. California gold less al
luring THAN IN ’49 RUSH
SAN FRANCISCO.—The glisten of
the1 gold of California has dimmed
since the days of ’49:
Since ttie gold rush-dayifnearly two
billion dollars' wort#:, of' tfefe yellow
metal has been wrung ffonv the rooks
and sands of this Stbte, minees*.
say the surface, -habv only beent
scratched.
Neverthelosd"TiT*dttctinn hake slowly?
declined untiliim J J28^it. was a. little
W*. thaiteSl^DDOjnOD, as ernnganeA-to. ?
the1' peak of.JBWQO.OOO re;.cKed-tthret'
year* aftorethwe“lT(t®ty-nineEs;'* with
pick and shOVfd, left coindostable
■toinesteads iir tJb Rast atidfcfiii fShe
-ustward- trail". that for many led to
-tefaghter'.act- thei'&tKis.ofi 'ftidia»9» or
dirftf*;fbom starvation and: exposure.
California, 'however, remains the
leading gold-producing Sthte, having
producedi abodt' One-fbuntlir ofT.tfce m» '
'iohal total fori 1926* The 1927 out
put was 564,585' fine ounces,, worth
flf;671,018. Almost ait the mining: iff
i n ; N orthiem .Guiifbwii agxwhe re r .«mw
806 mines t*r»koper*fcingy About half.
coiOes frtrtrvJdarolt dTudglsdc' ftott3> dkk
rivter bfeds, wtUk theteCTt.iJrb>d4-' ijpld.
found in rotflt. fissurea.
Califomi>ds*gphli.>baff!tpi4ysS aw-.inrt
portent parti, in AitieejoansOustbryv In.*
•iian legend sifef" bright itfatsfL cropping
out of hiUsidte*vand ‘lywgresposedoirs
streams brought the White man to the.
Rixfcific ooafde. T.hesa legend* brought*
Oofctes up theuooast etaCalifornilasinr
1 "at.arndlHUiFrancis Drake to a points
nnfcth of Saiae.FraBeisCo'>in 1579.'
Rut it waamot Until : janafes- W? Mar
shall saw a |rcdsd*quickenmg:gl*)aw..in
Ida: millracn ate Sutter’s mill lab*. Go*
loma. in I&UG-thatAthet: madidayyv of ’
'aGfornia gold* mining.sb'egaa.. The
ary of “Gbld” .resounded across? the!
■-.anti nent.: • • Thfeii next yearreaww the.
most, remarkahb golA; ruBiab'ietrftn
known.
The great-weaourewr of gaL'*.-to..thfc
sands and ro«h«: of 'Califortitfl'rtiiie'iosti
its lure - through' £imatt§r?jhl*flft«lfle*2
While many of tbe*.^Forty*jitiw«*ir bfc>
i came wealthy,' ;lt 'was ptjfckly'i-'annetf
!I that California was not a lan«d wheee
every man becamo-WaM idaAo. Hhingpld
" wafe Iwrdrto gefcA MAiy. dledt. •
After thlbCivil W attciinwwfi oritistri al
resolution,■ and*-’ wMhjv heteEOtfire'' 'the
average uvan-’O conception. o£ wealth
focused uffcnfithe .hypnorta.iw gleam,
of ■ gold cidUft’thbi'fc new.' millionaires
wetefc marmfUaturens, raalnurriesso and:
men of commerce::...
AVIATION INDflCSTKY NON"
$M0,V0«jBna» TEAlt CLASS
wAsoftflBrojc^T^
uticai indudtryr irri America has al
* ready, dre*lB£l*<iihttt<'iU ♦100,00®,000 a
year giant, tan*K'vttt® Commerce De
partment*4s being' swamped with, ap
t pIicaCib!n»v^<iir’(P;iiotJ» licenses.
A coneeeentiwe estimate, based on
• Cobi naarcwi: - DSpMfcCmant data, indi
cates thAkttnttet than ♦100,000,000 a
year is bobjg-spertt in manufacture of j
planes,'kOMtfnittlbn. of'airports, and
transportation of mails and passen
ger*',' oven-testabBsh'ed routes.
Appheatidm- for licenses are pour
, irig in -now" at the rate of slightly
more than* 100 a day, and a> monthly
a-verage itrfi 2?®0 applications was
ti!4d for-some months past.
In the'paatt fiscal year an average
of 75 aiffSKrta a month was estab
lished. Mas®' more are pressed.
Air nod' routes have grown from
'_aS mien'll)' years ago to 10,816' miles
litis months, and 4,000 additional
■lifts are expected to be opened’ this
year. Lowering Nof She air mail
charges is expected,’ also/ to facilitate
growth of this service.
There are 130 air manufacturing
companies now, compared''.with only
80 a year ago.
There were 1,905' planes made last
year, with an aggregate value of
$14,504,999, and Commerce Depart
ment experts estimate that that
about 6,0*0 planes will.be turned out
By the factories this'year.
Schools for instruction .are now 3fB£
an. compared with 161H xpfcautPi;: .
GLAND TRANSPLANTING O K'D
BY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
PORTLAND.—Life may now be in
creased in span, from the present av
erage of 70 years to 140 years and
the marriageable age advanced from
20 to 40 years, according to Dr. Al
bert Schneider, dean of the School of
Pharmacy, North Pacific College, of
Portland, Ore.
