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Everything for the Settler,
Fisherman, Prospector, Hunter
and Trapper.
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CIGARS, TOBACCO AND
SOFT DRINKS.
U. S. RESTAURANT
4th Are. Bet. C and D.
Chop Suey and Noodles
We have property in ail parts oP£
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Inlet Soda Company
t W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
' Manufacturers of all Kinds of Mineral
Waters: Soda, Cider, Syrups.
Agents for Grape Juice and
Hemrick’s Staff Products
Anchorage Alaska
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. A. W. LUEDERS
DISEASES OF
Men and Women.
62Q 4th Ave. - - Anchorage
C.H. SUMMER
LAWYER
Notary Public.
P-olte Bldg. - Anchorage, Alaska
L. V. RAY
LAWYERS
Lathrop Bldg., Anchorage, Ala.
► LEOPOLD DAVID
\ attorney-at-law
notary public
Office, comer 5th and E
Anchorage - - . Alaska
Northern Transfer Co.
C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr.
4th and D St. Phone 47-Y
GENERAL TRANSFERRING
SUCCESS DEMONSTRATED.
So successful is the fuel administra
tion that a householder can obtain a
ton of coal now from any dealer, if
x they happen to belong to the same
lodge.—Boston Transcript.
FRIGID WEATHER CAUSES DIS
CONTINUANCE OF WORK ON
CREEKS IN DISTRICT.
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I CHILDREN FREEZE TO DEATH.
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i Little Natives Succumb to Exposure
While They Are Traveling on Taku
River in Company With Their Par
ents.
I
To date Atlin has experienced the
' worst winter on record, there being
! two feet of snow on the level at the
i present time. Much cold weather and
' wind has made the conditions bad,
j says the Skagway Alaskan.
Because of the cold weather, miners
j on the creeks in the Atlin district
have had to discontinue operations
j temporarily. The creeks are all
* slushing up and the water and ice
I combined makes it impossible to do
j any effective mining.
Two Children Die.
Indian Dietz Johnson arrived in
; Atlin recently from Juneau bringing
with him “Telegraph” Jack and fam
ily. They came over the rough Taku
! trail, the weather was awful cold, and
| “Telegraph” Jack’s boy and Dietz’
1 baby died on Taku river from expos
ure. Dietz brought his wife home in
a very critical condition. The men
' expect to return to Taku river in a
j few days and get the two dead bodies
! and will bury them in Atlin.
Trouble With Mail.
“Happy” Sullivan, engineer on the
mail boat to the Portage, and Captain
Lewis Gerkey, went over to the
Portage to get the mail for Atlin re
cently. The captain crossed the
I Portage but before he returned the
! boat commenced to freeze in the
water.
“Happy” made the run to Atlin all
alone in three and one-half hours, a
distance of more than twenty miles.
It was very foggy when he arrived
near Atlin, and it was only by shoot
ing of guns and pistols that he found
his way in to town.
Enlarges Hotel.
Clarence Sands, proprietor of the
Pine Tree hotel at Discovery, in the
Atlin district, is making some im
i plovements to his already hospitable
establishment. He is moving another
| building and adjoining it to the hotel,
thus getting ready for the increased
tourist business into that section the
!
coming summer.
DON’T NEGLECT A FEVER.
Keep a Clinical Thermometer in the
Home and Use It.
Every home should have a ther
mometer in the household medicine
closet. No family, especially where
| there are children, should be without
j a thermometer. The thermometer
gives the correct temperature of the
body whenever it is necessary to find
out what it may be.
The beginning of an illness is shown
j by the thermometer. When one is
| well the normal temperature is 98.6
degrees. Any rise in the temperature,
especially if it reaches 100 or 101 de
grees, shows there is fever, and a phy
sician should be called in to treat the
condition and find out the cause of the
[ fever.
Children and adults having a tem
j perature of over 100 degrees should
remain indoors and in bed. It is al
ways dangerous to go about the house
or out of the house when there is any
j elevation of the body temperature.
When one suffers from a cold there
may be a temperature of 101 or even
102, and if one goes about the house
or out of doors, it is no uncommon
thing for him later on to find himself
in bed suffering from bronchitis or
pneumonia, and death frequently re
sults, and all from neglecting to re
main indoors when having a bad cold.
