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EDITORIAL jj
.UL.ISKA'S FLXL'RK lvESIS
O.V HJUU >U.\Es
The future of defends up
on tug deveiop-in-'ni of Lar mines,
ihat ttaieinemt is so seif-eV'Uleut
that It rttiuum no argument in, its
support. Tlio Territory has devel
oped to har pres**;t conimeicial un
Vortaiicu through, ner inliies. Th,at
id tiit industry wkicii hat, given, her
population. That is tho industry
tnat will give h©;* jarm* .and per
luaueut ft*h"Vg settlement-^ because
'lit iarnis and fishing oeuiements
como wlili til® population tluit givea
tuem looal markets and banking an
commercial facdities. These are
gradually domiciling a gr(jat deal of
the iauiiii' industry jn Alaska aiiu
with their further development
mure of it will become perman
ently located iicra.
Therefore, Alaska mmA use every
endeavor to encouiage mining de
velopment, and 'lie surest way to
do that is to induce reinvestment of
Alaskan mining profits in Al-ska
That should not be difficult, be
cause the resources ftre here, and
we hav® mining experts who are
capable of workiuj out tlie prob
lems it:at, their developments iu
^U^Ve* - iA. -tiiMll-iJ1 I
While gold and copper will prob
ably continue to be Alaska a great
est mineral products, the demand
lor ether metal? is causing a for
tunate movement in search, of them.
The picsfpect that Alaska will one
of tiies. days develop iron and tin
In ijunntities and in locations that
will permit oi their working at a
profit is favorable to say t.ie least.
Nothing could contribute mere to
the greatness of Alaska and' the
economic welfare of the Pacific
Coast than the discovery and de
velopment of iron deposits. The de
mand tor iron and steel in all its
foims cxq the Pacific coast is be
coming immense. With iron mines
v ill come steel works and tin mills
on the Pacific coast tc suppjy this
growing demand, and ship-building,
machinery manufacturing and al
tue o'ber allied industries will fol
low.
With a disposition thoroughly
mauiles'ed to encourage mining in
every way possible, the reiuvetst
meu* of money made in Alaska
mines will come quickly. The peo
ple of tire territory may enjcou-ra&'q
mines la many ways. Taxes shoul
be limited to the needs of a gov
ernment economically and efficient
ly administered. Thore should be
experimental stations, where pros
pectors could learn all about the
various metals, where they may
be expected to occur, something of
their treatment, etc. Law and or
der and reason should be made
habituaj characteristics of the Ter
ritory. There should be harmony
aud un.ty of purpose and endeavor.
The community sp'rl* should be en
couraged, and more thought aud
words and actions should be de
voted to remedies and suggestions
thau to carping cr!t:cis>m and de
structive*, facMcnal feuds. The
spiri* of progress and co-operation
and the habit of locking forward
to new things sh>i'd become dom
inant., . - (*v; » ,»• | j «f | •
Alaska has a greaf future, but a
great deal of work must be done
before Utegreatness cancel realized.
There If enough of <t to do to keep
all who are here and all who may
come occupied every working day
for many years, and the returns
Xor honest work and honest effort
f.t —
will amply compensate) for th«
eifert. if all will put their shoul
ders to 'he wheel -uid push. and,
bo. s* wonders will be jvorJctad, and
the reward la happiness and pros
perity will be abundant.
1.ABOK Wl.N'S \1C10KV
Repcrts indicating that the [
'areuuening railway strlk© has been
averted will immediately remove
auAitiy o£ business interests in Al
aska and all over the United
States.. The strike cloud feu* boeu
noveriUi? aver the nation, lor me
last two weeks at any tiin« threat
ening to farm into a turbulent
cluuiibuxst and throw trauspoi ta
•ion into a serious mix up.
The adoption by the railway lint-s
of the standard eight liujitr working
shut is conuneudaDle indtea. We
are not concerned with the fact
oi wne:ner ar not I hey were, forctxi
in'o the grant. The tact that la
box has won its Just demands for
an eigut hour working day does
concern us. All companies should,
without demand, place into opera
tion an eight hour day. The tune
wii«n man works irom sunrise to
sunset, making & slave o£ himself
nas passed, .Labor is honorable
aud should be encouraged by big1
interests by malting wonting! con
ditions such, that men woiutl not
nave to light itf>r better living con
ditions. .Without labor nothing
13 posaiUe, with, labor everything is
possible.
