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While riding on a oar on the
fire per cent grade track at 5:30
o'clock last nicht at the White Pass
ore bunkers. Judson Theodore Mat
thfw, fell off and was badly In
:ured
The ore car was being barked to
the tipple. and Matthews, who s
employed b\ the White Pass, was
at the break, w hen, it is presumed,
he lost his balance, and fell When
he struck the track, directly un
der the one on which the car was
-or. which he fell, his body bound
??d ?' ? : and he was precipitated
dow n to the sharp rocks below, a
distance of twenty feet
Inuring his fall, he turned near
v two complete summersaults. a"d
had it not been that his fall was
b~ok- n b> a cross beam on one ot
the trestles. a few- feet aboxe w he e
he struck, he would have struck
on his head, and probably boeti in
stantlv killed
Matthews was at once picked
up b> his fellow workmen, and
t ken to the White Pass hospital,
where l?r Gable made an e\atuir>
?lon. and found that he was suffe
_ from concussion of the brain
numerous bruises on the body, an i
that the richt leg below the km-*1
1 d been broken in thtw pla<-es
When picked up. the head of
the unfortunate young man v -
ound wedged between two imnie'i-t
both of which were stain* d
had struck fir^t on one and tlv
hurled to the other When tics'
ured today. tve distance which V
thews fell was found to be tw-< t
'"ive tee!
Matthews is 1m years of :n.*\ 1
- ? half breed, living wi h his p
- in tl is town He has al \ > >?
n . iustrious a?id hard wor
?> reported Matthews it
iVC ' irlv well at ? late 1
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PRISON M?K I IH TKKM
Madison. Wis, May 14 John 1
l*ieti of Cameron Pam. must serve
his li e term for killing Oscar llarp.
deputy sheriff, durinc the siece e
the Cameron homestead, a coord I ' -
to a ruling of the supreme cour>
of Wisconsin today. which refused
to reverse the judcttn nt of convic
tion
White Goods
Even-thing to help You keep Cool,
during the warm weather
OUR STOCK THE LARGEST
OUR GOODS THE NEWEST
OUR PRICES THE LOWEST
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H. J. LYNCH
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WU KKRMUM OPKNS KS
OK I K(.M UOi;s TO \1<ASKA
Resources \re Stupendous. tiold
Minerals, Kl<hrilr<i An?l Knrs <>f
I'm \orth IjiwI Have A lolitol
Neat It JM.VMHMUWM*.
Washington, It May 1 1 loi
the fight that l>elogato .lamps Wick
ersham of Alaska, has boon making
to secure homo rulo for that ' nst
territory in the Northwest Con
gress has had many an eye-opener
as to Alaska's resources, its cli
mate. its possibilities in nil lines
of industry activity, and the fact
th.tt when the 1'nitcd States pov
ernment in 1 "??'?? paid to the Rus
sian Kmpitv the sum of $T,200.itO'?
for all unexplored tract nearly one
fifth as large as the I'nited States
itself, it made one of the best in
vestments on record One of the
first hills that Mr Wickersham In
troduced w ben he came to Wash
ington three >ears ago as the Al
aska delegate to Congress was a
measure providing that Congre-s
should create a legislative Vssembly
for Alaska and confer on her citi
zen* the power of home rule Mis
'
the fact that the House recentsy
passed the hill, and it is now up to
t'o Senat ? to take the next step
1' Kiting its apnro\al The-e is
little iiotiht that it will be acted u; -
favorably by the President if be
is given an opportt: it; to sign
His message to th. lust Congres<
?tated t it the pres- 1 i: n ernmi I] 1
O. Alaska w *s inndeiiu.no Tt? fcnable '
r mi Territory to be prop.-!;.
At that time he recommended ,
e establishment of a KOvernm<
bv commission, to he appointed '
i'. executive. with limitt ! 1< Kisl
pow . rs siitfic ientlv broad <?i
me. t the local needs. and it i< be- j
Moved that h? will sign the pres j
ent bill, should t "ie S< ti.it. set til- '
seal of its approval upon it
Me?< Who ItuiM 1 p Countrj.
