PH fKVATIONS BY OH. ANTON -
IA I SHOW NEW FACTS ABOUT I
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Speculate• .!* the probability ,
of life on the : met venus may be!
i/t 'ii'd by recent observations of j
i t K. M. Antoniadi, veteran watch;
< ii the planets through the great|
thiity-three-inch telescope cf the
Mcudon Cfbsrvetory, near Paris,
reported in a letter to the London
scientific periodical Nature.
(in several successive days- this
wii or Dr. Antoniadi observed
r'if tly dusky spots on the unbroken i
layer of white clouds usually seen,
on Venus. Whether these spots
were glimpses of a solid or a tiguid.
surface of the planet seen through
r:fts in the clouds or whether they
are effects of a volcanic eruption,
or are something still different, it
is impossible to decide.
Dr. Anorriadi has satisfied him-,
sell, however, that these, spots were
almost stationary for several days
in succession; which fact, if it is
true, indicates that Venus does not
tur rapidly on its axis like th*.
earth or Mars. Probably it keeps
cue side turned permanently toward
thesun, as is believed also to be true
of ihe planet Mercury and as the
nioon keeps one side turned toward
the earth. .. s. .![
Tidal friction ihoitly. after the
formation of Metjcita. »n(l $>f the
moon is believed -to me 1 responsible
for this and Dr. Antoniadi believes
that something '&f file usAme kind . '
may have Happened Ur vSetfUs shortly
after that planet separated from the
sun. If this is- -true" the climate; of.
Venus underneath1 'the cloud, layer
must be Very VJifferent from any
thing on,,earth; ■ with/.One hot and
steamy side where any water on
th.e surface evaporates continually*
and one frosty side where', this
Venus vast moifuro laden winds
must blow coritinuaily ‘'fjmm the hot
side to the cold one, (In the actual
surfb.ee enormous fivers of rain
water must flow', 1ft "the reverse di
rection from fhe ^old side to the
Gene—Bill, "has the depression hit
you yet?”
Bill—I’ll say it1 has. Fiih^f I lost
my job and went back to father’s!
to live; and sent jhy children to thei
orphanae; sent my wife back to her'
mother and shot my dog.
Gene—That’s bad.
Bill—Yes, if times get worse I’ll
have to give up my car.— Grit.
same water
hot.
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McGEE CITY IN RAINY PASS
PROVING GREAT HELP TO
flyer's.
Pilots Oscar Winchell and Roy
Dickson. left Anchorage recently for
McGrath with two planes. It was
foggy over the, town when they took
off, and it was necessary to fly low
to get out of the fog bank, which
was only local, after which they
made a straight shoot to McGee City
near Rainy Pass. There they put
down and got a weather report from
Operator Rees, who handles tha Mc
Gee racioiphone station at that point,
and finding the report favorable,
pushed on immediately for McGrath.
This incident proves the great utility
of the station at, McGee City.
Numerous efforts to get a. govern
ment station at or near Rainy Pass
having failed, McGee in, order to
have reports of the. weather for ,use
of his planes, and also to have a
refuge station there, put in the radio
equipment at that point, and built
a roadhouse and field. He now sup
plies the dally weather report from
that point, which is printed daily
in the Anchorage Times, and is of
value ,not only to' his ships but to
dfl flying that way. ■
The Anchorage-McGrath station is
the ma.ior air route out of Anchorage
connecting the. great Kuskowim and,
adjacentterrjtory to this city, the
main air base of Alaska. (Anchor
age Daily/ Times.)- w
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Emil
George Lehfeldt, f>9, one of the dis
coverers of Nome’s third beach, min
ing claims, died here recently._ It is
said he collapsed while talking to
Ivs wife in their home and died of
a heart ailment. He came here in.
lOlST frqm Alaska. He was a native
of Wisconsin.
“There is a direct and indirect
taxation. Give me an example of
indirect taxation.”
“The dog tax, sir.’’*
“How is that?”
“The dog does not have to pay
it.”—Globe (Toronto).
Two negroes who had not seen
each other in five years discovered
each had been married during this
time.
“Whut kinda woman did youall
get, Mose?” asked Rastus.
“She’s an angel, Rastus, dat’s
what she is.”
“Boy you sho is lucky. Mine’s
still living.”—Transcript (Boston)
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AND BAKERY
Best of Meals and Beds.
Everyone Welcome.
Good Dog Barns.
Mrs. John Rieck ' : Prop.
TAHOTNA’S PIONEER SHOP
Robert E. Lowrie
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Blacksmith, Machine and all kinds orSheet
Metajwork. Stoves, Safetys, Tahk^.
. Drills Boilers and all kinds of Bro^pect
.ilW Jt >ng Equipment, * v ;
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. AUTOMATIC HAND DRILLS
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Light in weight and ^rfespuyoles in. strength. Can be
operated by one man,* i^. necessary, and reach bedrocCterjii^
shallow ground and get results.
