H. R. RASMUSSEN IS TAKEN TO
JAIL AT FIRST FOR BEATING
HIS SPOUSE.
OPPOSED REI) CROSS WORK.
Disloyal Resident, Who Is Native of
Denmark, Is Sentenced by Coinmis
f-ioner to Six Months and to Pay a
Fine of $200.
H. R. Rasmussen, of Douglas, was
arrested the other day for beating his
Indian wife, and after his incarcera
tion in jail he was charged with sedi
tion, according to the Douglas Island
News. He was tried before a jury in
United States Commissioner Henson’s
VU IT
Hi ere was no lack of evidence that
nussen is not in sympathy with
America in the war; that he objected
iiis wife working; for the Rod Pros
inflicted physical punishment on
a : tor so doing; that he had expres
.-tj himself as expecting something
of the kind when John MaeV. Milams’
mu'.eh was dynamited six weeks ago
a- Douglas and said at the time that
such things would happen. Mac
V'iUiams by expressing loyal senti
ment.- had made himself objectionable
’ Rasmussen.
ho jury did not require much
t : * in arriving at a verdict of guilty
: ( Commissioner Henson promptly
: need Rasmussen to six months’
- miiient in the federal jail at
ou and to nay a fine of S200. In
of payment of the fine, an ad
■ : .1! three months’ jail sentence
be Rasmussen’s portion.
' 0-. uissen is a Dane and has been
.-blent of Douglas for several
. He was married to his native
i’ 'as: summer.
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'Views:
s for nominations ::t tl
l ies April MO in the four
: announced by the cl r
id court at Fai •br.nh.s :
For senator—Louie K. Pratt and 0.
P. Oar.stad, republicans: Luther C.
t' democrat.
i ;• representative—A. J. Xordale
republican; George \V. Pennington
»k m.ocrat.
For road overseer—Robert Sheldon
• imvocrat: Harry I.. Grow, republican;
H. H. Ross, republican; Peter Steil
• P. -.ocrat.
A detachment of ten regular sol
mo •' arrived recently at Nenana
Fort Gibbon to take up their
.-'nee ia Nenana, where they will
. •: - guards on the government re
. e. The men were ordered to Ne
at the request of Division Kngi
• F. H. Bailey, of the government
,aii'*oad, who has long realized the
importance of having regularly de
ad <■ n en stationed there. His advo
cacy of such a step did not receive se
i it:.- consideration, however, until af
t ■ the roundhouse had been destroyed
bv fir
T”.ift city of Seward is out of debt,
f :>\'t only is the city on velvet at the
’■resent time by about SI,400, but at
’east $1,600 more will come in be
tween now and the time the present
- our.cil goes out of office, which will
he next month. This was the state
ment and the figures as presented to
• ho city council by Treosurer Romig,
and he knows. The present city coun
ty <11 men into office with a deficit of
about $3,700.
Michael May, an old-timer, died at
the Kennecott hospital recently from
stomach trouble. For the last four
years he had been employed by G.
lax Esterly on his placer ground in
che Xizina country.
/
The will of William Stanley, pioneer
Klondiker, who died recently in Cali
fornia, was filed in Seattle recently,
and after providing 84,000 for funeral
expenses and setting aside $300, the
income from which shall be used in
caring for the funeral plot, bequeaths
the remainder of the estate to his
children, all of whom shall share
equally. Samuel Stanley is appointed
administrator, without bonds, and is
instructed to settle his father’s estate
jut of court—the deceased being ex
plicit in reference to this and repeat
ing it in several sections of the will.
The children natnfed in the will are
Samuel L, John L., William G. and
Josephine Stanley, Margaret E. Jew
ett, Elizabeth McCarthy, Sarah M,
Miller and Ida W. Cessna. The will
was executed on September 28, 1914.
For the first time since its estab
lishment, the bureau of mines, at
Fairbanks has put its ore crushing
mill at work, three tons being put
through for Westenvik brothers, min
ing men of Cleary creek.
I
Juneau lire insurance rates were re
duced recently 10 per cent for busi
ness property by the board of under
i writers. The residence rates were re
| duced last fall. The city council has
! been making strenuous efforts for
-ome time to get the reduction.
—
Alaska’s oil resources, if developed
’ to the fullest extent, will last for 100
j years, because of the peculiar forma
' tion of the soil, H. R. Harriman, rep
resenting: Alaska oil men, told the
I house public lands committee in
' Washington city, the other day.
The oii of the north is particularly
valuable for gasoline, Harriman said.
He urged that the house modify the
Pittman-Ferris bill which he said
would put the Alaskan operators at
great disadvantage because of cli^
.tic conditions and the long distance
■ > transport supplies.