WATCH EXULAA1)
Gerouvuj; haa accomplished a feat j
iu ocean transportation that even
tue wos# Utter opponents of tae
leaiouic nation hi us1 admit is
vcious underlay circuwsuuuoes uu- J
uer which it was performed. Word t 1
tue etfect that Captain, ivoenij;
uat> reached the oilier biuq sateo
is lne' Willi weicoiuy by. iuo«st peo
ple iu Uiia country. The daring
ness of the deed, tiie mystery) wmch
sctuicd to surround Li-e journey
and the bravery of the captaiu and
crew iiivs all cumbiaeii to make tue
jouruey one of the wouUd'a iiistcuric
accomplishments, Jsojv tiiat tiie
teat uaa bee» accomplkditd and is
heiag tiifcQ again the success or
taiiure of tlie second journey will
nut bear the importance which, the
iirst one created. British iuvem
iVe Peuiim will fernt out a way to
step tLb under sea traiiic. it can
not continue as long as Britain, i»
iu the field.. Mistress of tlie set
lor these many yearg she will uut
or cannot aiford 'o have her linos
broken by the Teutonic powers..
bright i'ltosi'Errs
Alaska's tourist season ia draw
ing rapidly to a close. Soon tile
uiauy ^iobo trottera wuo have flock-,
ed to tUe shores OH Aliiska will-be
w euJ^ng tkeir w iy back to tkeir
uotnt-s and 1/u swallowed. up by Ui9
Stent world, but the influence and
auvei'fciEg whiciu taey wiU spreau
broadcast will uot be for uaugiit.
A record year lias beun recorded
tor all ste'-unsliip lluts plying la
oouiiifi.sturii wateis. 'ikere arv
many more wliO) would iiavg iikeu
to "visit us tliis season but could
uot do su owing to. conditions aris
ing ill lii-e states, indications! poiu'
to a re'urning to normal of out
side ccuditius by next season — so
rew-ouabiy ih(3 Alaskan. and in
twtsts affected by a large tourist
business cadi anticipate an incre^-d
busiuesss next year. The fall gives
indications oX being a busy one wit
us. .Minos are stowing some good
prospects and takiiif ail in all this
city has some mighty bright, pros
pects ahead ol It. At any rate
th« v will stand investigation and
borsting.
A Hint to Mother.
A tiny girl of four was permitted to
make ber first call alone at a neigh
bor's home. She was gone a long time.
When she returned her mother said:
"Yon made a long call. Catherine.
Ton must have had a nice time."
"No. I didn't"
"Didn't have a good time?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I told them a story."
"What did you tell?"
"They asked me if I take music les
sons and I told them 'Yes.' And yon
know, mamma, that I don't."—Indian
apolis News.
Too Convenient.
"We had a scheme to arrange a
checking room so that lady shoppers
could check their husbands."
"How did It pan out?"
"Wouldn't work. We didn't knov
what to do with husbands left over
thirty days."—Kansas City Journal
Wrong Position.
"You've gone and put the prizefight
er's picture at the bottom of the page."
"Well, what of it?"
"If you have any regard for the fit
ness of things make it an upper cut"—
Baltimore American.
TRINIDAD'S PUZZLE
Mystery of the Island's Curious
Lake of Pitch.
HOLES FILL UP OVERNIGHT.
And Groat Trenches More Than Three
Feet Deep Will Be Obliterated In a
Week—The Great Mass Is Solid, Yet
In Constant but Slow Motion.
Though disappointing at first sight to
people who have the crater of an ac
tive volcano lu mind, yet the famous
"pitch lake" of Trinidad is remarkable
enough to satisfy most thoroughly long
ere the visit has come tu uu end.
The lake Is a level plain nhout a hun
dred acres or so In extent, surrounded
by low hills and dotted here and there
with bushes and trees. The surface Is
not a shimmering black, as might be
supposed, but a dull, grayish blue col
or, intersected with pools of shining
water. Altogether It Is a very prosaic
looking place, giving no hint of Its real
Interest.
One can walk where one pleases on
the surface of the asphalt without any
fear of sinking In, for it is quite solid
enough to bear one's weight. If you
stand hi oue place for a little while it
feels hot to the feet, just like an as
phalted street on u very hot day.
Much of the time a fresb breeze
blows, and one remembers with amuse
ment the stories of the imaginative
writers who talked about stitliug heat
and oppressive atmosphere.
The digging of the asphalt Is a slm
pie operation. A mattoc-k Is the only
tool required, and under Its blows the
pitch breaks readily. The negroes em
ployed are very skilled In the work
and break out lumps a couple of feet
across, far too heavy for an ordinary
man to carry.
Only a very small amount of the ma
terial gets broken Into little pieces, so
that scarcely any baskets are needed
to carry the asphalt to the cars. A
laborer simply lifts one or two lumps,
puts them on his head, walks a few
yards and droi«s them Into tbe car.
The crude asphalt, us bn>ken out. Li
somewhat brownis'.i or earthy iu color
It is usually quite wet and tilled with
many holes, like bubbles, measuring up
to an Inch or more In diameter.
Tbe gang of barefooted workmen m
one place may number thirty men. of
whom half a dozen do the digging.