Hp.‘. has just completed an1 exhaust
ive two-years’ study of scientific
transplanting of glands of humans
and animals, in stimulating mental
and physical rejuvenation, and his
work’ has been accepted by the. Med
icah Khview of' Reviews.
DO YOU KNOW THEM?
A request has been receiveed at the
Governor's office for information re
garding the following persons:
George: U: White, who left Illinois
about twenty years ago for Alaska.
At that time he had* sandy hair and
mustache and blue eyes, and weighed
about 190 pounds. IT living, he would
now be about 70 years of age.
Matthew Ainlay, who is supposed
to be in Alaska.1
. J. H. McLemoce, who is supposed
to have been, around Juneau, Alaska,
about teta or twelve years ago. He
was interested in some mines in that
locality. He weald how be about SO
years* oldi.:
Eugene (Gene) Gordon, who is now
aboht 65 yeai»eld; he is six feet tall,
has blue eyes; a square chin, and one
finger.' missing. He was last heard
from in Nome, in 1910.'
- Any information regarding the
above.* should be forwarded to > the
Govemort's ffice,cuneau, Alaska,
lw Chaperon Needed.
Ead^r tengaging maid)1—Regarding
youir evftoing out, I'm' quitd prepared
to meet you half way.'
Maid—That's all right,' ma’am; 1
ain’t a bit worried o’ coming home :in
.the dark.—London Humorist.
Sunday School Erudition.
Teacher—Now, we aH know about
Noah’s Adt Do yoW know of any
other ark?
Tommy—Yes, miss, the one the
'erxdd hartgels Siligi—Tit-Bits.
ORDER AM)
NOTICE OP ELECTION
To Be Held 'On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928
In. the Office of the United- States
Commissioner at "'Ophir, Alaska..
Fourth Judicial Dicision.
Now, on thtt day, "pursuant to mr
At ot Congress approved May 7, 1906
entitled “An Act Providing for the
Election of 'a Delegate to the House'
of Representatives from the Territory
of Alatskat”’and an-Act (if 'Sbn'jrrpy!,
approved Atignst 2W, 1912, entitled
“An Act to Create a Legislative As
sembly in the Territory of .‘Alaska, to:
Confer Legislative Powers TherKon
and for Other Purposes,’’ and iirw»n
f or mi tjrtherewith';
It is hereby ordered that ifor tie
purposes of the general election to be
held on No»veinber 6, 1928, all the ter
ritory in the Recording LBistrnh,
known as Innoko Recording District i
outside of incorporated towns, is here
by divided into voting precincts in
each of wdiidh .’R-'ipoHihg place is here
by'specified.
The said voting precincts are desig
nated,’described ianH'bounded as fol
lows:
1. Ophir Voting Precinct: .Eith
bracing all that portion of the Imwko
Recording District south of ’ and in
cluding: the watershed’ of Beaver
Creek, with polling, place at Paulson's
Roadhouse, in the town of "Ophir. i
2. Cripple Voting Precinct: Em
bracing, all’th'e not otherwise included’
portion x>f the Innoko Recording Dis
trict, with polling place at Peterson’s
Roadhouse, in the town of Cripple
NcAice is Iher^by given that a gen
era] eTe-Ctnin will (he held on Tuesday,
November E, TUZB.lf or tthe "purpost if
electing the felhwting ■■iffijvmB, ttowttt
A Governor for time Tsurttcny if
Alaska, ij
A Delegate to House dl Tt^pre
sentatives from the Territory at
Alaska,
An Attorney General .Tor the Ter
ritory of Alaska,
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory-of Alaska^.
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the- Territory of
Alaska,
! Two Road Commissioners-for Rout
, District No. 4.
The election will be held in the witt
ing precincts,above named.anli at ft®
polling places therein specified. The I
said polling places will foe open be- <
tween the hours of eight>ti'crJ**:k a. .oil, i
and seven o’clock ;p.;m. df said day.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska SSepi.embea :
30th, 1928.
CHRIST1A3S BOLGRN,
U. S. Commission* .for -the Imiukc
Recording District, Fourth I'm- j
siqav, Turrit err y rff .Alaska.
tins'discovered in- the1
'liBeetapBB lunwdcjjgf'd sheep that can1
is* Eaitfr mite an hour; It would
r*&» tig*k Mndiafi ai lamb: tBrkeep up
-nlll Aq • mrw.-ntnu?-—WftlWPaptjliK
The moat pofitieafly-nrinded woman
in this neighborhood Is writing until
she sees authentic pictures of Mrs. A1
Smithi in three or four different hats
before definitely deriding how to
vote.—Ohio State JorcmsL
i
UmhmnwrHv, Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Mins-: Bought and: Sold? Clothing
T^iee Fre^i Groceries and Fruits
ftwriTMafing -rf MVKmirk Beds and Bedding
McGrath
Tfestrof. Klteaih amt Rooms
caaofoOG ikhjses
lv»r rhilaWtim
Prop.
Ca
< is I ;*>i air
Repufc
* for Re-eleetrair for
Delegate To
HSe ftas seEuw& yon four terms, faithfully,
(MWffinwrfTmi^ and his record proves
Him son works for Alaska.
Kjeep> hm&jfchere. Show your appre
dalinaaf his efforts—do this on
BhUh Ifey, Tuesday, Nov. 6,1928
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