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GENERAL MANAGER ALASKA
R. R. MAKES SUGGESTIONS TO
INCREASE ROAD’S TRAFFIC
SEWARD.—Although not disclos
ing the contents of his report to the
Secretary of the Interior, Otto F.
Oh Ison, general manager of the
Alaska Railroad, has several import
ant recommendations to make when
he returns.to Washington.
Colonel Ohlson spoke here at ai
■ Chamber.of Commerce luncheon, de
claring that .he thinks colonization is
■ of major importance in the develop
. ment. o.f Alaska. There are two mil-'
lion .acres of tillable land in the Mat-!
i anuuka and Tanana valleys, he said,
. and .room for 1500 families.
He believes the railroad will profit
t much by expert mining advice and so
m wilLn.sk authority to add a mining ex
, pert , to his staff to examine proper
ties where people are clamorihg for
roads and branch lines or pass upon
the possibilities of opening new dis
tricts.
In his address of welcome Mayor
L. V. Ray denounced the leasing law
i. as. the- greatest factor in holding back
. the- developments Alaska. He sug
gested that Congress grant the Alas
kajinilroad a hundred miles on either
side of its line to he administered by
the railroad with power to sell coal
and mineral lands and pass upon the
i titles, as well as for forest areas.
Colonel Ohlson did riot discuss this
- question but assured that it would re
.. ceive his careful consideration. Tour
ist traffic will increase by leaps and
i bounds, he declared, but added that
. Alaska is deficient in the number of
. hotels. He said Seward -and Fair
banks need bigger .and -better hotels
immediately. To increase tourist
• traffic Colonel Ohlson recommended
that the railroad publicity and book
ing office be moved from Washington
to Chicago as a more central point of
.origin for tourists.
< ORIGIN OF LIFE DIFFICULT TO
FATHOM, SAYS SCIENTIST
EVANSTON, 111.—Science must ac
„ count for many phenomena in terms
.of.Juck, Dr. D. W. Swann, director of
the Bartol Foundation Franklin Insti
, tute, of Philadelphia, said today in a
discussion at the American Chemical
, .Society Instithte at Northwestern
University.
“Science heretofore,” he said, “has
always felt that everything that hap
pened could he traced to some cause,
which, in turn, always had a definite
. effect, but we. know now that the re
sults of many purely physical phe
. nomena—such as the transmission of
heat—depend upon ‘laws of probabil
ity,’ which is just another name for
chance.”
Applying this “new scientific type
* of thought” to the problems of the ex
istence of life, Dr. Swann said:
“Either one accepts the view of
creation handed down by the Bible or j
else the scieitist nods his head and j
says he cannot answer the question.!
Life processes may have started by
pure chance.
“It is difficult for us to understand;
the way life started. Once started,
science has been able to see the work
ings of life. But as for getting any
clear conceptions of the beginnings,
we are at a loss.”
Even the subconscious belief among
physicists that the laws of chance as
introduced into their own subject
were merely makeshifts for some
thing more fundamental, Dr. Swann
stated, has received a severe jolt dur
ing the past year.
DRY AGENT IS SHOT
DOW N IN CHICAGO COURT
CHICAGO.—Federal Dry Agent
Thomas .Cyan was shot down in a1
federal court room yesterday in the
presence of forty persons, yet who j
shot him or why remains a mystery, j
Ryan himself thought for a second
that it was a joke and that someone
had eKjRl'jtLsd * -firecracker in the j
small r'XDiri in which United States |
Commissioner Walker was holding
v .court. Then he fell., from the impact.
of the bullet, which struck .him in the
shoulder, and cried, “I’m shot!” He
slumped to the floor seriously wound
ed.
In the moment of .excitement at
least six persons left the court room.
Then the doors were locked, and al
though a thorough search was made,
no assailant could be found.
Ryan had risen from his chair to be
sworn in as a witness in- a liquor
hearing when the shot was fired.
WARNING GIVEN REGARD
ING FOOD POISONING i
WASHINGTON.—Measures of pre- ^
caution to .prevent the outbreaks . of
food poisoning, which have occurred
frequently in recent months, are em
phasized by Dr. A. C. Hunter, bacteri-j
ologist of the Department of .Agricul- J
ture.
These measures include the thor-1
ough heating of .food products, pro
tection against contamination by dust,
flies or other insects,■.rats' or mice or
human carriers of disease producing
bacteria, complete cleanliness of all
utensils, and careful refrigeration of
food between the time of preparation
and consumption
“A few fundamental rules should be
borne in mind by every person pre
paring food,” says Dr. Hunter. “Food
to be eaten raw should', be fresh, clean,
free from abnormal odors, rotting
areas and from mold, and should be
washed in clean water fit for drinking
purposes. vCooked foods should be j
heated to the boiling point, kept free
from contamination, and if to be held
more than a few hours subjected to
refrigeration.”
The outbreaks recently coming to
the attention of the food, drqgiand
insecticide division of the department
have been purely local in character,
and the spread of illness has been re
stricted to persons partaking of- a par
ticular dish or eating a particular i
meal. Such outbreaks are most fre
quently traced, it. is said, to contam
inations occurring within the kitchen.
Rarely has the .trouble been traced to
unfit ingredients. While ingredients
such as eggs, milk or meat may be
the vehicles of infection, their, devel
opment 'is possible only because of
failure :to destroy them '..by adequate
heating or to prevent development by
sufficient, .refrigeration, it is nointed
out.