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AMERICAN BAMBOO
The time may come when Ameri
cans will be able to eat chop suej
with assurance that its barnbo
shoots, at least, are American
grown. The Government has beer
experimenting for some years witf
more than 200 varieties of bambo*
in a grove in . Georgia, Canes art
now being • shipped from this plan
ta-tion for experiments in industrial
adapation,
The bamboo is botanically a grass
native to the .tropics. Some of its
many varieties grow to a diameter
of 9iX inch.es and a height of mon
than a hundred feet. The hardier
varieties are found as far north as
Janap. They grow in the Andes uj
to the snow-iine., Thg t>ees art
hollow, very light and very strong
The /niter wood is so siliceous tha1
it'cair.be used for whetstones. Cer
tain species have been observed tc
grow as, much as 20 inches in _
hours./ The .successful . introductior
of Japanese .varieties into Englanc
is . oersumptive evidence . that the}
can beanade to succeed in’our South
ern States, be
■What^Orientals cannot make oul
of batnboo is apt very- lijuch. Thee
eat its .auccujent mots. They bitflc
whole houses tout- of ;Ht. /They splil
it for. furniture. They turn i^ intt
bows aw£ arro w-shafts-c and masts
for vessels They .saw -it, into sec
tions for water buckets and botfTSS
Silk-wornps«'Were brought from Chi
na to-the oosuvt Af Justinurtt. in a sec
tion of bambop'.
While tor.-, many of tnese purposes
other stjitabiet, materials. t xjst in this
country, a iwide field exists ever
here for tne juse- of bamboo. A few
of the purpo^e.: to which it alreadj
has been, pr-ht-"might be, adaptec
are toothbrush handles, yacht masts
and booms, fj?(g poles, fishing poles
aerials, fursHure and the- like. Al
together it is a valuable and inter
esting exotics
ANCHORAGE HUNTER TELLS
Of big game in Alaska.
ANCHORAGE— Back from a
real hunting tri;i4 -*J/. W. B. Shore
of Anchorage flew home from Lak'
Tustumena, with a score of one fine
moose, one fine mountian sheep and
two prime black bears, to his credit,
The doctor was out with Slim Crock
er as guide, and ’•enorts a wonderful
uip. ine tv mewavd flight was
made witn tnot Jack Waterworth
of the Star Air Sen ice.
“We went with the aid of pack
horses some 25 miles, and scaled
lofty peaks and crossed valleys and
had plenty of roughing it.” says the
doctor, “and witnessed some wonder
ful sights. We were' in a big game
paradise.”
“W'e saw several; hundred moose
including 40 bulls, hut nne of the big
fellows was enough- I passed uv
the others in search of the right one
We. also saw many. mountain
sheep, including no fewer than 2£
rams and 200 ewes.”
The doctor brought in the bear
skins and heads of the other animals
and will have them mounted to place
in his collection with the head and
hide of the mammoth brawn bear
which, he killed last spring on Kodi
ak Island and which he now has in
his office. ...
LAST PONY EXPRESS RIDER
last or the pony exptess riders,
William E. Van Blarcom, dieiL^at
Gallon, Nev., recently. The -piny
txpress, picturesque mail service, ac
•oss the plains was operated only, 16
nonths after its establishment, in
April, 1680, but it made plenty., of
listory. The pony express ran from
3t. Joseph, Mo., to Sasramento, Gal.,
a distance of'1950 miles and the re
>rd time was 7 days, 17 hours. Over
;he same distance mail planes now
:arry letters in ten or twelve liou?s
it six cents'an ounoe in place
P5 per half ounce the pony > xpress
charged. It is an amazing change
to have occured in the space of one
lifetime. v .. .
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Frank J. Gusse^.
Notary Public **
Takotna, Alaska. .
NEW YORK CHEMIST IS ABL1
TO EXTRACT GOLD FROM
SEA WATER.
NEW YORK— Recovery 0f th
first actual gold and silver take
from ' seawater was announced b
Dr. \Villiard H. Dow of the Ethj
Dow Chemical Company.
The first recovery was a one-tent
milligram nugget* half gold and hal
silver, 'taken fkoin twelve tons o
seawater running through the brc
mine plhnt at Wilmington by mea 1
of treatment vrlth collodial sulphu
•tich mssoved and when settled ou
like sediment, carried the gold an
silver with it.
Metal'4 recovered was about on
three-hundredhs existing in the sam
twelve flans of w«ti
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3 Floating Brewery
To Visit Alaska
e SEATTLE.— A floating brewery
l is being fitted to carry schooners of
/ suds to Alaska. The beer will be
1 bottled and barreled 'aboard the old
schooner Alumnus as khe sails along
i the southern coast of Alaska from
f the Yukon to thd; Aleutians,
f Business meir o^’ Settle and Ket
- eihikan are backing, the venture. The
s Alunmus will be towed" about while
r the beer is iHMj.e, smaller craft
t ferrying it ashore. ,
i She is scheduled to leave Seattle
the end of, October.' Syi.th ’ six hundred
i | barrels of beer aiiord. " continuing
e ] production enroufee. The firm, oper
ating the Alumnus plans to build a
brewery in Juneau. “ - ’’Kr''
If you must carry., a hammier, use
j it for purposes of construction. Do
I not go around knocking lndiscrijtnin
! artely. Something might fall on
your head.
E SURE TO STOI* AT THE LITTLE STORE ON,.. THE
TRAIL TO HfcGRATH.,, We hare Shoes for all ages ami .sj^es.
We specialize m Children’* Clothing . Everything to wear jmd
good'things to eat. We vE be glad to see yon. Mail orders, .
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given ^tpecial attention^
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Mrs. Thomas H. McLean
McGRATH, ALASKA
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Yen should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance.,
for the sake of your credit and your peace of rhinal,
Needless to say this insurance should be of the -very
■ highest quality.
That's the Kind Written By
Alaska Insurance Agency
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