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MOMB. A LANKA WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917.
NO. 2249.
THE SCHOOL JOB CREATS BIG STIR
SUMMARY OF WORK
SHOWS BUSY SOLONS
JUNEAU, May S.—One hundred
and seven bills in all were intro
duced in both bouses during the
session just concluded. Seventy
six were signed by Governor Strong
who exercised the veto in two in
stances, although for want of signa
ture two others fell away and died.
The bills -upon which Governor
Strong exercised his prerogative of
veto were the bill relmbusing Dr.
Silverman and the bill making it a
crime to issue a check when no
funds were in the bank. The latter
bill was held to be incomplete in
asmuch as it would subject an in
advertent error to punishment.
The bills which died an unnatur
al death were the bill making it
lawful to keep open tobacco stands,
billiard halls and places of amuse
ment, and the bill appropriating for
hatcheries which passed both
houses. The latter bill not receiv
ing gubernatorial sanction was due
to the failure of the legislative offi
cials to send it to the governor.
The omission was not noticed until
today and then it was too late to
sign.
The taxes were increased upon
the fisheries for the establishment
of these hatcheries by about seventy
five thousand. The item in the ap
propriation bill was the reason for
directing attention to the bill which
never reached the governor.
Now In the time to SnhRcrlbn.
IRON MAN IS NOW
NEARING OLD HOME
ST. MICHAELS, May 8.—Jack
Johnson, winner o£ the All Alaska
Sweepstakes in the memorable run
of 1914, who left Seward less than
three weeks ago passed through St.
Michaels this morning en route to
Nome, via Dime creek. John John
son, surnamed “the iron man”, for
his wonderful race when he won
out the big struggle across
the Sweepstakes course in record
time, is driving his same old race
dogs and the identical leader that
piloted him to victory in the race
which he won.
Johnson has been playing at San
Bernadino, California for the Can
adian Film Co. in the famous Arctic
picture “Heaven and the Woman”,
which has created such a sensation
outside.
The leader is sixteen years old
and was brought from Siberia when
Fox Maule Ramsay, now fighting in
France, put one over on the Nome
dog sharks when he brought the Si
berian dogs into the racing game.
The dogs, according to Johnson,
are in good shape and manifest as
much satisfaction in getting back to
Alaska as would any sourdough
who tired of the game and the fame
outside. Their delight at the snow
and the feed of salmon as well as
the general Arctic conditons was al
most human.
Johnson has had about all he
wants as a movie star and like the
splendid animals he drives is glad
to get back.
I-et ni estimate on /oar Job Work
TUMULTY PET RECEIVES
POSITION AS REWARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8.—
Another “buddie” of Joe Tumulty
has landed a good job. Raymond
Baker of Nevada has now succeeded
V. J. ron Engelken as director of
the mnt. Baker graduates to this
occupation from being kecretary to
the former American ambassador
to Russia, George T. Mayer.
Baker has something to do with
the management of Senator Key
Pittman’s first campaign. Lately
he has been living at the Willard
and sporting a Packard car with a
colored chauffeur, and the general
idea has prevailed that his business
waa lobbying for tlie Phelan oil
grabbing bill, which Secretary Dan
iels has been trying to check. It is
certain that Senator Pittman is on
the wrong side of this bill, which
has had a fierce and expensive lob
by here in Washington.
Von EngelkeH, who succeeded
Bob Woolley as director of the
mint when Woolley resigned to
MAIL.
The next mail is due on Friday
next. It will consist of all second
class matter what there is of it, ex
cept of course the usual Yukon and
way first class matter. The mails
have been arriving on Wednesdays
throughout the winter, two days
ahead of time, but now with the
trails all shot to pieces it is reckon
ed that they will take the full time.
take charge of the publicity for the
Democratic national campaign,
leaves voluntarily to become head
of a farm loan bank in Florida, but
the surprise is caused by the fact
that Woolley is passed over, after
his valuable services in the cam
paign, and a minor party from
Nevada, whose principal business is
supposed to be lobbying, gets the
appointment.
Baker’s most valuable asset as
a jobgetter is unquestionably his
intimacy with the secretary to the
president. The two have been for
nearly three years “as thick as
thieves.” and it should not cause
surprise that the best plum knocker
in the administration—for such is
the secretary to the president—
should pull down something for a
favorite crony.
MAY HAVE STRUCK
THIRD BEACH
The old reliable third beach line
has again been located and this
time where it was long suspected
on Tripple. But no gold so far
has been found concentrated in the
deposit that has been unearthed.
John Halverson and Ole Mangsol
who have been sinking out there
this winter ran into a thick streak
of ruby sand and beach, without
however the much sought yellow
metal contents being present in
anything else but traces. Pete Berg
is another man mining in Tripple
and he arrived also in town yester
day. Mangsol and Halverson will
return to Tripple to continue their
work. They have sunk ten shafts
in all this winter. Some pretty
good money was taken out several
years ago and John Rosvold drifted
all one winter taking out a fail
sized dump. There is the possibil
ity that rich concentrates may lurk
in the hidden recesses of this dis
covered beach.
ARE YOU SEEKING A PATENT?
