SHAMROCKS TAKE
HOI THE BACON
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
Standing <>f Teams.
Won Lost Bet.
City . 3 2 .GOO
A. E. C. 2 2 .500
Shamrocks . 2 3 .400
The Shamrocks copped the $100
prize and the big end of the gate re
ceipst by beating the city team yes
terday afternoon by the score of »
to 2 before the record crowd of the
season. In addition to its being the
biggest crowd it was ultra enthusias
tic and resplendent with decorations,
pennants, flags and colors.
The Shamrocks started oft like
winners in their half of the first,
getting to Brownie for three hits,
which with an error gave them four
runs and the game- Wilford, the
versatile, had the city team absolute
ly at h;s mercy throughout the en
tire game and made them like it and
the Shamrocks played an errorless
game behind him, and by way of
emphasis this is also a record, so
far this season.
Wilford allowed only live hits,
three in the second and two in the
eighth, one of these being on the
scratch order. He struck out 11,
passed one and hit two. and just to
prove that he is a ball player got
three clean hits out of four times
up. It was Wilford’s day and to
him goes the honor of the game.
Brownie of the city was oft feed ami
was touched up for nine hits in four
and one-half innings. He gave way
to Linn in the fourth after two were
down. Linn pitched a splendid
game, going in without a chance to
warm up and holding the Shamrocks
to two runs and three hits the bal
ance of the game. He struck out five
and passed two and if he had started
the game the result might have been
different. At least it would have
been more interesting.
as menuoneu neiore me
rocks went the nine innings without
an error and gave Wilford tine sup
port. while the city made three er
rors, one of them costing a run.
The bulk of the playing was done
by Old Man Rochon and Captain
Nicholls, \. ho played their usual
classy game; Rochon had two assists
and five put outs without an error
and batted .r,00. Nicholls also play
ed errorless ball, with three assists
and five putouts and one hit out of
three times up.
Van got throe hits and had the us
ual record of not having an assist, a
put-out or an error. Agee at second
played a good clean game. Duncan
and Powery both played a good arti
cle of baseball and Amundsen out
pointed Henning.
(lame Ity Innings.
City—Powery led off in place of
Tiffany and went out, Agee to Dun
can- Tiff out same route and Hen
ning struck out. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Shamrocks—Old Man Rochon
clouted the first of Brownie's offer
ings for a single. Van struck out.
Levine hit to Tiff, whose throw pul
led Powery off the bag. Wilford
scored Rochon and Levine by a two
base hit and Nourse threw Duncan
out at first. Amundsen’s hit scored
Wilford. Agee hit a slow one to
Nourse, who threw high to Powery.
Amundsen scored on the play. Ryan
struck out. Four runs, three hits,
one error.
Second Inning—Nicholls got a two
bagger, Linn flew out to Rochon.
With Loudermilch batting Nicholls
pulled a Ty Cobb stunt and stole
home on Wilford’s wind-up. Loud
ermilch got a hit but was thrown out
at second, Amundsen to Agee Nof
tager got a single and Nourse struck
out. One run, three hits and no er
rors.
Strathcona struck out Rochon
flew out to Nicholls. Van got a hit
and was out at second on attempted
steal, Henning to Nicholls. No runs,
1 hit, no errors.
Third inning—-Drown out, Rochon
to Duncan. Wilford hit Powery, who
was thrown out at second. Tiff struck
out. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Levine out, Nicholls to Powery,
Wilford got his second hit but was
out at second on a fast double when
Dundan grounded to Nicholls, Nich
olls to Tiff to Powery. No' runs, 1
hit, no errors.
out. NIcholls hit by pitcher and was
forced at second on Linn's grounder
to Agee to Rochon. Louderrailch
struck out. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
The Shamrocks bunched three hits
after two were down in their half
and scored three runs. Amundsen
out Tiff to Powery Agee flew out to
Linn. Ryan walked and Strathcona,
Rochon and Van each got a hit when
Linn from left relieved Brownie,
Loudermilch going to left and Tra
chell taking right. Linn forced Le
vine to pop out to Powery. Three
runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Fifth inning—Noftager out, Agee
to Duncan. Nourse and Trachell
struck out. No runs, no hits, no er
rors.
