PRAIRIE SCHOONERS LEAVE I A
MOHS MINING CAMP WITH
CREW OF WORKMEN.
EQUIPPED W I T H SUPPLIES
Council-Solomon Line \\ ill Be 1 ori
Up So As to Be Ready to Be Sent
Outside, Which Will bo Some Tinn
Next July.
A caravan which was singularly
reminiscent of the days when prairit
schooners were in vogue, says th<
Nome Nugget, was started for Solo
mon the other day by \V. J. Rowe, ant
attracted much attention.
The strange looking cavalcade con
sisted of two four-horse teams, ead
hitched to a canvas covered houst
placed on skills. The structures wen
just about large enough for a family
of live persons. One contained i
cook stove, bunks and bedding and <
supply of foodstuffs sufficient to las
the five men who accompanied th<
caravan for a period oi sixty days, to
gether with all the necessary utensil:
for camping out along the trail, whih
the other was equipped for the care o
eight head of horses used in hauling
the caravan.
On arrival at Solomon the horse:
and men will be employed in the worl
of taking up the Council-Solomoi
railroad and making the equipmen
ready for shipment to the outsith
sometime in July.
Although Arctic ice .still packs tht
Bering sea. northern steamship com
panics, with offices in Seattle, an
already making arrangements foi
sending the first boats to isolated Noun
and St. Michael, Alaska, as soon a.
the coming summer drives the berg,
and fioes from the steamer lanes, li
a few months, probably late in June
the thousand or more people who hav<
spent the winter at ice-bound Nome
will be lined up on the beach watch
ing for the smoke of the first steame
to come their way since last Octobe
when winter set in. The Alask;
Steamship company’s liner Victoria
a veteran of the Seattle-Nome-St. Mi
chael run, has been spending the win
ter plying between Seattle and th<
southwestern Alaska ports of Cordo
va, Valdez and Seward. She will sooi
e taken off the run and given an over
hauling in preparation for her sum
mer run to the Bering points.
To the first fifty Nome school chil
dren who have bought a thrift stam
and secured a thrift card, Federa
Judge William Holzheimer announce
he will add another 25-cent stam
each month until lie has given eaci
child $1.
One hundred and fifty fox furs val
ued at S70,000 arrived in Seattle re
cently from Alaskan fox farms. Th
shipment, said to be one of the mos
valuable ever received in Seattle, con
sists of fifty silver and pure black fo:
furs and 100 of various other grade?
A special guard was detailed to kee]
watch on the furs, which were sent t<
New York.
Juneau high school authorities hav<
decided to discontinue the study o
German because students refused t<
enter the class.
R. S. Dimmick, of Candle, was re
cently appointed United States com
missioner for the Fairhaven precinc
by Judge Holzheimer, of the Unite*
States district court at Nome. Mr
Dimmick is a well known old-timer
The new commissioner succeed
George D. Campbell, who tendered hi
resignation some time ago.
W. E. Patton, manager of the mine:
below Fort Liscum, will reopen hi;
copper properties about April 1. Ship
ment of ore will start as soon as th<
dock is completed.
The Episcopal church at Fairbanks
is now flying a service flag with threi
stars, showing that number of mem
bers already enlisted in the war serv
ice from that congregation.
The district clerk of the United
States court at Nome has been offi
cially notified by the officials of Morn
ingside asylum, where the insane of
Alaska are confined, that John Pat
rik, who was committed to the asylum
from Council city in 1915, died there
recently. This is the first report of
this character received in Nome un-1
der the new law requiring the Morn- j
ingside officials to notify the clerk j
of the court of the district from which j
a patient is committed as to what dis
positon has been made in the case in
the event of discharge or death.
Miss Lillian Simson, daughter of Si-1
■ | mon Simson, of Nome, and a former;
, popular member of Nome’s younger j
set, was married recently to David 1
Mayer, of Seattle. The wedding oe-1
curred at the Hotel Sorrento, in Se- j
, i
1 attle. The groom is a son of Joseph
Mayer, a well known Seattle manufac
. turer. The young couple are resid
t ing in the Puget sound metropolis.
. It is reported on good authority ,
- that Libby, McNeil & Libby have pur
! chased the entire interests of Carl
t son’s cannery located at Taku harbor.
; The consideration is understood to be
, in the neighborhood of $250,000. Mr.'
. j Carlson had offers from the purchas
; ers last year but he refused to sell
i
.1 at that time.