Buy a clinical thermometer and use
it. It may save you from severe ill
ness by showing you that you require
the services of a physician.—Phila
delphia Record.
R. E. LANDER GOES WITH FIRST
EXPEDITION SOON AFTER
HAVING ENLISTED.
GOOD QUARTERS FOR ARMY.
Young Man Writes That Living
Places Are Comfortable and Sani
tary and That Main Highways Are
Like Boulevards.
Three months and eight days after
having enlisted in the United States
army in Anchorage, Richard Evans
Lander, the first boy to join the col
ors from this city, wrote a letter from
somewhere in France to his parents
at Knik. The young man’s father, J.
H. Lander, is general freighting agent
for the Gold Bullion mine in the Wil
low creek district.
The young man enlisted in the Fifth
field artillery of the United States
army June IS), 1917 and left a few
days afterward on the United States
transport Crook for Fof't Lawton, near
Seattle. After passing an examina
tion with an exceptionally high aver
age, he was accepted and sent to Fort
Bliss, Texas, from which place he was
ordered to New York as a member of
General Pershing’s experitionary force
and a few days after his arrival in
New York he sailed for France.
In his last letter the young man told
of the splendid training given to the
American soldiers in France, of the
comfortable and sanitary living quar
ters and described graphically the gen
eral conditions under which the trans
portation of troops and military sup
plies are made from “somewhere” to
“somewhere.”
He expressed surprise at the roads
in various parts of the French re
public, saying that in nearly all cases
the main highways are constructed of
crushed rock and closely resemble
some of America’s finest boulevards.
The young man is 20 years of age
and before enlisting in the army was
employed at the Gold Bullion mine.
His address in France is Private R. E.
Lander, Fifth Field Artillery, Battery
E, American Expeditionary forces.
CLOTHES DO COUNT.
They Don’t Make a Man, Hut They
Cover Nine-Tenths of Him.
Clothes do make a difference. They
shouldn’t, of course, for real worth
has nothing to do with clothes. But
we who meet folk casually must judge
very often by appearance, Margaret
E. Sangster, jr., writes in the Chris
tian Herald.
A girl with a blouse on that is fas
tened by a safety pin instead of a but
ton is very often labeled “sloppy” in
our minds, although her character
may be beautiful. A man with a
week’s mud on his shoes is not very
likely to be given a responsible posi
tion, because it is quite logical to fig
ure out that a man who neglects his
shoes will neglect his work, too. Per
haps the man, despite his shoes, is a
very conscientious worker. But how
can the casual observer know?
Many perfect housekeepers may
wear flannel wrappers to the break
fast table; but, though their homes
may be immaculate and their children
wonderfully brought up, if I were a
man choosing the woman to trust with
my home and children I’d be inclined
to search for the woman who looked
fresh and crisp and dainty and smil
ing as she poured my morning coffee.
“Clothes do not make a man.” So
runs the old adage. But, adds a mod
ern clothing advertisement, “they
cover nine-tenths of him.”
WARSHIP CONVOYS
FREIGHTER ON FIRE
A PACIFIC PORT, Jan. 5.—It is
reported the fire aboard the Japanese
freighter Shinyo Maru No. 2, is part
ly checked. She is now under convoy
of an American warship. Both ves
sels are proceeding to a Pacific coast
nort and is expected to dock late to
day.
SLATE CREEK MINERS HAVE
PERILOUS TIME IN MAKING
THEIR WAY TO VALDEZ.
BOAT IS WRECKED WITH FOOD.
Famished Men Finally Reach Mor
raine on Side of Miles Glacier and
There They Kill and Eeat “Ginger,”
Their Water Spaniel.
On the morning of September 4,
1901, says a recent issue of the Val
dez Miner, in recounting early day
events, a party of six men, who had
spent the summer mining and pros
pecting on Slate creek and vicinity,
left that place en route for Valdez.
They traversed the ten or twelve miles
separating Slate creek from the Chis
tochina, and at the camp of Hazelet &
Meals, who in addition to mining, op
erated a sawmill, secured sufficient
lumber to build a boat. On September j
7, the boat was completed, and the
patry, accompanied by a malamute
dog belonging to one of them, em
barked on the dangerous voyage down
the Chistochina and Copper rivers to
the coast.