Wlilford got his third hit. Dun
can struck out. Amundsen hit
through Tiff and Agee’s two-bagger
scored Wilford and Amundsen. Ry
an *nd Strathcona struck out. Two
runs, two hits, one error.
Sixth inning—Wilford was goinj
strong ^nd struck out Powery, Tifl
and Hdnning.
Roclion flew out to Nicholls, Var
made his third hit of the game but
was forced at .second when Levine
hit to Nourse to Nicholls. Wllfort
flew out to Henriing. No runs, nc
hits, no errors.
Seventh inning—Nicholls flew oui
to Ryan, Linn out, Wilford to Dun
can, and Loudermilch out, Rochon tc
Duncan. No runs, no hits, no errors
Duncan struck out. Amundser
walked- Agee out Nicholls to Pow;
ory and Ryan out, Linn to Powery
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Eighth inning—Rochon raced back
of second for Noftager’s fly. Nourse
got a hit over short. Trachel flew
out to Rochon and by fast sprintin?
Nourse scored from first on Powery’e
hit to right. Tift flew out to center
One run, three hits, no errors.
Strathcona flew out to Tiff. Ko
chon walked. Van struck out anc
Rochon out on attempted steal
Henning to Nourse. No runs, nc
hits, no errors.
Ninth inning—Henning flew out tc
Duncan. Nicholls walked. Linn hil
to Wilford who gave Nicholls life al
second on low peg. Nicholls took
third and Linn second on the mix-up
Loudermilch hit to Wilford whc
threw Nicholls out at the plate ant
Noftager struck out. No runs, nc
hits, no errors
Shamrocks not batting in then
half of the ninth.
Shamrocks
Rochon, ss .
Van Houten, 3b
Levine, rf .
Wilford, p.
Duncan, lb .
Amundsen, c ....
Agee, 2b .
Ryan, rf *.
Strathcona, cf...
AB R H A PO E
4 2 2 2 5 1
5 0 3 0 0 1
4 110 0 1
4 2 3 2 0 1
4 0 0 7 0 1
3 2 1 2 12 1
4 0 14 11
3 10 0 11
4 110 11
Totals .
City
Powery, lb .
Tiffany, ss .
Henning, c ..
Nicholls, 2b.
Linn, If and p
Loudermilch ....
Noftager cf ....
Nourse, 3b .
Brown, p.
Trachell, rf .. .
35 9 12 10 27 1
AB R H A PO E
3 0 1 0 6 1
4 0 0 2 2 2
4 0 0 2 9 1
3 113 5 1
4 0 0 1 1 1
4 0 1 0 0 1
4 0 1 0 0 1
3 112 11
1 0 0 0 0 1
2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
32 2 5 10 24
MUCH INTEREST
LOCAL FARMS
Secretary A. S. Koch desires tc
call the attention of the many visit
ors in the city that the Anchoragt
Chamber of Commerce was partly
built for their benefit and that they
are always welcome. Mr. Koch is ir
the chamber from 9:30 o’clock ir
the morning until late in the even
ing and is desirous of meeting al
visitors and extend the chamber’s
slogan of “Welcome to Our City,’
and also carry out one of the firsl
mottoes—if you want to know any
thing relative to the city of Anchor
age or the surrounding community
ask the Anchorage Chamber ol
Commerce.
This chamber is in receipt of many
inquiries by each mall relative tc
this section, more particularly in re
gard to the farming conditions, and
naturally some of the questions maj
sound foolish to the old-time Alas
kan but are asked in good faith and
have been the means of bringing out
many points of interest in the way ol
comparison with other parts of the
country; for instance the comparisor
with this and the northern part ol
the United States is favorable to this
part of Alaska, as each section has £
growing season of 90 to 110 days
and Alaska has the advantage of the
longer days which greatly increases
the actual period of plant growth
This country is often referred to as
the Arctic region when as a mattes
of fact three-quarters of Alaska’s
area lies within the temperate zone.
Frank G. Carpenter’s articles or
Alaska have no doubt aroused mucli
interest on the outside and are nc
doubt the cause of many letters re
ceived by the Anchorage Chamber ol
Commerce, ‘which will ultimately
bring good results and be ttye means
of bringing many good citizens froir
the outside to make their home ir
this rapidly growing country.
