HOT SPRINGS POST
Published Every Saturday at Hot Springs, Alaska,
Vo! S Mr GEO. M. ARSUCKLE
No. 1
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THE NEW YEAR
Yesterday the stork left a newly-born babe labeled
‘1909” on this staid old earth, and Father Time ushered
away among his countless fellows the old boy who bore the
number “1908.”
The youngster who has just arrived is one from whom
great things are expected, especially by the people of Hot
Springs, for it is during the coming year that this camp
will have to make its great showing. It is in the coming
twelve months that the paystreak on Sullivan must be lo
cated from one end of the creek to the other, as must also
the pay on Killarney, Cooney and the dozens of other prom
ising creeks that are now receiving the attention of.the
prospectors.
During the present year we expect to see this city
treble its present population, and the district in general
number several thousand more than at present reside here.
The resources are here and it only needs this year to show
them to the world, after which Hot Springs will be one of
the big camps of Alaska.
The past year has dealt badly with the people of Alaska,
the lack of water last summer much curtailing the product,
which starts this year off with a heavy handicap, as the
lack of money by the miners will prevent the opening of
much ground which would otherwise be among the produc
ing claims the coming season.
However, despite the serious handicap under which
1909 is starting, we fully expect that for this district, < t
least, a record will be made which will be long remembered
by all the residents of this city.
Two surgeons, Drs. Carroll and Keen, have been telling the
American Philosophical Society the results of some startling e.x
periments in surgery. rl he experiments are based on the succe- s
of certain trails on cats and dogs. They declared it to be possible
to graft the organs of the dead on to the living. For example, if
a dead man’s kidneys are healthy, they can be removed to a place
of cold storage for a period not exceeding 60 days, and can then be
substituted for the diseased kidneys of a living man. This expert
ment has been tried on cats and dogs, and the doctors say it is
easier in the case of human organs because they are larger. The
knee-joint of a dead man has also been substituted for the injured
joint of one who was living.,...
The answer to the question: “Are we a beef eating nation?”
is given in the fact that Swift & Co. sold $250,1)00,000 worth of beef
in a year; Armour, $270,000,000, and others $250,000,000, bringing
the total to $770,000,000 for beef alone. •
It is too bad that you have broken the good resoluions you
made yesterday. But never mind, you can make others “just as
good” next year. -• -J " ■
Have you noticed the days growing longer? It will be only a
short time nowT until Old Sol will be above the horizon most of the
time.
If hell is paved with good intentions, it is safe to say that sev
eral miles will be paved this week.
Working For
Better Roads
A telegram addressed to the Cham- j
bcr of Commerce was received in Hot
Springs Monday night from the Seat
tle Post-Intelligencer, asking for tha
endorsement of certain actions taken
by a meeting of Alaskans in that city.
A trunk system of roads' is asked for.
which all the different parts of
Alaska will be connected by one main
highway. It was also proposed to have
Alaska Day made a legal holiday in
the territory.
After the endorsements of the differ
ent cities had been received it was
proposed to pe tition congress to grant
these requests. With this end in view
thousands of circulars and pamphlets
were printed, and will be mailed to all
parts of the United States, showing
the resources of Alaska as well as her
needs and what is asked of the present
congress.
The repeated accusations made by the New York World
against President Roosevelt in connection with the Panama canal
graft is beginning kto have effect, and the impression is growing
that there is truth to the charges. Mr. Pulitzer, owner of the
World, accompanied by a big staff of special writers, will person
ally conduct a thorough investigation into the affair, sailing for
the canal zone immediately to secure such information as he may
find available in the prosecution of the charges.
Governor-elect Cosgrove, of the state of Washington, who has
been severely ill at Paso Robles, Cal., since the early part of No
vember, has so far recovered that there is a reasonable certainty
that he will be able to assume his office during the present month.
Mr. Cosgrove will take the oath of office in California, and will as
sume his duties at Olympia as soon as he is physically able to make
the journey from California.
Late bulletins say that King Edward is almost completely re.
covered from the very serious illness he has been suffering from
for the past few weeks, and that his majesty will shortly be around
enjoying life and participating in the affairs ot' state as usual. The
popularity of the king was never better attested than it was during
his late illness, and his recovery is a matter of local merrymaking
in many boroughs of the kingdom.
A verdict of insanity has been rendered by a jury empaneled
at Boston to inquire into the sanity of Henry D. Reynolds, the
promoter of the Alaska Home railway and other enterprises of
magnitude within the confines of this territory. Reynolds was im
mediately committed to the custody of the officials of t tie Long
Island Hospital for the Insane. It is believed that the worry inci
dent to the civil and criminal charges brought against him had
more to do with his mental condition than anything else, and there
is a hope* expressed that a r*-st for a time will result in his cure.
DIANA OF tHE DIRECTCiRE
Bring- me my new felt hat, mamma, for I want to put it on—
It is wider than the widest hats we wore in years agone,
It is three feet wide and the brim is thick and it has lots of weight,
And it makes me wear three heads of hair just to keep it sitting straight.
Mv shoes? Ah, yes. T ’nave pnt them on, and the heels are good and high*
And they pres> against my tender feet till I feel that I must, die;
Yet I wear them so as ! come and go and force a pleasant smile
For one his to he m style, mamma, one has to be in style.
And now my direct nice gown, mamma; I’ve managed to don my stays;
You will have to slip ”e into if. for my arms I cannot raise,
And I’m willowy a- y- .. y see, with the willow ness of steel—
It will be tonigh' ere i-:e a bite, for I cannot hold a meal!
j And now I go for a stroll, and I go to m ike a c. 1—
j And I shall not sit up -hair, but shall lean ayai j- the wall,
I For I can't si down it- .. nice new gown, for I know that if I do '
! l’il he certain to break 'wo, mamma, I’ll certainty break in two!
—Chicago Evening Post.
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