An objection hi- been made
against civing Alaska home rule."
said Mr Wifk? ''shatn. "on the
ground t' :<t her population is "mi
gratory ' It is a mistake to sup
pose that the prospeitors and min
ers are entirely transient, nomadic,
or migratory Those who crossed!
The plains in 1 v I '< remained and
Miilt San Fratn i<co and Sai ramen
!o, laid the foundation of a hun-l
dred lities in California, and in
l*>Se, within one j ar after their
arrival, erected the noble super
structure of the State of California
Their kind trailed throuch the
, mountain passes of Nevada. Mon
tana. Colorado. Idaho. Oregon and |
Washingtot; and when miner's luck
and hard labor led them to the
nay streak the> built Vircinia City.
Helena. Butte, Anaconda. Henver.
Hoise. Portland. Spokane and Seat
: tie Those w ho went to Alaska
built Circle. Tanana. Nome, Fair
banks and Iditarod. and laid the
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I YTKK-8TATK <X?M. COM. XOT1
KIKS AI.I. ALASKA IJOAOM
Musi Hie Schedule of Unto*. <"om
|>lj With llegul.iition* Regarding
Safety A on Kqulpment
Ami Olwrve Himn of Sorvlre
Washington. May 24 ? Notifies- 1
tions were today sent to all Alas-,
kan railroads by the Interstate i
Commerce Commission to the effect
that thev must comply with the'
rules and regulations of that body,1
and that tne railways operating In
Alaska, either wholly or In part,
must file with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, a schedule of
Ireight and passenger rates
The notification also states that
the safety appliances on all trains
cars and eouipment must conform
with 1 S rules, and that the hours
of service regulation must be com
plied with
l?OST OKFU K ? I.KKK
XHHKNTKI* l\ I .OS WtJKI.KS
1-os Angeles, Cal . May 24? Frank;
Woodcock. one of the registry
t lerks In ttie central post office In'
this cltv, was arrested late last |
night on the charge of emlwizllne
letters from the mails which he
knew contained money.
In default of f3,i>00 bail, he wa?
taken to Jail when? he will remain
until his hearing
Woodcock was formerly post
master at Sitka, Alaska, where he
w ? considered a man of exemplary
habit'- being n gre.'it friend of Ulsh
op 11 T How. Kpiscopal Rlshop of;
Alaska
The post official* here are great
ly puzzled over the arrest of the
man, as he h is a spit ndid record
foui '1:' ' ions of many other towns
? the great interior of Alaska !
They are men of Mrength. courage'
and daring They are the be-t I
young blood of the Kast.
What Tb> y Have Done.
"This 'migratory' character of
the Alaskan prospector and placer
miner is a strong, manly \lrtue It
has found and extract* d more than
| ^ iiii itnii.MiMi in virgin gold from the
gravels of Alaska In thecommnnit
>es embracing the incorporated towns
there has been an increase of popu
lation in the decade, as well as In
unicorporated communities The
census of l:?l" shows a total In
crease in thirty-four communities
of IS. 363. The figures show fur
ther that Alaska has now more j
school children in actual attendance
in public schools within her borders 1
than Mississippi. Indiana. Michigan
or Dakota had white settlers when
they were each organized into a ter
ritory and given an elective legisla
tive assembly
Ami Fertile Vnllej.
"The agricultural capacity of Al
aska is surprisingly large to those j
who have never considered it 1
have seen farmers plowing in the
Tanann valley as late as October 24
The valley is 50 miles wide and 200 ^
miles long The agricultural de- ,
partment has made a careful ex
amination of the area of arable!
land there and has announced that
there is more agricultural land in |
that one Valley than there is ag
ricultural land under cultivation in
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Minced ^ Olives
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Something New ?unexcelled +
for sandwiches , no butter re- *
quired Sold in 20c jars , 3
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for 50c. We also have a +
full line of fancy ripe olives +
in jars and cans , from 30 to
50 cents : : : : +
+
P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
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HOME RULE BILL
UP WEDNESDAY
SKNATK mMMITTKti Wll.l,
IWKSTHJ.ATIOXS
Kricmk of Alntkn Wot king to (irt
I*egl?l?t ion (iiimnmrnl lU-fnrf
? ".itikiosv Adjourn*. (iirai Kit
rotirigrmi'nl in KvMdirr.