? i
„ i Manager McDonald, of the recent
Red Cross vaudeville show, at Seward,
turned over $.°>59, the net proceeds of
i the affair, to the Red Cross. All
bills, such as hall rent and other inci
t
dentals, are paid and the above am
ount was the neat sum realized.
_
The Nome Chamber of Commerce
has wired to Delegate Charles A. Sul
zer at Washington, asking for infor
mation concerning the outlook for the
construction of Snake liver harbor at
Nome during the coming summer.
“ j The delegate is asked to find out if the
’ j construction of the harbor is assured
: j during the coming open season or if
1 war conditions will interfere. The
• message enjoins the delegate to use
’ | every effort to prevent delay which
• would mean a serious setback to min
ing, fishing and trading enterprises
' i projected for this year, many of which
' are awaiting assurance in regard to
1 the harbor to formulate their plans.
> The Nome Chamber of Commerce also
■ volunteers to assist the delegate in
' j any manner possible.
MISSIONARY COMES
FROM INTERIOR
DR. F. L. FORBES JUST COM
PLETES DOG TEAM TRIP OF
ABOUT 800 MILES.
) ! _
I Dr. F. L. Forbes, general mission
, ary for the Presbyterian church in
} I Alaska and head of the Sunday school
1 : branch of the church work arrived
j over the trail yesterday, having com
1 pleted a journey of over eight hundred
. i miles with a dog team. Dr. Forbes is
on his first visit to Alaska and arrived
3 in the country last fall coming in via
t Skagway and down the Yukon river.
Before starting for Anchorage from
• the interior Dr. Forbes established
Sunday school classes in Ruby, Poor
} man, Otter, Ophir, Iditarod and Mc
) Grath and delivered a series of lec
tures in these camps. From Iditarod
to Anderson’s roadhouse on the Rainy
? Pass summit Dr. Forbes encountered
f rough weather and found the trail
) very heavy, but from Anderson’s road
house to Houston the trail was in
splendid condition and the traveling
. delightful. After a brief rest here the
. doctor will leave for Seward going lat
t er to LaTouche, Kennecott and Ka
1 talla before returning to his head
quarters at Juneau. While in Anchor
. age Dr. Forbes is a guest of the Crist
; house.
NEVER WEARS OUT.
“Seems to be no end to the supply of
antique furniture.”
“Well, the stuff lasts forever. It is
so uncomfortable that it gets no actual
use.”—Louisville Courier-Joumal.
FIRMS IS FIRMS.
The Darling-Kidder Company is in
: the automobile business in Portland,
■ Maine.
LACK OF SNOW LEAVES NIGGER
HEADS EXPOSED AND MIJSH
ERS BREAK THEIR SLEDS.
PADDY’S ROADHOUSE IS SOLD.
Clergyman Is Present When Old John
Barleycorn Breaths His Last and
Delivers Address on Prohibition in
Saloon.
Ruby looks forward to considerable
activity in a mining way during the
approaching season, according to mail
advices received from there.
Mushers coming into Ruby from
Iditarod complained of the rough trail
from there to Poorman, stating that
the niggerheads were so bad that their
sleds were broken and they them
selves footsore. Lack of snowfall
made that country almost impassable,
they said.
On Poorman creek, Paddy McDon
ald sold the restaurant and rooming
interests in the enterprise known as
Paddy’s roadhouse to Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Erieeson, formerly of Cripple.
He himself retained the cigar and pool
room interests in the establishment.
Miss Anne Birney, well known in
the Ruby district as the cheechaco of
the Record-Citizen of Ruby, and Riley
Allen Ives, owner of the Pioneer, of
Long, were recently united in marri
age by Commissioner Vance McDon
ald at the home of their friends, Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. Walker, of Long.
The Merchants’ cafe, of Ruby, own
ed by Emil Hartwick, has been leased
by Charles Fisherahner and Mr. Hart
wick has retired to private life for a
time.
The Bishop house, on Front street,
Ruby, has been closed down. It had
been run by Mrs. Johnson and Miss
Lund, who have left for Tamarack.
John Barleycorn breathed his last
at midnight of December Ml in Ruby,
with a clergyman present to admin
ister the last rites. The Reverend F.
L. Forbes, then present in the commu
nity, spoke to a large audience in th?
Senate saloon on Front street, tell
ing them of the great benefit prohi
bition wouhl bring. The Fraction sa
loon and Senate poured their bottles
and barrels bone dry, and John Bar
leycorn ceased to breathe. Back on
the creeks he gave a few convulsive
shudders before ceasing his earthly
reign.
GERMANS WATCH MORMONS.