“San Francisco merchants and ship
g men would benefit immensely
and help in the development of Alas
ka, the richest territory in the United
States, if they take up the Alaskan
trade which they have too long nt-„
Tv-ed.” L. F. James, jr., attorney and
secretary of the chamber of com
ma rce. of Seward. Alaska, who is at
he Hotel Manx, in San Francisco, is
quoted as saying in a recent issue of
the Sun Francisco Examiner. He
continued:
“The gr§at trade of Alaska has
been the foundation of the success of
Seattle us a port. A large share of
this trade undoubtedly belongs to San
Francisco. Formerly the objection to
a direct shipping line between San
Francisco and Alaskan ports was that
no return cargo was brought. With
the opening of our great coal fields
and copper mines, return cargo is
available in an unlimited amount.
Alaska is paying two prices for Cali
fornia manufactures and products. On
August 1 next the Alaska govern
1 ment railway to the coal fields will
be completed.”
Leo Margules, of Seward, hotel
owner and merchant, is registered at
: the Hotel Manx in San Francisco.
'
TO TAKE CARE OF (HUES.
Congresmen’s Wives Wii 1 Look After
Young Women in Capital.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., March
; 25.—Young women who go to Wash
j ington to take employment as clerks
: or in other capacities will be cared for
by the people from their own home lo
calities, according to word received
here recently from Mrs. William Kett
ner, wife of the congressman from the
: eleventh district. Mrs. Kettner wrote
j frineds here that the women of the
! Congressional club, realizing the lone
; liness of many girls who go to the
capital, want the names and address
of such girls, so that they may get in
touch with the girls, and see that the
| pangs of homesickness are made as
i little apparent as possible.
PLANTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF
MOBILE GUNS ARE READY
TO TURN OUT MUNITION.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 23.
Announcement is made by the gun di
vision of the bureau of ordnance that
sixteen plants for the manufacture of
mobile artillery for the use of the
United States army have virtually
been completed.
PRESIDENTIAL ORDER ELIMI
NATES CERTAIN AREAS FROM
RESERVED TRACT.
JUNEAU TO RECEIVE FILINGS.
I
Executive Authority Is Announced for
Patenting of Certain Homestead in
Seward District; Action Is Taken in
Fairbanks Region.
Lands situated in the Matanuska
valley, an important agricultural dis
trict on the government railroad have
been eliminated by a presidential or
der from Alaska townsite withdrawal
No. 1, of AjVil 21, 1894. The restora
j tion was made after it was determined
what portion of the lands in the with
drawal would be needed for the town
site and railroad reserve at Matanus
ka, thirty-six miles north cf Anchor
age, at the junction of the main line
of the railroad with the branch line
to the Matanuska coal lield. Prac
tically all of the land is fertile and
adapted to the raising of agricultural
products and will shortly be opened
to filing in the United States land of
fice at Juneau.
The specific description of the elim
inated land follows:
T. IT N., R 1 E., Seward Meridian,
Alaska; entire sections Id, 24, 2-"), 27,
34, 35 and 36. and south half of sec
tion 22 and north half and north half
of the southeast quarter and south
east quarter of the southeast quarter
of section 2d, east half of northeast
quarter and south half of section 2(1.
The following executive order has
been issued permitting the patenting
of certain homesteads in the Seward
district:
“Upon ihe recommendation of the
ecretavy of the interior, Alaskan
' hi.drawal No. 1 < f Decen her •>. 19J1.
is amended by executive order, dated
August 2-!, 19:2. is hereby modified
o as to permit the following hone
st. < id entries to he patented i( all else
he found regular.
“S ward Base and Meridian.
“Juneau serial 027(91 of George J.
Laughlin for S1- SWh section !, XW
U and N1 „> SWh section 12. township
! north, range 1 west;
“Juneau serial 01777 of Alfred F.
Johnston for lots 2. d, 4, and X’.'
XVY ’+ section 34, township 1 north,
range 1 west;
“Juneau serial 02756 of John Nash
for lot 1. section 1, township 1 south,
rarge 1 west; SYv’Yi, fh NW'+ and
Ni l A XYvhi, section 3(5, township 1
north, rarge 1 west;
“Juneau serial 02889 of Joseph S.
Hof man for lots 4, 5, and Ism NEU
•l. tion 1, township 1 south, range 1
west, and SEU SEU section 36, town
s’., ip 1 north, range 1 west.”
The fo'lowing presidential order
r. warding the elimination of lands in
the Fairbanks merdian has been is
sued:
GIFT SENT SOLDIERS.
Railroad Mon Remember Associates
Who Have Joined National Forces.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., March
25.—Soldiers who enlisted from the
, office of a railroad division superin
tendent here have not been forgotten
by their former fellow workers. Ev
ery month every man in the service
from the office get a gift of fruit,
candy and tobacco—especially tobac
co—with a friendly letter, and the
, magazine published by the railroad,
which contains the gossip of the di
i vision.
