STJ2JES TOLLS. OP ENORMOUS
DEVELOPMENT WORK UNDER ,
WAY. FAIRBANKS SECTION
ISattle Post-Int-elligeneer.).
An,. Alaska gold mining develop
Ti<3f)t program catling for the expen
diture of more than $9,000,000 in the
^aitl auks distract within -the next live
tips, was. aimmmcwi yesterday by j
Vi,'nun C. Stines, manager of the -
-hi}-banks Explora'iim Company. on
"i.-J arrival in Seattle.
Stines'.} company, is :t» subsidiary of
he United States Smelting, Refining
t .Mining '3o«*pair ', cf Boston, by.
which organization the capital for the
leyeloonn-nt is Being furnished.
"More than $1,680,000 of the sum
alceady has been spent on the
grpun*L” Stines 'idclan-d yesterday as
the New Washington Hotel. “The
program contemplates the expend i
tuce of the remainder within five
years. Wo do no# expect a cent of
return , w trt> investment untit 'It-fid,
All the- money is privates-capital."
The work, planned, according- tt,
Stines, who is a welt known mining
engineer is thfev reworking of old
placer claims - abandoned t>y former'
pros[>ectors and fortune hunters. “The
oldtimers simply scratched the sur
faije,’' he said.. “M'hdeNt machinery
and methods w-ill take out fortunes
they feft betfirtd."
t .'It?
ah eigm y-m me mien worn
'laitanika river will furnish water
fog the development ami will be con
structed neat summers Stines states.
“Tie company expects t.o employ
approximately 4<XV men for sev-ii
montths of the year and 150 for the
remainder,” he said.
Stines, who spends most of his-time
in Alaska, takes sharp issue v. lb
Congressman M. Free, of t!te
LightK- California district, who re
ceatly stated Alaska's governm irit
railroad shoal.ifDi* torn up and turn d
into a wagon road.
“Alaska's development would stop
trrfhiediirteiy if. the road were de
stroyed',"'he declared. ‘'More than
this, the present annual deficit wh ch
thf government’ meets is continually
degreasing ami will sonnet* or lacet
turn into a profit..
■“In the next three years my- com- j
pany will send IdiOOO tons of builtfing
material over i be road to Fairbanks
Later, when we operate-‘to capacity..
we- will ship tfjduff tone of coal an
nually!’'
Stines gained fame during the war
when as an army lieutenant attached
to the staff of the American embassy
at Petrograd he procured from Si
berian mines large-quantities of plat
inum which he furnished the United
States {government;
TWO TIOL ATTONS' OF
ALASKA GAME LAWS
Juneau,. Dec. 2fk—The executive
office of the. Alaska Game Commission
has received reports of recent cases
in the Fairbanks and Anchorage re
gion,
George \fellish. an alien commonly
known around Fairbanks as ^“Bolshe
vik George,” was, apprehended' by
Warden Frank Dufresne of Fair.:
hanks, accompanied by .Deputy U. S.
Marshal James Hagen. o,f . N’tnana..
Mellisb was engaged in ..trapping
without an alien special .license. It.
seems that Mellish bad .full knowl
edge-of the license being required and
had indicated that he would not takes
out such a license. After being.found
with a.fox in one of his- traps and twe
nties in his possession, He was still
given an opportunity to escape prose.
cution by taking out the alien special
license. He refused to.do this, a case,
was filed against hi mat Nenana for
illegal trapping, and he demanded a
jury trial. He was convicted; fined
$1.30, and. sentenced., to .60 days ..in
jail
The other case, is reported by. War T
din A. M. Hardy, of Anchorage* who
states that S. F. Rhodes* a fur dealer
of Anchorage,,w,as found to have, pur
chased, on or before December 14,
47 muskrakand 16 miak.skins recent
ly caught, all of which were unprime
and taken before the season .opened.
