Alaska Notes, i
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, Gathered From Territorial
Exchanges,
Joe Beauchamp, who for more than
twenty years has operated a trading
post and roadhouse at Bear Creek,
fSO miles back from Whitehorse. Yu
kon, an(t an equal distance from any
Other given point, arrived in Juneau
recently, and later left for Seattle en
route to Montreal and other points in
the province of his nativity. Joe has
had the misfortune to lose two wives,
both by death. in the last dozen years,
the last one passing last May. He
admitted while in Juneau that it is
for the purposf °f annexing No. 3
that he is makjng^ the present trip, as
be said it is very lonely on Bear
Creek, especially during the long
winters,
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Frank Fdelman, 43, pioneer team
ster of .Tanana and Woodchopper,
died at the. Fort Gibbon hospital ta few
days ago, He leaves a widow, at Tan
ana and a.brother in Oregon. .
W. D, Pickering and Charles Hold
ridge, employes of the New- England
Fish Company at Ketchikan, were
severely burned recently by ammonia
vapor;. Pickering waa explaining the
operation of a valve to Hdlaridge; a
new employe, when a fitting blew out,
releasing a shower of the fluid.
“If anyone has an idea of going
outside to locate, let him. just hold
his footing and go out and bry it for
three months, and then he.- will know
how lucky he is to live in: Alaska*?
said Governor George A. Phrks in
closing a speech at a chamber of
commerce .luncheon in Juneau, re
cently.
Patrick McManniman, aged about
60r years, section foreman on the
Alaska Railroad at Potter creek, was
killed a few days ago wbten struck by
a ;snow plow. He was, working in a
deep cut and failed to hear the ape
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preach of the plow on account, of a
high wind. Due to the mass he was
no.t seen by the crew of the plow
until the plow was on top of him.
The deceased was a pioneer Alaskan,
and had been in the employ of the
railroad for a number of years. In,
compliance with instructions of relar
tivss, the body was shipped to St.
Paul, where two brothers and a sister
, reside. ;
T. A. Smith, a homesteader in the
Palmer district, and an experienced
railroad man, has been awarded, the
contract by the Alaska Railroad for
operating the Moose creek spur line
in connection with the haulage of coal
from the Alaska Matanuska and Raw- i
son mines on Moose creek to the main ;
line. Contractor Smith has associated
with him George Bibbler, of Mata
nuska. Both men have worked for,
the Alaska Railroad and for the Cop
per Raver & Northwestern railroad,
and are familiar with the conditions
they will encounter in their Moose
creek work.
An airplane landing field at Mc
Carthy is suggested by people who
are interested in aviation in Alaska,
and another one at Chisana. This
brings Cordova, McCarthy, Chisana
and Dawson on about a direct line.
The trip could be made along this
route from Cordova to Dawson in
three or four hours.. j
The Alaska Anthracite Railroad'
project from Controller Bay to the
Bering River coal, fields, in Southern 1
Alaska, will be completed so that the
coal resources of those fields may be
placed in production. That is the in
formation that was brought by a high
government official, who, while in
Washington, D, C., had a conference
with Henry Harriman and some of
his associates, and who was told by
them that the railroad project would
be under way again in the near fu
ture. The government official, said he
was not definitely informed ' as to
when construction work would start
again, but gained the impression that
it might be resumed soon;
The horse is paid tribute by the
United States Department of Agri
culture in a new educational motion
picture, “The Horse and Man.” The
film acknowledges the service which
the horse has rendered the human
. race throughout the ages, recalls
some of the important roles he has
played in the drama of American his
tory, and directs attention to his eco
nomic importance in modern indus
trial life. In spite of the fact that
gasoline has driven the horse-drawn
turnout from the boulevards, and the
belief which exists among most city
dwellers that the horse is doomed to
follow the dodo, there are still more
than 15,000,000. horses providing
power for American farms. The pop
ularity of polo, the bridle path, the
race track and the chase is wide
" spread and is increasing.
Last year nearly 18,000 miles of
road in the several state highway
systems were surfaced, according to
reports received by the Bureau of
Public Roads of the United States
Department of Agriculture from
state highway departments. In ad
dition, 5,316 miles of earth road was
graded and drained, according to en
gineering standards. The total of
, 270,654 .miles included in the state
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Eight Draught Steamers
Oil the Kuskokwiim
Cipt Wallace Langley, Manager.
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systems embraces the important
roads of the country which have been
laid out to serve the needs of the
states.
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH
SOCIETY FAIRLY COSTLY
LONDON.—An advertisement in a
London paper to the effect that a
lady of title is willing to introduce
Americans into English society, led
to some inquiries regarding the cost
of such introduction..
They cost between £,000 and 5,000
pounds, and, it is pointed out, in addi
tion to the “fee” required, by the in
troducer there would be all sorts of
other expenses.
A house in a good neighborhood,
servants, motor cars, expensive
gowns, probable presentation at
Court, and at least one expensive
dance, would have to be given before
the wished-for coal could be ob
tained1.
After that, if the social scale is to
be maintained, endless dinners, Ep
some and Ascot attendances must be
kept up, as well as at charitable
functions. The original fee for in
troduction would be only the begin
ning of payout.
BERLIN WAITERS DEMAND
ING 15 PER CENT IN TIPi
BERLIN.—Waiters in Berlin are
demanding more pay.
The union has presented demands
for 15 per cent tips instead of the
prevailing 10 per cent, which is auto
matically added to the bill in all res
taurants and coffee houses.
The additional burden, it is pro
posed, shall be borne by proprietors,
since it is feared that the public
might protest an increase in the ser
vice charge.
The waiters also want an 8-hour
day, instead of the prevailing 8 1-2
hours, and 15 per cent increase in
wages for overtime.
In 1924 the United States produced
38 per cent of the world’s total of
The total earnings of the Panama
canal in its banner year, 1924,
amounted to $37,659,631,
The annual loss from accidents in
the United States yearly is nearly
five billion dollars.
The value of the steel produced in |
the United States annually is $1,600,
000,000.
In one year the Postoffice Depart
ment uses over 1,660 different kinds
of articles,
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In 1833 the first landscape photo
was taken, requiring seven hours of
exposure.
.A machine which plants cabbag
seedling’s with speed has been per
| fected.
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