The Chistochina was very high and
rapid, and the first stage of the vov-1
age to the cabin at the confluence of
the Chistochina and Copper rivers, a
distance of about fifty miles, was
made in about six hours, and owing
to being thrown in contract with sev
eral rocks ar.d snags, the boat was
somewhat damaged, so the party ro- j
mained at the cabin for two days re-,
pairing the craft.
Go Down Copper River.
On the morning of September 9 the
party re-embarked for their trip down
Copper river. The voyage to Copper
Center, about fifty miles down the,
river, was made without incident, the
waters of Copper river being far less
turbulent in its upper stretches than
the Chistochina. The voyage was suf
ficiently exciting however to cause one
of the party,' who had a poke of gold
amounting to about $4,000 to aban
don the voyage at this point, and
make his way overland to Valdez.
While the party was at Copper Cen
ter two other miners who had been
at Slate creek during the summer;
came down the Copper on a raft, and
joined the party for the remainder of
the voyage down the river, together
with “Ginger” a water spaniel be
longing to one of them. The party j
was still fui'ther augmented by the -
addition of a rnusher who had been
shot and painfully wounded, by a na
tive youth, in a fleshy part of the
anatomy which made walking burden
some.
Taxed Capacity of Boat.
This party taxed the capacity of;
the boat to the utmost, but they start- j
ed out on the morning of September
10 for the last stage of the journey j
down the lower Copper. They made |
the voyage to the mouth of the Ton- j
sina that night, and the next morning
started on, stopping at the Indian vil
lage of Taral. Here Hanuagita, chief
of the Taral tribe, warned the voy- i
agers against continuing their jour-j
ney, as the Chitina river was running'
bank full and pouring a torrent of
muddy water into the Copper, render
ing the river unusually turbulent.
Emboldened by their good .fortune
thus far, they paid no attention to the
warning of the chief, and pursued
their voyage down stream by easy
stages.
They stopped at the Bremner and
spent a day goat hunting, after hav
j ing successfully negotiated the rough
water of Wood Canyon.
Reached Head of Rapids.
On the evening of September 13 the
party reached the head of the rapids.
Here they camped for the night, and
the next morning they started to line
their boat through these dangerous
waters. They had made but little, more
than half a mile when the boat was
swung by the swift current against a
huge boulder and commenced to cap
size and fill. One of the party who
had a poke with several thousand dol
lars in it tied to one of the seats,
jumped into the stream and reaching
the boat cut the string which held
the poke and threw it to shore, and
narrowly escaped with is life. Grub,
blankets, clothing, and pokes with
several hundred dollars in them, were
washed away and went on down
stream. An attempt was made to snub
the boat by fastening the towlines to
trees, but they broke like twine string,
and away she went, leaving the party j
without a bite to eat and without j
means of securing food.
Blanket Cut in Strips.
Each member of the party was in'
his shirtsleeves ,and the only covering
left was a blanket which one of the j
party had wrapped around his poke, i
and was packing on his back. This was!
cut up into small pieces so that each j
might have a section to wrap about I
his shoulders aj a protection against •
the cold winds from the glaciers, |
which would soon have chilled them to
the marrow.
There was nothing left but to make,
the coast as speedily as possible or
perish of cold and starvation, so they
set off. That great ice barrier, Miles
glacier, stood in their path. They j
started to cross it, and while on this
huge ice field the entire party nar
rowly escaped destruction. Miles glac
ier is a live one throwing off immense
bergs into the Copper river. The path j
chosen by the party was but a short
distance back from the face of the
glacier, and when part way across, a
tremor in the ice warned them that
the glacier was about to slough.
Ice Began to Move.
The ice on which they were stand
ing began to move, and they dashed
back at top speed, just getting off the
dangerous spot as the ice slid down
hundreds of feet into the raging tor
rent of the river below.
They crossed the glacier without
further accident, and at nightfall had
reached the morraine on the lower
side. Here they built a wall of rock
to protect themselves- from the biting
wind. Fortunately all had matches,
and they were able to make a big fire
of driftwood, which kept them from
freezing. The next morning, break
fastless, they started on their way to
ward the coast. But here they met
with another difficulty, for to reach
any settlement they had to cross to
the west side of the Copper river. j
Doomed to Disappointment.
They had hoped to find sufficient
logs with which to build a raft, but
they were doomed to disappointment.
Not a log could be found, and they
were compelled to return that night
to their old camp on the morraine.
Their chances of reaching civilization
seemed very remote at this time.