Washington. May 24 It was an- !
nounrod today that the Senate Com
mittee on the Territories would
take up th > matter of the Home
Rule hill tor Alaska next Wednes
day.
The advocates and friends of the
measure have (treat hopes of the
hill passinc the Senate, and It Is
believed that it will stand a fair
show of passing with very few al
leratlons
Norway, Sweden, Finland and the
three northern provinces of Russia."
Prof (\ (' OorReson. who has
rharRp of the four agricultural ex
periment stations In Alaska, wan In
Washington to make a report on his
work Ho shows that agriculture
is practiced on an oxtMidod scale
Winter wheat ami rye. ho snvs, ran
b e successfully grown In Interior Al
aska whenever the snowfall Is deep
enough to protect the grain against
severe winter temperature, say from
2'4 to 3'^ feet Rye is harder:
than wheat and is therefore the
mor?> successful of the two grains;
hut II is expe'teii that experiments
will develop variation suifotf to <*11- t
matic conditions
Fruit* t'nn Itp (inmn.
Experiment stations are located
at Sitka. Fairbanks. Rampar' and
Kodlak At SMka, the hc-tdquarters
they ha\o experimented chiefl\ with
horticulture. and have shnwn that
not only can strawbonlos ho sue
rcMfully produced thoro. hilt five
varieties of apples wore matured in
the summer of 1 1 1 in a test or- j
chard planted in
The Fairbanks station has ninety
acres under cultivation <5raln-grow
Ing and the cultivation of \'g*?tabl?s
partlcularlv potatoes, are the lines
of work followed th? re Thirty tons
were raised on seven acres the past
season, which if sold at the low av
erage price of f? cents por pound,
would be worth $3,000 l?ast year
the station sold several tons of po
tatoes at the rate of $180 per ton
The first self-binder in Alaska ?^s
MA TOR. CHIRP OF POMf K
AND HTHKRH THKK/*TK*W?
I'nllfr Hclittlc The In To; muflort.
Hnt Take The Precnittlon to I'nt
IWcrtlTM <>n Track of Tho?e
Mcntlnnoil no l^wlfro of Pint,
San tHego. Cal , May 2i ? This
city Is today in a great state of ex
citement over a warning which was
received by the police department
In which It is claimed that the In
dustrial Workers of the World
hare plotted to kill the mayor, chief
of police and fonr other city of
ficials
The police department have tried
to make little of the waminc hut It
is known that a number of plain
clothes men have been put on th?
track of those said to be the in
stigators of the plan
Harmon ;1t; Wilson It.
Columbus, O, May 2 4 -The to
tal returns from th? prudential
primary election gives Harmon .11
delegates and Woodrow Wilson 1 1
operated in the grain fields of the
Fairbanks station In 1911
The Rampart station Is locate.! In
the Yukon valley Jn latitude 5*! de
grees, 30 degrees north Thirty ?frH
of land are at present under the
plow, all of which Is devoted to e*
perlmentlng with grains and forage
plants which (tlve promise of being
successful The fourth evperiment
station Is at Kodiak. on an Island
<>f that name It Is devoted ex
clusively to cattle breeding and
they have S.S head of pure-bred Gal
loway cattle of all ages, and a flock
of long-wool sheep which appear re
markably well adapted to the cli
mate A special homestead law for
Alaska allows dtiiens of the I'nit
f-d States with homestead rights to
take up 320 acres of unsurveyed
land from homestead purposes, the
locator to pay the cost of the sur
vey
l-'acts ,\N>nt The (Htnalr,
Mr Wickersham presented noiiie
very Interesting figures as to thn
Alaska climate "On the 22nd day
of IH>cembet," he said, "*e have
two hours of sunshine at Fair
banks. on the 22nd day of March
we have twelve hours of sunshine
find twelve hours darkness; on the
22nd day of June we have twenty
two hours of sunshine and but two
hotirs when the sun Is beneath the
horizon In the north; on September
22 we again have twelve hours sun
shine and twelve hours darkness
We have more sunshine In Tanana
Continued on page Ujre#.
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