! Sherrlll of that? He decided It was
j too vague, too lluletliilte to be men
[ tinned; no doubt any other man used
only to the prairie might have felt Uie
| same.
I "He was a shipowner, then," he
' said.
"Yes; he was a shipowner—not,
1 however, on a large stale at that time.
lie had been a master, sailing ships
! which belonged to others; then he
| had sailed one of his own. He was
operating then, 1 believe, two vessels;
but with the boom times on the lakes,
| his interests were beginning to ex
[ pand. 1 met hliu frequently In the
I next fe»v years, and we became close
| friends."
SherrlU broke off and stared »n In
I stant down at the rug. Alan bent
! forward; he made no Interruption but
only watched Sherrlll attentively.
"Between ISSti, when I Urst met him,
and lSStfi. Curvet laid the foundation of
great success; his boats seemed lucky,
j men liked to work for him, and he
got the best skippers and crews. There
I was a saying that In storm a Curvet
' ship never asked help; It gave It;
| certainly In twenty years no Corvet
I ship hud suffered serious disaster,
j Corvet was not yet rich, but unless
accident or undue competition Inter
I vetied. he- was certain to become so.
Then something happened."
(Continued on Thursday)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. 8. LAND OFFICE
at. Juneau, Alaska
April, 13, 1922
■NOTICE is hereby given that Mi
chael J. O'Connor, of Haines, Alas
ka, who, on April 13, 1922, made
HE, No. 04908, (or lots 1 and 2,
Section 14; and lot 1, Section 23,
Township 30 S., lUnge 68 E„ Cop
per River Meridian, has filed notiC9
of Intention to make three-year
Proof, to establish elaim to the
land above described, before R. M.
Odel, at Haines, Alaska, on the 27th
day of May, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses: N.
O. Hanson, of Haines, Alaska; Chas.
Anway, of Haines, Alaska; Leon
Ballard, of Halnei, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE.
Register,