I'AUKKl'li MAN
A prominent New York debu
tante recently ordered "four seats
on the aisle" at the theater. When
her party arrived at the perform
ance. they were surprised to find
themselves arranged in a column in
stead of a row. Nothing daunted,
the debutante turned to a bored,
middle-av J n:au next to her. Surely
he would tsot mind changing with
lier friend in front.
"I beg your pardon." she said po
litely.
No reply, lie must l>e deaf.
"I beg your pardon," she repealed,
louder.
Still no reply.
"I lieg your pardon." she said,
bumping his elbow.
lle took out a pencil and wrote on
his program:
"ThM's i; y wife 0:1 the oth^r side
of r.ie. Safety first."—New York
Evening Post.
V isl i:igton. M.iv 11.—President
Harding was loday made an honor
ary i-.i'e ;aerj!>er of the Mystic Order
of the Veiled Prophets of the en
. ..!•■ 11,.; of Kallipolis, Urotto
No. I ". degree was conferred
ir.o u the executive offices by
t eaib< rs of the local (Srotto. uu
. v ) ;-n from the Grand Mon
arch.
Piles ( uied In il tu 11 Hays
Druggists refund money if PAZO
OIN'LMENT tails to cure Itching.
i:lir.d, I-• > d!ng or Protruding Piles.
Ins:.:■ v:oves I:c ing Piles, and
you c.-i•: r-.-t restful sleep after first
application. 60c.
Beauty cf Skin
Er. :n:ci byCuticural
V. v loilot pur
v -.C i - live e::Jk1ossv. The
So I msrity theOirt
jr.or.t * .• ; - . ..:.d K«.al and the
1 perfume.
S4T7"» tvrfc ?-.••• Vv : • •« • Ctinear* Lab
or t "C to 4* Mass ' -■•l«ivv«r.
. ami • c Talcnr- J"-:.
«B|F-Cu ^r* So«9 tkavM without mug.
CAN A IIIKD THI.VK?
Early in tlic spring Master Hob
ert. the naturalist of t!ie Cttba (Xev
York) Patriot establishment, put ti|
iu the apple tree back of the offict
! a bird house with I he etitraiu'O st
Isutull that sparrows and similai
| birds could nut got iu. A couple o
[ bouse wrens appeared and took pod
session, greatly to the delight of tin
young tuan and others who hai
watched them begin their house
keeping. An Interesting feature o
the process was the great activttj
of Mrs. Wren in carrying in materia
I and building the nest while -Mr
Wren strutted proudly about on thi
very tip-top of the telephone pole
flirting his tail and sinking the fin
est songs lie knew in his loudest
voce, "evidently Imk;>• "t? over tht
fact that, iu spiti o ">' •!
houses and high rents. t:ie ivrei
family had secured commodious anc
comfortable quarters for the Bum
mer." But as for the other half ol
the family, we read:
Mrs. Wrt n apparently, is too busy
to sing. From early morning until
late afternoon, except when evident
ly off e-i foraging expeditions, she
has been enga; ■ il i:i furr.lshiii;; the
new house. And it must be ad
mitted s?ie is clever ut the job. on
several occasions s! e tried to take
in twigs which would not enter,
starting from the perch in frouc of
the entrance. At sucti times she
hopped from the perch in the edge
of the roof, ptiiuted t •! tvig straight
for the hole, and with a flip and a
flutter of wit;;.s twig and bird dis
appeared within.
le
other day w ; '.ook to
take in a t« : ■ a forked end.
Try as she would • e could not get
it started, for tl.o very •:» d tr;.son
that tiie rpri-.id of r .. il 'd end
of t- •; t wg was just e.|tt:.l to
tiie iliaiite:i r of the nttrarco Fi
nally a thi. or so: -"hiita. oc
curred to Airs. \V:oi. Si.e look the
twig back do to the ground and
turned it about. t.kiug hold of the
straight end. TUet entered. oC
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GASTINEAU IS
THROUGH WORK
IHji Mining Company Will Abandon
Us Perseverance Mine am) Mill
Ing Plant at Thane
Announcement was made yester
day by manager George T. Jackson
that the Alaska Gastineau Company
would close its mining and milling
operations at Perseverance and
Thane on or about the last of this
month. What mining and milling
equipment that can not be used in
t':e contemplated manufacture of
I t)it:;i uiid pnnor by the interests
. ; ill .. titled and sold. At the
present time approximately 400 men
are employed in the various activi
ties of the company which has been
running on a reduced scale since the
carrying away of a power line sev
eral weeks ago by a snow slide.