In addition he had failed to .. keep
records of this transaction, A cr>nv
plaint containing three counts was
tiled against him at Anchorage. .-The
first count charged possession of un
prune muskrat pelts, second unprime
niirak pelts, and third for failure to
keep records of the purchase, .'A uiea
of not guilty was entered. No report
has as yet been received of tho ter
mination of the case.
Joe-Chiangni returned here yester-,
day from a trip to Fairbanks, and
left this morning,for. Iditamd, headed
for his home on the. Lower. Kusko
kwim..
Charles L . Baker, from Little., was,
a yesterday arrival for. a short visit,
in town.
"TUE STAN I; VRD OF QUALITY”
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S Rubber Boots, Pacs, Gaiters, Ruhbers •!
Just the thinu for miner, fisherman, or hunter. Ser,
vice and quality:-outstanding.. Ask your dealer.:';-.
Rood Rubber Produets Co.,.
.114 Second Av. S., Seattle, Wash.
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McGrath Roadhouse i
Where Trails and Rivers,, Meet
You Are Cordially Welcomed!
and Heartily Greeted .
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I Stewaufc & White
Props.
Dr. H. W. Axerill:
Dentist
Wnit to ('ripple, INiorman
ji»d Ruby.
Will Return' to Tokotna
About March 1
Alaska Notes
Gleaaiogs From Territorial
Exchanges.
Fire at Name, attributed to an oil
stove explosion .over the Board of
Trade saloon, a few days ago, threat
ened to wipe out the entire front
street of the town. The flames spread
rapidly,, despite six lines of hose
heing used, and completely destroyed
Point's grocery store, together with
jts storage and part of the winter
stock, a rooming hou.se> both,.three
story buildings, including Dr. Hoel
.scher’s dental.offices, Tarnutzer’s bar
ber shop and the Keener tailoring
.shop. ,
Firemen and volunteers were
.drenched with freezing water, and
zero temperature made fire- fighting
conditions extremely difficult. Sev
eral firemen serving hot Coffee on the
street were encased in ice. James
. Hewitt,, proprietor of the Board of
Trade, was severely- burned, and Dr.
Kemp, Jens Jensen and Earl Hamnion
wem slightly burned. All are in the
hospital.
Salvaging of merchandise from the
basements of the burned- buildings
began Sunday. The loss is estimated
at and twenty-three persons
were left homeless by the blaze. Thei
flanies spread: so rapidly that only a
few razors were saved from the bar
ber shop, which 'was on the ground
floor. Two highly prized canary bitds
in the barber shop window werevalao:
nutnen. >1
Fire of unknown origin at ■Cordova
on December 28 destroyed the- Davis
PhilBps grocery and the Dimond
Nickoloff general merchandise store,
with a loss estimated at $40,000, par
tially covered by insurance. The fire
started shortly after midnight, with
an explosion in the Nickloff shop, and
■spread rapidly to the adjoining store,
both situated in the'heart of the busi
ness district. ■
The work of fighting the fire was
rendered difficult hy fumes from
burning rooffing paper, rubber goods
and other articles' in the stores, a
score of the volunteer firemen being
overcome before the -flames were un
der control. Two of the firemen.' suf
fered minor injuries.
George Meeker was - asleep - in a
room at the rear of the Nicklotf storef
when the fire staBted, and her con.-*
tinued to sleep until his bed clothing
taught on fire. His room was filled
with smoke and flames, but he man-1
aged to esape from the builling with
out injury'.
THe Atnchorage-hospital, by entirely
legal’.means, is about into possession
of twenty cases of Very choice pre-:
war liquor, according to a statement
made by District Attorney FiiStard
upon tiis return to- Cordova recently]
from Anchorage.
About two years ago, the Gobdofa,'
paper explains, General Ashton, ’ a
prominent Washington politician;
took a cruise in a privately chartered
boat, going to Siberia. En route he
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
; Stoves Built
, and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
stocked up in liquor refreshments at •
Vancouver, B. C. On the way back i
the propeller blade of the craft was
damaged, and it was necessary to put
into Seward for repairs. Here the
government confiscated the remaining
cases of hooch, 18 of them being rum.!