Religious .Missionaries Are Suspected
of American Propaganda.
AMSTERDAM, March 25.—A no
tion that Mormon missionaries from
America have been corrupting the
German soldier and seeking to tempt
him to desertion is propagated by the
Lutheran church consistory for the
province of Pomerania, which accord
ing to the Kreuz Zeitung has sent the
following circular letter to the loca1
district clergy:
“We are given to understand by the
authorities that various anti-war secL
have arisen in eastern Prussia which
make it their business to induce sold
iers to desert and which furnish such
deserters with opportunities to hide
from the law. One of these sects calls
itself variously the “New Adventists”
or “War Adventists.” They believe
that Holy Writ commands them to as
sist those who object to military
service.
“Mormons also have wrought sim
ilar evil, so that an American anti-war
propaganda would seem to be at work.
We urgently ask our reverend brethen
to keep diligent watch and advise us
promptly of any signs pointing to
such baneful activities in their par
ishes.”
OUR LANGUAGE.
“John, I got your steak broiled rare
today.”
“Well done, my dear.”—San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
COME RIGHT IN!
If B. Good, of Dearing, N. C., will
join the club we will let him teach
the Sunday school class.
INTEREST INCREASES IN POLIT
ICAL CONTESTS TO BE HELD
NEXT MONTH.
HARD FIGHT FOR DELEGATE.
Hazy Ideas Seem to Prevail Regard
ing Provisions of Enactment of
Last Legislature and Salient Feat
ures Are Published.
Interest is increasing in the terri
torial primaries, which are to take
place April 30.
In this division there will be a live
ly contest for the republican nomina
tion for representative, there being
| six candidates, and four to be select
| ed. The democratic aspirants number
j but four.
For road commissioner there are
j three republican candidates and one
j democrat.
DUt lllLcrreoL III tut:
L. UII LCrJLO
promises to be somewhat overshadow
j ed by the developments in the contest
I for the democratic nomination for del
; egate in congress. The contestants
; are Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, the
! nominee of the regular democrats, and
William Maloney, who is understood
to be the candidate of the element of
the ranks of the democracy, headed
by Governor J. F. A. Strong, which
opposes the “machine” element. It
1 is the one element of the coming pri
maries that will tend to create inter
est in the coming elections, and prom
! ises now to be the center of a cam
paign of much recrimination and
some bitterness.
There appears to be a somewhat
hazy idea as to the provisions of the
territorial primary law. It was the
creation of the last legislature, and
has been given little publicity.
The New Law.
The title of the act is “An act to
provide for the holding of primary
elections in the territory of Alaska, to
fix the time and manner of holding
j the same, to prescribe the qualifica
tions of candidates to be nominated at
such elections, and to designate the
manner of filing and authenticating
their candidacy, and for other purpo
ses.”
Section 1 provides that all candi
dates for delegate to congress, for at
torney general, “or for any other of
fice created by act of congress or the
legislature of the territory of Alaska
shall be nominated by direct vote ol
the people,” etc. The manner of fil
ing is prescribed, and also the amount
of the filing fee.
Section 2 provides that candidates
shall “file with the clerk of the dis
trict court * * * a declaration oi
I candidacy signed and acknowledger
and certified to by a certificate ol
five electors of the judicial district ir
which such candidate resides, and whc
are members of the political party tc
which such candidates belong, anc
shall pay” the stipulated filing fee.
\> ho Are Eligible.
The name of the candidate receiv
ing the highest number of votes foi
any office at such primary election b\
any political party shall be placed
upon the official ballot of the general
election, together with the designation
of the political party by whom nom
inated, says section 3. In addition to
the names of the candidates nominat
ed at such primary election by the
several political parties, the names ot
such other candidates as have filed
their nomination papers in conform
ity to the provisions of sections 11, 12
and 13 of Chap. 25, session laws of
1915, are to be placed on the ballot,
“and no one not nominated at a pri
mary election shall be designated on
the official ballot as having any party
affiliations.”
Section 4 provides the form of dec
laration to be filed with the clerk of
court, and the certificate of those
signing the declartion, providing for
a declaration of their party affilia
tion, attesting the affiliation of their
candidate, and declaring that “he is
well qualified to perform the duties of
the office for which he is a candidate.”
“Nomination paper” and “nomina
tion petition” are declared to be sy
nonymous by section 5. Section 6 pro
vides that the primaries are to be
held on the last Tuesday in April pre
ceding the biennial election, and that
qualified voters “shall be given an
opportunity, on separate ballots pro
vided for that purpose, to express
their preference as to the nominees
for their respective parties.”