The following is a statement of
closing and short history of the op
erations of the company, as given
out for publication by Mr. Jackson:
"1 have been instructed to publish
the following statement:
" 'The management of the Alaska
Gold Mines Company (the holding
I company for the Alaska Gastineau
j Mining Company, announces that iu
accordance with the forcast given
in the annual report recent 1} is.-n.d
it has become tie«is.irvy to discon
tinue mining an 1 milling operations
at or about the end of .May. During
the intervening |.'riod pruritic, ion
and treatment of ore v.Ill lr.» con
tinued on a red f red tonnage scale,
and at the sam-i time the company's
plants, improve-ill ;ms a.:d r.ia'e:'ials
will be arranged ami assembled fur
most economical production until
they can be co'iver'.en io other u e
or sold. As further stated in tl.e
annual report negotiations are under
way toward the creation by other iit
tcrests of a wood pulp and paper in
: :stry at the location of the present
' mill and for the purpose primarily
of best utilizing the company's
hydro-electric developments, fur
ther steps are also being taken to»
ward the sale of mine equipment and
ifh portions of oilier facilities and
;aviials as would not be useful in
p.ilp and paper establishment."
History of Company
■ following is u brief history of
tiie operations of the Alaska Uasti
; > Mining Company from the year
j 101- to date:
"During the year 1912 the Alaska
■Id .Mines Company was organized
ts a holding company to finance the
( development of the property of the
.las;a (lastineau Mining Company
ituatcd near Juneau. Alaska. Active
I develeiiment was started about the
I Middle of 1912, consisting of fully
>!e' loping the mine for a production
of 1.000 tons of ore per day, devel
I oping and equipping certain water
powers equal to 10,000 horsepower
and building a mill of a 0,000-tons
I ;>er day capacity.
• The mill was started up on March
1 1915, and has operated continu
ously to the present date. During
ihis period a total of 11,711,134
• tons of ore have been mined and I
I milled for a gross recovery of $9,-1
' 5OS.ICS.
"During the years 1915, 1916 and 1
1917. when prices of materials used
had not been to n great extent af
fected by the "World War, quite a
nice profit was made, and the inter
••ot on the company's bonds was paid
during this period. About 191S the
effects of the war began to be felt
I tirs district, resulting in a great
; areity of labor and consequent re
■ diictiou tonnage of about 50 per
| cent. From 191S to date a consid
erable amount of money has bean
[ lost, as shown by the company's an
! it ! reports, this loss being entirely
j caused by the war, which resulted in
a scarcity of labor and an increase
' in the cost of all material and sup
' plies over 100 percent. It is esli
! mated that had the 1913 prices of
material, supplies and labor been
| maintained throughout the six years
' of operation, the actual operating
costs would have been reduced over
■ 1", cents a ton. which would have
11"Milted in a gain of about $1,S00,
! nny on the tonnage milled.
From the No. 10 level of the Fer
! severance mine to the surface, about
| TO per cent, of the ore occurred in
I tire soft slate, and 30 per cent. In
' i!ie hard metta-gabbro and schist.
! Iiut below this level a very much
i i rper portion of the ore passed into |
thn iinrd gabbro adding considerably j
! to the costs of mining. During the
l> -t nvo years the company's officials ;
• l-.ave realized that this hard ore j
! could not be mined at a profit with
! t'.;e present high prices of all sup- j
' plies, and therefore no development
j has been carried out for a cousider
. able period. It was therefore de- ]
cidcd about a year ago to finish all j
! the stopes in the upper levels, and |
' draw out the ore. This program j
has been completed, and while man)
million tons of low grade oro are
broken in the mine, this ore cannot
be drawn out and milled to show a
profit with th present high prices
of all supplies.