; Packages were forwarded a few days
; ago to the clerks now with the colors
at home or abroad, and the ones at
home have secured pledges of monthly
donations from their own number that
will enable them to make the remem^
brance a monthly custom.
OVERHEARD IN A KAIF.
“Say, Bill, do you think they’ll ever
solve perpetual motion so it will be
practical ?”
“Well, they’ve gota better chancr
chan the kaiser has of going tr
heaven.”
CAPTAIN A. E. LATHROP RE
CEIVES INSTRUCTIONS RE
GARDING ENROLLMENT.
ONLY SKILLED MEN WANTED.
| Persons That Volunteer Their Servi
ces Are Directed to Retain Their
Present Employment Until Called
for Federal Work.
Information l'elative to the regis
tration of skilled workers so they
may be available at the call of the
government for use in industrial
plants engaged on war contracts has
been received by Captain A. E. Lath
! ron, enrolling agent for Anchorage
! from R. E. Robertson federal director
| for Alaska of the United States Pub
lic Service reserve, with headquarters)
lit juneau.
Captain Luthrop, for the purpose of
registering workers, has his office in
the Admiral office in the Alaska build
! ing. The communication he received
from Mr. Robertson follows:
• It is going to be the policy of the
i government in making this enrollment)
!o specialize:
“First. All classes of mechanics
hat can he Used in the construction of
steel and wooden ships.
“Second. All other classes of me
dia ll'CS.
“Third. Expert gas engine and au
tomobile engineers and drivers.
. “Fourth. Experienced lumbermen,
both mill and woodsmen.
“Fifth. All persons who are able
and willing to serve in agricultural
work.
“Sixth. Young men who are willing
and can pass an examination as avi
ators.
“Seventh. All others who desire to
lie enrolled in the service.
No Enrollment Refused.
“In other words, no patriotic citizen
must be refused enrollment, though
we do not want the enrollment over
loaded with useless material—those
that never intend to respond if called.
And further, please make it plain to
your registrants that the government
desires that they remain in their pres
!
ent occupation until called. The act
of registering is entirely voluntary
and does not pledge the person to
; respond even if called, the purpose be
ing to determine the number and kind
of labor that is available for war work 1
if wanted.
“A quantity of postal cards have'
been furnished, known as' the ‘Hur
ley’ card. These cards are to be filled
out and returned to Mr. Hurley by!
shipbuilding mechanics only, that is,
men who are skilled blacksmiths,
boilermakers, ship carpenters, dock
builders, electrical workers, foundry)
workers, machinists, painters, plumb
ers, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers,
coppersmiths, ship fitters and struc
tural iron workers.
Lead to Confusion.
“In this connection I wish to advise J
that it will be a waste of the postal
cards *and cause endless confusion in
Washington for anyone to fill out and
forward one of these cards unless he
is skilled in some one of the above
trades. The purpose of this is to find
out how many mechanics there are
in the United States who are willing
to enter the service of the government
in the above classes of mechanics
which are used in the shipbuilding
trades, and it is important that spe
cial attention be given to hunting up
all the available men in the above
classes in your community who are
willing to register for this service.
Please make it as public as possible
'n your community that registrants
shall apply to you for registration and
not send their application in to this
office. Otherwise it will cause a great
deal cf confusion.
“Each member will be furnished a
button and membership card without
cost, as soon as received from Wash
ington. There will be some delay on
these.
“Further, for every registration
card that is filled out by a registrant
who also fills out a “Hurley” postal
card, please have S. B. marked on the
top center edge of the registration
card to indicate that the person regis
tered has also enrolled himself on
the ‘Hurley’ postal card as a ship
building mechanic.
“Also a special effort must be made
to register agricultural workers to
help the farmers, as wheat is one of
our principal weapons in fighting the
‘kaiser.’ ”
SCARCITY OF
DOUGLAS ISLAND PAPER COM
MENTS ON SERIOUSNESS OF
CONDITIONS AT PRESENT.
SUPPLIES CAN’T BE OBTAINED.
Tobacco Dealers in Alaska Cannot Gel
Their Orders Filled and Hard Rock
Men Threaten Trouble Unless
Stringency Is Relieved.
While it may not be generally
known, it is a fact that hard rock min
ers, as a class, are more generally ad
dicted to the use of snuff than any
other set of men, says the Douglas
Island News.
Men may engage in other pursuitc
half their lives and never think of
using snuff, but let them once go to
work underground and a large per
centage of them soon contract the
habit.. It is also said that the habit is
one which does not remain after a
man changes from underground work
to something else; that then, if form
erly addicted to smoking or chewing
tobacco, he is likely to return to his
old habit, snuff being essential to him
only when underground.
At present a scarcity of snuff exists
not only locally, but elsewhere in the
north owing to the inability of tobac
conists to secure it, the demand for if
elsewhere and in other quarters being
-uch that is not possible to have
orders filled by outside wholesalers.