Ever since the consignment has | ,
been stored in the vault in the district
clerk’s office at Valdez. Acting upen ]
advice of the attorney, general, Mr.
Foster, signed an order- turning the ,
liquor over to the government hos- j
pital in Anchorage for medical. use,!
and the .marshal, is expected to. make ,
the.shipment shortly. ,
The butcher shop at Nenana oper- ,
ated by VVaechter Bros, burned on the
morning of December 24. The fire |
started with an explosion-of the stove
in the office, and before the flames
could be checked the front half of the
shop, with . everything that was.
stored there, was vomited .
Attorney Arthur G. Thompson, a
pioneer member of the‘Anchorage bar
and an active participant in the ac
tivities of the- Republican party in
the Third division^ has been appointed
United States commissioner at An
chorage, to succeed- W. H. Hager, re
signed.
The Alaska'Railroad, always pros
hibition in its* employes, fias gone in
•for strict prohibition among its pas
sengers. and those who go aboard the
train with something on their hip and
use it either judiciously or injudi
ciously on their strip ;hdd best watch
a little out if they wish to go all the
way. .
The trainmen have been warned
that if they see a . mam take a drink
on their train 01 see; one ■under the
influence of liquor they- must either r
“turn them in’-'.totthd?,first officer they
nieet on the train or at a ^station or -
the trainmen lose their jobs; And
;here’s generally a deputy marshal on
;very train, and often more than one.
Old Gentleman—I’ll take no more
’rom you, young man. Remember. I
vas acquainted with you when you t
vere little more than a worried look (
>n your father’s face.
Mother—I’m surprised at you! I
leard him kiss you twice..
Daughter—Nonsense, mother! That
nus't have been the. echo.
“John dear, I am to be in an ama
eur theatrical. What would folk*
;a.v if 1 were to wear tights?”
“They would probably say I mar- -
ied you for your money.”
Announcement
We Are in the Held to Sercc f.
Y'nu With a New Stock of $
Merchandise.
WORK SHOES '
SHOE PACS »
RUBBER BOOTS
WOOL SHIRTS
WOOL UNDERWEAR "J
SWEATERS SOX
WATER REPELLENT COATS 3
AND PANTS. J
WALK-OVER SHOES. FOR
MEN AND WOMEN
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Wait. Orders Promptly’ Filled <
Kennedy Bros. i
P. O. Box 1698, Anchorage;?. i
Afaskac'
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A. Place to? Eat
Short .Orders --and Lunches-,
From: Noon Till Midnight
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Leot Rodrigue
Prop.?
NORTHERN OOilERGIAL CO
OF ALASKA
Stores <at McGrath and Tacotna
Fruits and Vegetables
SPITZENBURC WINTER BANANA
ORANGES GRAPE FRUIT
NATIVE SPUDS ONIONS
GARLIC'' TURNIPS
DELICIOUS APPLES
LEMONS
OUTSIDE SPUDS
CABLAi.
WA1.N
PECANS
HERRING
SALMON BELLIES
Fresh Nuts
FILBERTS
BRAZIL ALMONDS
Fish
MACKEREL
In Kits
Canned
LOBSTER
TUNA FISH CRAB MEAT
KING OSCAR SARDINES BOOTH SPICED SARDINES
MUSTARD SARDINES
SALMON STRIPS DOG SALMON
Meats
HAM BACON SUMMER SAUSAGE PIGS’ FEET
PICKLED BRISKET PORK DEER MEAT
SALMON
SHRIMP
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
FURNISHING GOOD8
BUILDING MATERIAL
SLIPPERS FOR MEN. WOMEN AND CHILDREN
BOOTS, SHOES 3NOWSHOES AND SKII8
DOORS WINDOW'S ROOFING AND BUILDfNG PAPER
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