Exaggeration.
Senator Borah said at a dinner in
Washington:
“If the nations of Europe ■ are as ;
anti-war as they claim ta .be, they’ll
sign Secretary .Kellogg's anti-war
pact; but I’m afraid the anti-war feel
ing of some of these nations is only
skin. deep.
“They remind me, in fact, of the
young man about to become a father.
He was walking up and down the cor
ridor, wringing his hands and moan
ing, and when the doctor came out' of i
the sick room for a moment he rushed
up to him and said:
“ ‘Oh, doctor, can nothing be done ?
This agony is more than lean bear.
Do, do something, doctor. Get it ovet.
or the suspense will kill met’
“ ‘Oh, no it won’t,’ said the doctor,
and he patted ;the young man’s shoul
der in .a comforting way. ‘I’ve
brought hundreds of babies into the
world and never Host a father yet.’ ”
Braving It Out.
The Princess Bibesco—Elizabeth
Asquith, the Eary of Oxford’s daugh
ter—is a successful writer ndw>, but
at the start, despite her, well known j
family name, she had rather a hard f
time of il_
“Once, when my rejection slips
were numbered by thei.dozeu,” .. she
said on her last visit th^Apierica, “a
clergyman told me at a:dinner party
that he was glad to see'-how regular
ly I attended church.He said young
people avoided church as a rule, and
he asked me why I was «uch a devot
ed churchgoer.
“ ‘Well,’ said 'I, ‘one- naturally likes
to go to the ’ace where one’s
contributions are accepted.’ ”
He Was Polite.
The Los. Angeles Times tells a lit
tle story with a moral for traffic po
liteness:
“A motor cop of New York city
spied a . motorist hurrying through
the streets.at 35 miles an hour—and
1 pursued him. The speeder was sent
to the curb and given the customary
invitation to an interview with the
judge.
i “However, the officer did not ask,
!‘Who.d'ye think ve are?’ He did not
l
! impanel a j-ury of curious spectators
and try him at the cut b. He did not
usurp the place of the court ..and act
as if he were on .a noisy-hunt for a
doormat.
“He was courteous to the offetrderHJ
He seemed to think an American, cit
izen, even when arrested, had some
rights. He.did not appear to feel that
his victim had forfeited all respect.
He was measurably apologetic for
having inconvenienced a busy, man in
a hurry who might be absent-minded . |
in his haste. He even acted as if he
were conferring a favor, on the eul I
prit. *
“The man'arrested seemed to think
so, too! Not long afterward a check
arrived at headquarters of the New
York police department for Officer
James E. Fay as a.reward for doing !
his duty courteously.”
What’s the li'se?
Julius Rospnwaldr- the Chicago
millionaire, on his sixty-fifth birth
day modestly imputed his extraordi
nary, success to luck.
“But,” he went ,on, “ever.; luck j
won’t help the pessimist. The pes- j
simist, looking for thp dark side and ;
never hoping, gets nowhere, for the j
man who can’t hope can’t work. Ho’sj'
like little Willie.
“‘Do you-go to school. Willie V a
lady asked
“ ‘Naw,’ said Willie. ‘Wot’s the
read, I can’t write, and 1 can’t draw—
so I dort’t go.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles i
Nenana .—. 00
Tavern. Roadhouse . 1-7%;
Knight’s Roadhouse . 11 Vi
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58 ;
Diamond Roadhouse . . 76
Roosevelt ... . 89
Lake Minchuminr. . 115 i
Trappers’ Cabin ... 132
Lone Star Roadhouse. 150
i.Telida Roadhouse .. 169% ;<■
; Slow Fork Roadhouse . 187 C
East Fork Roadhouse . ) £06
Berry’s Landing. Roadhouse .. . 227% ,
Big River.Roadhouse .241
McGrath ... 263 j
Takotna ... 280 t
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse - .-- 291
Ophir .. -.300
McCafferty . 306
Brown Creek shelter cabin — 318
Fritz shelter cabin . 333
First Chance shelter cabin .. . 346
Schermeyer R. H. . 360 j
Iditarod .376
Flat . 384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 1'2 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek Shelter cabin, 19 j
miles from Bonanza.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
AIL persons having claims against j
the estate of Edgar Ryder, de- j
ceased, are hereby required to pre-!
sent the same, under oath, to the un- j
dersigned, administrator of the said
estate, at his residence, at Flat,
Alaska, or at the office of the Probate
Judge at Flat, Alaska, ,on or before
May 31, 1929.
Dated, .Flat, rAla&ka, Octobei 16,
.1928.
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of j
Edgar Ryder, deceased.
NOTICE TO-CREDITORS. ~
All persons having claims against
the estate of Carl Alfred Johnson, de
ceased, are hereby required to pre
sent the same, under oath, to the sun- j
dersigned, ^administrator of the said I
estate, at his residence 'at Flat, i
Alaska, or at:the office of the Probate
Judge at Fat, Alaska, on or before
May 31, 1929.
Dated, Rlati. Alaska, October 15,
1928.
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of
■ Carl 'Alfred Johnson, de
• . ceased. I
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Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
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TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE
: Best of Meals and Rooms
Where Everything Is Homelike and
Where You Ace Cordially Welcomed
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