The situation is becoming serious
and some of the old-time “hard rock
ers” are threateneing to strike until
the stringency in the snuff market is
lelieved.
MANY MEN GIVE UP SMOKING
TO INVEST IN SMALL GOV
E\iN M ENT SEC l RITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 23.
—The plan adopted by Postmaster
Charles V. Fay of having a booth in
the corridor of the post office build
ing in charge of a pretty girl for the
.-ale of Thrift Stamps has proved an
unqualified success. Many of the clerks
have acquired the habit of buying a
stamp a day.
“Many of them have given up smok
ing,” asserted the young woman.
“On your account ?” was asked.
“Oh no, patriotism,” she replied,
“they can’t afford both.”
TO FLY AROUND ISLANDS.
HONOLULU, T. H., March 23.—
Aeroplane flights from Honolulu to
the other islands of the Hawaiian
group are to be made soon by Major
Harold M. Clark, army avjator sta
tioned here, it was announced here
yesterday.
No aeroplane has ever yet flown
from one of the islands to another.
Maui and Kauai will be the first
islands visited, after which the major
expects to fly to Nile, which is 190
miles from Honolulu by steamer but
somewhat nearer as the areoplane will
fly
Previous to attempting the flights,
Major Clark will go to the other
islands by steamer to pick out suitable
“landing” places.
During the past two weeks Major
Clark has made many flights over
Honolulu and other parts of the island
of Oahu. The greatest altitud^attain
ed by him thus far is 9,000 feet.
SEVERAL OUTFITS ARE WORK
ING ON AMY CREEK, WHICH
WILL YIELD $150,000.
LUCKY IS SHOWING UP WELL.
Prospecting Is Being Vigorously Pros
ecuted in Tolovana District and
Claim Owners Are Getting Ready
for Spring.
Livengood, about sixty miles north
west of Fairbanks, is experiencing
more activity this winter than any
other portion of Alaska, says the
Fairbanks Citizen. Prospectors are
busily engaged in numerous localities
endeavoring to develop pay creeks
where they have formerly had but
good and indifferent prospects, and
are having material encouragement.
On Amy creek there are several
outfits prospecting. Colbert & Gus
tafson have bedrocked two holes on
the war association and found enough
in the last hole to start drifting.
On the upper end of Amy creek Nel
'son & Summerville are preparing for
extensive summer operations and a
i number of outfits are prospecting in
their neighborhood. Kelly and part
ners will have out a substantial dump
cf high grade dirt by spring, and
Samson & Co. are hoisting the richest
dirt ever taken out on Amy. It is
safe to say that the spring cleanup on
Amy creek alone will amount to $150,
000.
Another tributary of Livengood
; that, is showing up to the good is
| Lucky. Sharp & Perry have good pay
i developed, and two other outfits have
; good prospects, both being at the
| present engaged in sinking working
shafts for the summer operations.
The Godfrey drill was engaged in
prospecting on Lucky, but unluckily
! lost, the 'drill bit, so had to suspend
| until it could be recovered,
i On Livengood proper there are no
| new developments. All the plants are
i working, being either engaged in tak
i ng out dumps or opening up for sum
mer work. Shortage of labor is the
only thing that will curtail the pro
duction for the coming season.
Over on the other sirte of the “Mon
j 3v Knob” there is a large amount of
prospecting work being prosecuted,
: ind the showing is very gratifying to
j the owners. Cascaden’s drill is peg
ging away every day, and will have at
'east a month’s work before it will be
j ;hown hovr extensive the pay streak
{ s cn the north fork of the Tolovana.
Prepares for Summer’s Work.
George Wheeler took a large load
I >f supplies over to his ground ad
! joining the Hudson holdings and will
| commence preparations immediately
for extensive summer operations. He
intends to be ready to catch the very
first water, as the supply is rather
short during the summer.
Stone & Verdier have a cut of sub
stantial dimensions to finish up this
season, and Hudson Bros, have sev
eral years’ work mapped out.
If the drill discovers drifting
ground in the deep channel the Tolo
cana between Olive and Cleary creeks
will be a larger producer than the
Livengood valley, and the pi'esent in
dications are that such will be the
case.
A number of old-timers have been
stampeding to Gunnison creek, in the
Hampart country, to late, and the re
ports from there, are very good, $2.50
ground having been discovered on
three claims. This report is verified
by prospectors grubstaked from Fair
banks.
Teddy Anderson, the West Fork
merchant and road house man, is clos
ing up his business and leaving for
the new creek, where he has a number
of interests. Gunnison was staked
and prospected in the early days of
Rampart, but the pay is in bedrock,
extending in places for five or six
feet down, thus having been overlook
ed by the early prospectors.
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Dutch farmers have found a way to
treat heather so it can be used for
cattle fodder.