The mill was originally designed
for 0,000 tons per day, hut it has
been demonstrated on many oc
casions that it is capable of continu
ous operation on a basis of 10,000
tons per day. With this tonnage,
very low operating costs are ob
tained.
"Some three years ago the man
agement of the Alasku Gastineau
Mining Company fully realized that
it would be impossible to continue
operations indefinitely with the
high prices of all material and low
grade of the ore. A thorough inves
tigation was therefore started of the
possibilities of utilizng the com
pany's hydro-electric power for the
manufacture of wood pulp and paper.
These possibilities have been fully
investigated by two sets of compe
tent engineers, and they reported
very favorable on the project. Ne
gotiations are under way with East
ern capitalists at the present time
looking towards the establishment of
a pulp ar.d paper industry at Thane,
and it is hoped that these will be
satisfactorily consnmated very
shortly, and construction work start
ed for the establishment of this in
dustry.
During the past three years we
have passed though a very trying
operating period. Costs of all sup
plies have been very high, labor
shortage lias been acute and labor
!urno\er very great, necessitating
tile breaking in of new men cotitin
ualh. In fact operations during this
period were only possible due to the
spler.did organization of the opora
offi'-ials which li e company had
built up in which every man strove
to maintain the highest efficiency in
his department, thus reducing costs
and enabling operations to be con
tinued. It is very much to be re
gretted that the closing down of
the Alaska Gastineau Mining Com
pany's operations will mean the dis
banding of this line force of men.
"C. T. JACKSON. Manager."
Bills Passed by
the Legislature
Tie following bills introduced in
the House passed both Houses and
were sent to the Governor for
approval:
Xo. 1. providing for special elec
tions to (ill vacancies in the Terri
torial Legislature:
No. J. for Territorial aid to coast
wise shipping and subsidizing a
steamer for the run between Sew
; rd. Anchorage and Alaska Penin
sula points, carrying a:i appropria
tion of $25,000;
No. 7. Agricultural College and
School of Mines, Fairbanks, appro
priation for 141.000;
Xo. S. providing for a lien on logs
cordwood. fuelwood. etc., for labor
ers;
Xo. 0. amending the old age al
lowance law;
No. IS. raising the amount charg
es for reciprocal licenses for physi
cians from $25 to $150;
No. 15. deficiency appropriation
for tl'.o l'ioreers' Home;
No. ID. amending the act relative
to insurance companies doing busi
ness in Alaska by repealing certain
unworkable sections and increasing
the premium tax from one to two
per cent, per year;
No. JO. providing punishment for
wilfull injury to dams, intakes, etc.;
No. 22. changing the school poll
tax law relative to accounting for
receipts issued to collectors and
requiring returns to be made at
specific times:
No. 23, providing an appropria
tion of $15,000 for the purchase of
the Neuman collection of Eskimo
antiquities for the Alaska Museum;
No. 24, providing an appropria
tion of $3,000 for the entertainment
of President Harding and Secretary
Kali in case they visit Alaska:
No. 25, making employers liable
for medical aid or other assistance
given to contract employees on sea
sonal occupations;
Xo. 26. regulating the sale of nar
cotic drugs;
Xo. 2S. providing penalties for al
tering brands, earmarks or buttons
on reindeer, goats and swine:
No. 31, fixing a schedule of taxes
on furs and licensing fur buyers,
fur farmers and trappers;
Xo. 32, providing an appropria
tion of $25,000 for construction of
a bridge across the Xizina river;
Xo. 30. providing for a referen
dum by female doctors on their de
sires in regard to serving on juries;
Xo. IIS, relative to the disposal of
proceeds of life insurance;
Xo. 40. General revenue bill;
Xo. 41, authorizing municipali
ties to engage in the lighterage
business;
No. 42, carrying the general ap
propriation items;
No. 4 3, extending tho appropria
tion period to cover the full school
i year;
No. 44, providing for the appoint
ment of Mine Inspector and fixinj
the term of office;
Senate Kills Passed.