Section 7 provides that “there shall
be a separate and distinct ballot for
each political party represented by a
candidate. Each of such ballots shall
contain the names of the various can
didates for nomination, the designa
tion of the office for which such nom
ination is sought. Each party ballot
shall clearly state the name of the
political party whose nomination the
candidates thereon seek, and all can
didates whose names appear on any
such ballot shall belong to the same
political party.” The ballots are to
be prepared by the clerks of the
courts of the various judicial divi
sions.
To Promulgate Rules.
It is the duty of the secretary of the
territory to promulgate rules for the
conduct of such primary elections not
less than eight months prior thereto,
i The. compensation of the election
i boards is to be the same as at a gen
eral election, according to section 8.
The expenses of the election are to be
met by the territorial treasury.
The polls are to be open at the j
same hours and the balloting done in '
the same manner, as nearly as prac
ticable as in general elections, except
; that one ballot box is to be provided
: for each political party.
! “Each elector who offers to vote
! shall announce his name, place of res
idence and party affiliation, which
shall be by the clerks written down
by pen and ink, if obtainable, and if
not, then by the most indelible in
strument reasonably convenient. The
elector shall then be given a ballot of
the party with which he claims to be
affiliated, and after having marked
| and folded such ballot it shall be de
posited in the box designated for the
; same political party.”
Canvassing of Returns.
Not later than forty-five days after
the primary election ttie clerk of court
for each division shall canvass the re
turns, and when he is satisfied that
the vote of any missing precinct can
not alter the result thereof it shall be
his duty to telegraph the returns to
the territorial secretary, who may
avail himself of such telegraphic re
; turns in deciding who have been nom
| inated by the respective pai'ties as
j candidates for the respective parties
j as candidates for the respective terri
j torial offices, says section 12.
| According to section 14 “the name
J of no candidate for office or for com
mitteeman (it will be noticed that
there is no provision in the law for
the nomination of any committeeman.
—Ed.) or delegate or alternate shall
be printed on official ballot used at
any primary unless prior to the be
ginning of the period limited by law
a declaration of candidacy and certifi
cate shall have been filed with the sec
retary of the territory or clerk of the
district court.”
Qualifications of electors are the
same as at general elections.
The penal provisions of the general
election law of the territory for the
violation of general election laws shall
also be applicable to elections held
under the provisions of the primary
law, and to officers and others who vi
olate its provisions.
“Do they ring two bells for school?”
asked a gentleman of his little niece.
“No, uncle,” was the reply. “They
ring one bell twice.”—Boston Globe.
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Chop Suey and Noodles
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Kachemak Bay.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Everything for the Settler,
Fisherman, Prospector, Hunter
and Trapper.
RIGHT PRICES.
LEWIS NIXON, CANADIAN COL
LECTOR OF CUSTOMS AT
BOUNDARY, IS DROWNED.
LEFT HOME LAST NOVEMBER.
Unfortunate Man Was Sixty Years
Old and Was Well Known to Old
Timers on Both Sides of Line—Was
Friend of Premier Borden.
Lewis Dixon, Canadian collector of
customs at a port known as Boundary,
perished more than two months ago,
declares the Wrangell Sentinel.
In November Dixon was ordered to
go from Boundary to Prince Rupert,
to make the trip some time during
the winter, the time of his departure
from Boundary being left largely to
his own discretion.
Some weeks ago the Canadian offi
cers became apprehensive as to his
safety and cabled F. E. Bronson, the
American deputy collector at Wran
gell to send a party to Boundary and
ascertain if Dixon was all right.
The party returned from Boundary
with the information that Dixon’s di
ary shows that he left Boundary for
Wrangell November 28. Dixon un
dertook the trip in a rowboat, which
had been left with him by Capt. Sid
Barrington. It is believed that Dixon
struck a snag or pile or was carried
away by the wind.
Dixon was 60 years old and a man
of learning. He once had been pub
lisher of an influential daily in Hali
fax. He fought in the expedition
which put down the last Louis Reil re
bellion in 1885, and came out as col
onel and received a medal for brav
ery. He had been in the Cassiar for #
many years, and at first held an im
portant positon with the Hudson bay
company.
Later he had been connected with
various mining enterprises. He was
one of the three parties who sold the
Devil’s Elbow property to its present
owners. He was an early associate
and life-long friend of Premier Bor
den, of Canada.
Dixon was well known to the old
timers on both sides of the boundary
line.
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