They- work on a space perhaps sixty
feet long and forty feet wide, uud In
the course of a day they will dig down
to a depth of three feet, or more lu
some places.
VlU IU IUUI OUWC CJ.V-I uv.» <-.•
and you will tind it a little rough, but
approximately level with the rest of
the lake. The hole bus beeu mysterl
ously filled up during the night, anil In
the course of a week all traces of the
digging will bo obliterated.
This does not menu necessarily that
fresh asphalt has come into the lake
from underground sources. On the con
trary, the excavations are tilled by a
very slow settling or leveling of the
surface asphalt. There is no such
thing as "new" asphalt, by the way.
for the transition from liquid petro
leum to solid asphalt by nature's proc
ess Involves 11 period of time that must
he calculated In centuries.
The digging done in past years has
caused the general level of the lake to
sink several feet, so that it is not abso
lutely Inexhaustible, as some people im
agine. It Is believed that fresh asphalt
very slowly pushes itself upward into
the lake from the subterranean depths,
but bow large a quantity is thus added
annually has not been calculated.
Near the middle of Ibe lake the ma
terial is less hard than elsewhere, and
In a few places soft asphalt may be
seen in small. Irregular patches oozing
up from below. This fresh asphalt is
of about the consistency of putty and
cau be kneaded and pulled In the hands
without soiling them greatly In the
main, however, the lake is solid as
phalt.
No one knows the depths of this mys
terious lake, the only Information on
the subject being the fact that long
ago a boring was made to a depth of
185 feet without reaching the bottom.
The "cores" of this and other borings
show that in consistency the asphalt
remains the same to a very consider
able depth.
Curious as it may seem, there ore
many evidences that the entire mass
comprising the lake is in constant but
very slow motion The surface is a
series of great folds, and in the creases
between these the rain water gathers
One writer has aptly compared the
surface of the asphalt to the skin of a
great elephant, the creases being the
folds in his hide. Along the edges of
the pools of water grass, bushes and
small trees take root, forming green
"islands" of greater or less extent
Victor Pltt-Kethley In Wide World
Magazine.
An Aid to Canned Music.
In the Woman's Home Companion a
writer makes the following sugges
tions: ("Into a blank book I copy the
words of songs and oi>eras that I buy
for my phonograph and hand this book
to my friends as 1 play the records.
Understanding the words perfectly
adds much to their pleasure."
His Interest.
Mrs. Qnizzer—l>idn't 1 hear that you
were Interested in the steel construc
tion business? Mr. Doolittle—Oh, yes;
I'm deeply Interested in it. Whenever
I run across a gang of structural work
ers I stand around and watch them b/
the hour.—Toledo Blade.
Do not be too credulous, yet if a sign
says "Wet Palat" bellevo it—Youth's
Companion.
J> reality th« "car® of the hair"
mea&a the "core ol tlK» -e«ajy." Ap
ply •PUBOLA" Hair Tone according
to direction^ furnished with each
bottlti, and 70a will sot only be
surprised, but pleaded with the
wonderful result*. A satisfactory
at lot 1 for hair health; sold ou
its merit a and satisfaction, guaran
teed >r your money back.
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+ UtATEKNAJL OK?)KltS +
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in. enari. V lilting Di utuere cordial
ly welcome. W. L. Steveusou, Arc- j
tic CH1*X. W. K. Burford, Arctic j
ttccoraer.
Arctic Brotherhood—
Camp Stag way Mo. lf
A. U. intern every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
Ortler
rfna-swaj Aerie
No. 26, Fraujr- i
a a. order OI I
vVeiluc&Uaj nlgui ui ua.cn Luoutu ai
.uoir a.ui ub vultx ar«>uue. Visiting
jrolLieib cordially lariUist to atUjua
U E. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alist«r. secretary.
F. & A. M.
Wlilte i'abB lvxlge
F. &. A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'gs. ol each
mouth, visiting biouieis are wel
come.
E.sicr L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address J. 11 communications to
the Secietary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Stag way Lodge
No. 4 31, B. P. O.
E. meets every
1st and 3d Thu:m
^ day at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting broth
ars coraiany welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VA£JDEWA_LL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meets in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. nt.
Visiting Bi others cordially wel- j
come*
W. L. STEVENSON, Pre®. |
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
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I Alaska Junk Co. t
+ of Juneau Alaska, +
+ +
4*
+ Dealers 1*
%
* RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
+ I KAI), zinc, sacks, rags
* rope, scrap iron
+
t Roar of Splckett'i Poetoffice
£ store.
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Whitehorse
Kludns Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves vVhitehnrse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also ou the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
~~ H CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
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You make a mistake il
vou d' not stoo at
THE
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da'"v.
Fresl^Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Piop.
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Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
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3. S. SPOKANE Aug. 26 Sept. 7-19
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address H. G. WEIR, Agent.
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