If so it will pay you to mvestlgau
rates of the Industrial Worker on
publication of application therefor.
Bring your forfeiture notices to tfa«
Industrial Worker
JUNEAU TALKS OF
VERY HASTY JOB
JUNEAU, May 8.—Now that the
solons are getting out or gone,
there is considerable discussion
about the political job that the wise
capitalians pulled off for their
friend in this city.
On Saturday when the ink sign
ing the bill was hardly dry, L. D.
Henderson, School Superintendent
of tiiis city, was appointed to the
position of territorial school super
intendent under the act establishing
uniform schools system. The act
was only approved on May third.
The Salary is $3,600 per annum,
and calls for a man not less than
33 years of age.
There were five applicants, but in
the nature of the appointment no
other section of Alaska could have
a look in, on account of the haste
to fill the position.
There was considerable criticism
of this haste by the same token.
It has been engineered during
two years and was at first as framed
a life job for the lucky man. The
second delegation aided by the
fourth succeeded in making it for
two years, contending that a life
appointment would be unfair to Al
aska children. The salary was also
reduced. Four senior senators are
on the territorial school board, but
Aldrich alone favored the delay.
Henderson's salary was $2700 as
Juneau superintendent of schools
before getting this appointment.
NEW STRIKE NOW
REPORT NORTH RIVER
News has been received in Nome
from Unalakleet by letter some time
ago, the Industrial Worker is reli
ably informed, which states that a
good strike ot gold has been made
upon a creek of North River which
flows into Unalakleet river. The
letter, it is learned, urged the re
ceiver to come down because it
looked good. More information is
anxiously awaited by those interest
ed lest the first advices prove to be
a false alarm. It is known that at
least four parties have been pros
pecting in this section for some
time. These ate Steinhouser and
Stenfield and In gels tad and son.
Steinhouser sold out his business in
Unalakleet some time back and has
been in the district for a consider
able time reaching and returning
from Unalakleet with supplies.
Steinhouser was in Nome last
month, a witness in the case or
Buck charged with theft from the
mails, before the Grand Jury. While
in town Steinhouser was inter
viewed, but the tide water clam was
a communicative being compared to
the North River prospector and he
had got “nothing to say”, all the
same as Lansing when interviewed
on a matter of state. Advices re
ceived from Unalakleet indicated
for some time that great expecta
tions were entertained by some o£
those who had been in the country,
and this letter now announces the
fact that the strke has unquestion
ably been made. The geological ex
perts who however merely scanned
the country, did not give a very
hopeful prediction concerning its
auriferous nature. This however
did not deter the miners from pro
secuting their work.
Anything In the line of Job work
SUBMARINE FIGHT IS
STILL GREAT MYSTERY
LONDON, May 8.—Beyond offieia
statement upon the part of botl
Lytton and Curzon that the Britisl
are making progress in the subma
rine menace fight little is given ou
which would tend to reassure th<
public.
In an apology for the rigidity o
the censorship today, Curzon say:
that the people must be patient
The facts as to the British efforts t(
cope with the submarines cannot b<
made public without giving out im
portant information. Curzon ex
plained that for this reason alsc
the results of the counter-campaigr
against the submarines which might
1 otherwise afford some public satis
i faction may not bo announced,
i The general view of this state
ment is not very flattering to the
: government which is charged with
i being' unnecessarily strict in the
• retention of news which is of vital
importance.
i The Daily- News, formerly a gov
ernment organ but now strictly in
- dependent, refuses to be satisfied
with the statement attributed to
Lytton that the British had no rea
son to think that the problem ot
coping with the submarines was an
insuperable one. Lytton emphasised
the fact that even now the govern
FIRST ARRIVALS
OPEN WAITER
Navigation is open. Two King
Island natives rejoicing in the high
sounding patronymics of Aguliak
and At-an-a, arrived on a skin boat
from Hedge island yesterday, hav
ing killed four seals en route to
the mainland. They navigated with
out difficulty through the ice strewn
waters and landed their catch safe
ly on the shore ice here. They are
the first arrivals in town by water
this season. The natives say that
beyond the shore ice, there are
fields of ice but none of them so
heavy as to make navigation im
possible or even difficult. They
spent quite a long time on Sledge
island “living off the country and
close to nature”. Their small skin
boat they were able to pack ashore.
meat was overcoming the me
This is not so satisfactory iri tho
estimation of the News as it might
be were the public taken into the
confidence of the government.
HARBOR NOW SAID
LIKELY PASS
SESSION
The Nome Chamber of Commerce
received advices that (he Snake
river harbor which had almost got.
it where the hen got the axe, is
again in sight of Nome. A dispatch
from Delegate Sulzer—sounds
queer that!—announced that in the
military appropriations for war
measures were two items for this
section of the Territory: one for the
Apoon river mouth of the Yukon
and the other for the Snake river
Harbor. As both were included in
the war measure, it was thought
by the delegate that it would surely
pass. The news succeeded in in
vigorating many whose spirits were
dropping to “n” degrees r.nd who
had given up hope of ever landing
their steam yacht in the muddy
waters of the Snake.
For Coal and General Delivery see
Erickson or leave order at Mansfield
Tobacco Store.