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editorial page
A.ked tc state what, !u their
opinion to a greater extent than
auv other improvement in couii
tiouf, would help to make "life
w re lutabio" iu tho interior, nine
persous cut of tea would, without
hesitation, declarj for a com
plete mail service =uch as they
were used to "back houu." In win
ter, when reading ui.uitr is much
mor« iu demaaa th«u duriuj; the
busy days of the summer, the 1 iui
itations of the presc . ; service are
particularly irksome, ;.nd it is not
to be wondere>. at tiiat the parsi
niotiiousness of the t vernmuit in
this regard is a subject of much
einbitit t\ d censi.re. A campaign
with "Ail the mail p.!! the time,"
fw i's slogan
versallj uopular.— Fa;, b Ks 'limaa.
STATES >!A> < '.N■'- -
In a decisku rendered bj si
preuie court vi the L'.i.
0/ jMIUl; _ i, it tt . . L .1
states s tl.e v
law# au; .£i:.g co
power it , .i-J \\ U.- r.
cisiou iv.i# ..auouaced b.- J :i
Holmes is. upiioldi::g t.:e
tiuualit* •.the AI-Uu...
pswer cuuation »taiut> u
case toucans the improvauu t
Tallapoosa river, s?al«l J i>t*
Holmes, *TUe principal ui~' u. i u>
that the purpose of t';e condi iana
tiou is not a public ciie. lu the
organic relations of no ■ u ■ -li. ..
it may snaetimes be hard to draw
the line th;.t is suppled to liuut
the authority of the leg>#lature to
exercise or delegate the power of
eminent 'lomaio.
"But to gather the streams from
waste and to draw from them en
ergy .iad labor without brains and
so to rtiTe mankind from toll is
to supply what, next to intelligence
is th;> very foundatiou of all our
achievemf:.ts. If that purpose is
not publi< we should be at a lo^s
te say what it is."—Seattle Daily
Keport.
THE WOKLirs DEEPEST MINE 1>
1\ SOl'TH AMERICA
Where is the deepest mine in the
world? That is a question very
few i>->ople In this country can an
swer correctly. Even most mining
experts would probably make a
wrong sucse—unless they had made
rut lit r exhaustive inquiries auo.it
tiie subject—for it is located in a
bcefiou of the world where you
would least expect to find it. In
the forests which, coyer the hills
that tluster about the mouth of
the mine wild monkeys ara chatter
ing and jumping about Xrom limb
tj limb o1. the graceful palms which
m'ord them food as well as shel
ter, v.hile among tha bright-hued
flowers exquisite orchids waft their
perfume and display their beauty
:' 'r iiie benefit of these impish pro
j< titers o.f man. Birds of rare
pluTi'iga Hit in and out among the
slMvicws and the gorgeous red-blue
ycllcw macaws add their raucous
voi ts ts the medley of sounds,
while splendid butterflies wave
11; : large wings of iridescent blue
i rteu and gold to enhance th>
of eclor in these tropic realm.;.
Tropic realms? Verily, for the
u mine—gold or of any other
1--U located in Brazil, it fc
. a i l.'-ce bearing the euphou
uf Villa Nova de Lima.
...e of Mluas Geraes, about
.nles north of Rio de Janeiro.
- !>. i c worked, more or less
t.ii.'ly, for nomething over
■irs- . lid yet few of us in the
n d States have ever heard of
I-lace, much less of the mine.
1. is known as the Morro Vel
. ,d is owned and operated by
glish company.
t j ear two young professors
'< gy, Benjamin Le Roy AIil
v, wf l.ehigh University, and
f'».!'h T. Singewald, Jr., of Johns
Ihvkins. struck out for foreign
.tj ,i..u wended their way even
ito the hidden recesses of South
,er wl'1 be
at leaslone
. ami 4'..at Is
•» is tb* only
; :itv. t t •• • ' « "i.stl:mianai
a •' - .t «•♦*; • iclonal treat
, . . - I.' taken in
rn . !v, aetinc »!!:•• • Upon «lie bl<»od
n; it-oua suj fuc - « • system. there
•trovhur t'se f :Iom of t! »* aia
iid giving tlie pailenl strength by
!ip the constlt* tlau and :isa.sting
• In do'!!?: I*s '.V'»rk. Tho proprietors
so much f111!i in its curative pow
•■r-i 1 it th«»y offer t">n- Hundred Dollars
for any case that It falls to cure. Send
for !ist of testimonials.
Addr*-M: F. J I'HRNET rt CO. Toledo. O.
?• >.i bx nil Drugrfislti. • tr.
Tako ilall's Family nt!« for congtlpailoo
Zenith Oil prevents rust and pre-1
serves the sin-face. A little Zen
ith Oil put upon any metal sur
face excludes the air and dampness i
and jyrfTrenta rust forming. 10c,
25c, 50c bottles. Keller Bros., Sole i
Pack Fra n Restaruant
The Delmonico of Alaska
CHA1CL KY -JOHN
KaUAMaN & (.'Lfc.CAl
PKOPRJ KTOKS
WB...r n.u C*ji »;•<■» whas V «'u l'<><>r-<3 u n SiiuUld l\t
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A i>il v uiroriaijiv i»i*ce for > •■pper *n*r Lha «how
or * enrt:it in eoij pM*sie jjotn* IJ JCBlrea
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»We Wani Alaska and Canadian Furs
OF ALL. KINDS
Via are
Located in
America's
Greatest
Fur Market,
Where Furs
Always Bring
the MOST
| MONEY
We Wire Offer*
1 on Special Lot»
We Have a
Special
Demand the
Year Round
for Fine
Alaska and
Canadian
Furs
Correct
Valuation on
All Shipments
Black, Silver and Cross Foxes Specially Wanted
Be Sure You Get Our Prices Before Selling Your Furs
write: today /
• 9
Rogers Fur Comply, Dept. a. c.,st.Loui»,M0., U.S.A.