Nearly dead with cold and hunger,
they were almost ready to give up
the struggle, but “Ginger,’ ’the span
iel, saved their lives.
No; he did not find a cache, or bring
in meat, he simply gave his body to
sustain the shipwrecked argonauts.
He was killed and eaten. Invigorated
by this food, four of the party re
crossed the glacier to where, above
the rapids, they had noticed an old
boat half buried in the sand.
They dug it out, and with no other 1
tools than their pocket knives and
stones they made rough repairs on the '
boat, calked its open seams with their
blankets, and spurred on by despera
tion, started in their crazy craft to j
navigate the turbulent waters of the
rapids.
It was odds on that their old dere
lict would never survive the voyage,
but the unexpected always happens,'
and within a short time their craft had
safely passed the dangerous waters |
and was floating safely in Nicholai;
slough. The next morning they pro
ceeded down the river to where they j
had left their companions, and found i
them almost perished of cold and
hunger. Taking them aboard the en
tire party started for Alganik, and af
ter several days of disheartening ex
periences they finally reached food
and shelter at Eyak.
BADLY EXPRESSED.
Mrs. Key was visiting some friends
and left the following card to her next
door neighbor: “Dear Mrs. Garrison
—Would you please put out a little
food for the cat I have been feeding
all season? It will eat almost any
thing. But do not put yourself out.”
—Dallas News.
LAWYERS AND DOCTORS AP
POINTED TO AID IN OPERA
TION OF CONSCRIPTION.
WILL GIVE SERVICES FREE.
Many Questions, Requiring Technical
Knowledge to Answer, Are Expect
ed to Arise Over Classification of
Registrants.
JUNEAU, Jan. 5.—On recommen
dation of Governor J. F. A. Strong, of
Alaska, the president of the United
States has appointed le; d and medi
cal advisory boards to act in connec
tion with the enforcement of military
conscription law in the four divisions
of Alaska.
Every division legal advisory board
will enlist the services of attorneys in
the towns in its division to advise, not
only the various local exemption
boards but also any enquiring regis
trants.
Many Questions Will Arise.
Legal knowledge and training will
be required quite often to determine
questions arising in connection with
the classification of registrants, ac
cording to the divisions made in the
new questionnaire system, and judges
and lawyers are asked to give their
services free of charge.
The judge in every division is nam
ed as the executive chairman of that
legal advisory board.
In announcing the personnel of the
legal division advisory boards, Gover
nor Strong says:
“No more important post could bo
offered to a lawyer than the active
duty of assisting in the raising of
our armies, and in this way can be
provided a very necessary auxiliary
of the selective service system with
out making any demand on the time
of any lawyer to which any patriot
ic citizen would hesitate to respond.
Work Heavy For a While.
^‘During the period of classification,
the duties of these boards will be
rather heavy, but after that period,
probably not much will remain for
them to do.”
Following are the members of the
legal advisory board for the respective
divisions:
First Division.
(At Juneau)
R. W. Jennings, chairman.
Royal A. Gunnison
S. Hellenthal
Second Division.
(At Nome)
Wm. A. Holzheimer, chairman.
James Frawley
J. F. Hobbes
Third Division.
(At Valdez)
Fred M. Brown, chairman.
E. E. Richie
O. P. Hubbard
Fourth Division.
(At Fairbanks)
C. E. Bunnell, chairman.
C. H. Clegg
John A. Clark
Medical Advisory Boards.
Following are the members of the
medical advisory boards for the res
pecitve divisions:
First Division.
A. J. Palmer, Juneau.
P. J. Mahone, Juneau.
G. F. Midford, Douglas.
A. R. Sargent, Douglas.
H. C. Story, Ketchikan.
W. A. Myers, Ketchikan.
D. W. Figgins, Ketchikan.
Second Division.
Henry Burson, Nome.
Curtis W. Welch, Candle.
William Ramsay, Council.
Third Division.
C. A. Winans, Valdez.
J. H. Romig, Seward.
J. M. Sloan, Seward.
C. C. Benedict, Anchorage.
J. B. Beeson, Anchorage.
Fourth Division.
H. J. McCallum, Fairbanks.
P. J. Le Blanc, Fairbanks.
M. E. Smith, Nenana.
W. E. Leonard, Tanana.
H. R. Moore, Iditarod.