The following Senate bills passed
hoth houses and were sent to the
Governor to approve:
No. 14, relating to trust companies
amending Section :i. Chapter 00, Ses
sion Laws of 1917.
No. 15, relating to hanking corpo
rations, amending Section 9, Chap
ter 2S, Session Laws of 1913.
No. 10, relative to payment of de
posits in two names.
No. 24, repealing of the Territori
al Shipping Board act.
No. 25, transfer of certain escheat
funds to the Territory.
No. 33, fixing salary of Secretary
of Territory.
No. 34, signing of bills of excep
tion by other than trial judges.
No. 30, regulating operation of
coal mines.
No. 37, filing of inventories of ter
ritorial property.
No. 38. Livestock act.
No. 42. pharmacy hoard reporting
all funds to the Territory.
No. 44, changing hanking laws re
quiring banks pay bad debts before
declaring dividends.
No. 45. Governor taking over func
tions of Territorial Shipping Board.
No. 47, relating foreign corpora
tions. especially charity organizations
not filing financial statements.
No. 4D. instructing Territorial Sec
retary forwarding memorials and
resolutions to those to whom ad
dressed. *
No. 51. demanding notices of tele
phono companies before removal of
instruments or cutting wires.
No. 52, changing boundaries of
incorporated towns.
No. 53. providing for school dis
tricts to change to incorporated
towns.
No. 55, purchase of Seward Penin
sula railroad.
No. 50. maintenance of public
schools in incorporated towns.
No. 59, providing for collection for
exhibit at Mining Congress.
No. 60, labor liens oil oil prop
erty.
No. 09. electors giving preference
for person who shall be nominated
Governor.
No. 71. disposal of property left
by deceased inmates of Pioneers'
Home or those who have received
allowances.
Wages or Farm
Help Doubled
California iiii'l Nevada Have (lie
11!it-si Scale; Mississippi
t!ie I,invest
Washington—Wages of hired men
tin farms have lucre than doubled
in the last ten years, tripled in the
last twenty years and were more
than four times higher last year
than they were in IS TO. These
changes are shown by statistics of
the department of agriculture.
Wages paid by the'month, without
board, averaged $G4.05 for the
country as a whole last year, ten
years ago they averaged S27.,r>0, and
in ISTfl they were $10.43.
Day labor at harvest time last
year averaged $4.3S, without board,
and at other than harvest time.
$3.SO. Ten years ago harvest time
labor was paid S1.S2, and at other
than harvest time S1.3S. In 1S94
harvest time labor was paid S 1.1 S
and noil-harvest time labor eighty
i one cents a day.
California and Nevada tanners
I paid their labor the highest prices
| for labor. without board, the aver
age in those slates last year having
been $107 a month. The lowest av
erage was in Mississippi, where $41
was paid. The average for the coun
try as a whole was $G4.95, the
northern Atlantic states averaged
$73.54, the south Atlantic $30.56,
the north oast central states, $70.09,
the north west central states, $79.
79. the south central states, $51.94
and the far western states, $99.43.
For harvest time labor, without
board. North Dakota paid the high
est rale with $7.40 a day, while at
other than harvest time South Da
kota paid the highest rate, with
$5.90 a day.—Ex.
The Geographic Board was wise,
it probably feared that if it changed
Rainier's name soon there would be
a call to change it to Jit. Amocat, a
name that is about as well known as
Tacoma.
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A. M. No. US, meets 2ml
unci 4th Saturday evening*
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Vl.sitinf; Hrethren are wel
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Fraternal Order of
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hkugway Aerie, .No. —1,
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Funics, meet the first
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month a( their hall on I'iflh Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
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Pioneers ot Ala^Ua, igloo No. 12,
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every month at S:!50 p. in.
Visiting brothers cordially wel
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Friday, of each month, ut « o'clock.
Visiting mem hers welcome.
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Worthy Matron.
I.eila E. Crow, Secretary.
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