America with ui« view o( (lading
ou* something iii rugard to tho
mineral resource^ of tiie western
Lomispiiere. 'liiey investigated al
most itil oi the known mining dis
tricts i't liio soutnom contnent and
brought back with thorn a vast
store of information to the miner
al wt-al'h of tiie various countries
visited, and it wiu in Brazil that
•liny t'onod this unusual anU lu
some rtspects unrivalled"" gold
mine. They tell about It in an
article In the December number of
the Bulletin of the Pan, American
j L uion.
The Morro Velho mine is located
'n the rold belt of Brazil, where
the Portuguese were first induced
to setilo by the discovery of the
I yellow metal. The first gold "was
discovered in 1699 near the prea
; ent city of Ouro Preto. The gold
j was coated with a black substance
and hence was called, "ouro preto"
I —black gold. The city which they
I founded was loug called Villa Rica
Ja Ouro Preto—the Rich City of
Black Uoid—a name which was
soinewiiu cumbersome even for
th« Peituguese, oo they finally
shortened it to Just Ouro Preto,
the uti.no by which it is known, to
day. Once upon a time it was
about ir.e most important city in
Brazil, gold working surrounding
it and tlie valuable metal being ob
iaiiied freni the gravel of almost
every stream in the region. Not
onlv the stream gravels yielded
gold, but many gold-bearing quartz
veins were worked.
Just when the Morro veino mine
wat, fiist opened is not known, l>ut
It was being operated toward the
closo cf the 18th century, and con
siderable work hn<l been done
when tho jireeent company obtained
control of it in 1834. The ore
body consists of a great vein of
unuyua] oersistenco and regularity
'hat dips at an angle of about 45?
It may be likened to a gigantic
knife 'jlade, held \ertically and
thrusr iuto tho earth at this angle
with the point lowu- than the
present deepest workings. And it
is these workings thut make the
mine remarkable. The combined
depths of the connected shafts
S'Ve a ' i.'U of 5824 ft. In other
words, In it is a gol.i mine that 13
being iv irked at a dentil of more
than a mile below t"ie surface of
the earl';. Fortunately in this
mi.;e Mi. rate of Increase of tem
perature is only l' fur every 100
to 120 ft., giving the rocks a tem
peraturt- nf only 112°. By forcing
ccolcd air down into the mino by
means "I fans 'lie temperature is
lowered to a little less than 100°.
Even at that it is r.ither clos^.
The mine has produced a total of
about $35,000,000 worth of gold,
and i3 iielng woiked now at a pro
fi* of something over $700,000 an
nually. — Mining and Engineering
World.
SHIPUtlLDIXG INDUSTRY
IS AFFECTED BY WAR
London, Feb. 8—How curiously
the war has affected the shipbuild
ing industry of the world Is shown
in the official statistics which have
been supplied by tho leading Brit
ish shipbuilding firmc. During
Only One "Brotno Quinine"
Whenever you (eel fi cold coming on,
thick of the full n.uue LAXATIVE
T5ROMO 2UININE. Cures a Cold in one
day. Cu.es Grip in two days. Look fo'
siguatut JofE.W. Grove on the box.
1897 1916
Established 18 Years
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G-EN'L M ENT
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Zeahi. Oil for clocks, watches
and typewriters. Thin In body it
quickly roaches t!;e finest parts of
these '1 icate raeel ,:isms, lubricat
ing tli 'n correctly without gum- •
raing; < leaning those parts and
preventing rust. 10c, 25c 50c bot
tles. Keller Bros , S0I9 Skagway [
Agents. • .
th.o imst year only 1,656 merchant
vessels, representing a total of
1,670,010 tone have been added to
the mercantile marine of the world,
as compared with 3,165 vesaela of
3,484)171 tons during 1914.
Whllo all the combatant nations
have obviously suffered lu the great*
est degree, the United Kingdom has j
been tlie inoet seriously. affected,
for the figures relating to British
shipbuilding show that only 517
merchant vessels woro built, re
presenting a total tonnage of 647,
336 tons, asagalnet 1,294 vessels of
1,722,154 tons, during the pre
vious year.
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PIANO TUNER
Geo. Anderson, piano expert and
factory representative for high |
grade pianos will be in Skagway in
the near future. Pianos for sale j
and rent. Home address, Box j
991, Juneau, Alaska. Pullen
House, Skagway. *2-17.
fraternal orders
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Wtilto P:«« Lodgt
IP. t A. M. N» 113
tuoela 2il a-u*^ 4tfc
frt Er 'ea of "acI1
iifruiL »,uab brokers are
.du< -'P i AiTihums. Secretary
• >Clm-r L. WhftfllT. W M
B. 1- O.
Skagway Lodgo
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
ere cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J VANDEWALL, Secretary.
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ly wclcome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
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points f'lid also on the
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