FIERCE BALL CAME FOR
TOMORROW EVENING
With the continuance of this aft
ernoon’s bright sunshiny weathei
the baseball game between Manage]
Summy’s team composed of lumber
log, real estate men and capitalists
and Billy Greer’s team composed o1
the staff and force of The Oailj
Times will take place tomorrow eve
ning at Recreation park.
The lumbermen have been practic
ing under cover for over a week anc
are said to be in the best of shape
while The Times team has had abso
lutely no way to practice and have
agreed to play the game tomorrow
under protest.
The game will be called early in
the evening and a definite announce
ment of the time will appear in to
morrow’s issue or this paper. II
promises to be a good game, al the
feeling is especially bitter -and each
side determined to win.
TOURISTS WANT
Theodore J. Eastman, -M. D., of
Boston, was one of the 33 round trip
passengers on board the steamer
Alameda who came ashore at An
chorage. Mr. Eastman says most of
the party remained on board, as
there were no provisions made by
the ship company to land them and
that there was considerable dissatis
faction expressed on this account, as
Anchorage was really the drawing
card of the excursion. Coming from
the hub of culture Dr. Eastman- was
very much delighted with the city
and was only sorry that he did not
have time to more thoroughly inves
tigate conditions and become better
acquainted with the people. He was
astonished that such development
could take place in so short a time
and was very favorably impressed
with the. progressive spirit displayed
by the Anchorage people. However,
he did say that the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce should go into the
matter of getting the tourists ashore
and take it up at once with the
steamship companies and that the
tourists on board the steamer Ala
meda were much disappoiqted in not
being allowed to .land and visit
the city.
TAME BULL MOOSE
ON GOVERNMENT TRAIL.
Joe Stanton and C. L. Hoyt, who
arrived in Valdez from Gulkana a
few days ago, report seeing a huge
moose on the trail, the first seen in
ihat vicinity for a long time. The’
had reached a point about three
miles from Gulkana and were driv
ing slowly along when suddenly a
; big bull moose walked out of the
bushes a short distance ahead of the
team they were driving. The moose
paid not the slightest attention to
them, but trotted slowly down the
trail, keeping a short distance ahead
,• for fully half a mile, when it turned
into the brush and disappeared.
Moose are not uncommon in the
country at the head of the Gulkana
and Taslina rivers, and in the sec
tion between the streams, but they
seldom come down toward the Cop
per river. It is reported that the
operators at the Gulkana telegraph
station killed a moose last fall a
short distance from the station, and
occasionally tracks are seen.
NEW YORK, July 5.—The num
ber of infantile paralysis case3 re
ported is appalling and great alarm
is felt as to the spread of this epi
demic.
Since June 26 there have been 672
cases, from which 38 deaths resulted.
KIRCH WHY RETIRES AS DEAN
OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, July 6.—Most im
1 portant among the faculty changes
effective at Columbia university to
day is the resignation of George W.
Kirchwey aa dean. Dr. Kirchwey
has been a professor of law at Co
lumbia for 25 years. He was dean
of the law school for ten years end
ing in 1910. Dr. Kirchwey was ap
pointed acting warden of Sing Sing
penitentiary at the time charges
were made against Warden Thomas
Mott Osborne.
David Snedden, now commissioner
of education for Massachusetts, as
sumes the position of professor or
education, having a seat in the fac
ulty of education. Vocational and
industrial training is his specialty.
His class was Leland Stanford, ’97.
OREGON DENTIST DECIDES
TO LOCATE IN ANCHORAGE
Mrs. C. L. Pearson and son, Leon
who have lived at Drain for some
time past, will return to Itoseburg
this summer to pass iiext winter. Dr.
Pearson recently left for Anchorage,
Alaska, where he will open an up
to-date dental parlor. Miss Pearson,
who is spending her summer vaca
tion at Drain, will return to Berke
ley in Die fall to attend college there
during the winter. Charles Bowker
and brothers, who were former resi
dents of Roseberg, are located at
Anchorage.—Roseburg (Ore.) Re
view.
KEPT HIS HANDS CLEAN
AND FED THE PICS
BELLEFONTAINIif, O., July 6.—
Because he kept his face and hands
clean, helped to milk the cows, feed
the hogs; carried in the coal and
wood and did numerous other things
to show that he is a good boy to have
around the house, Robert A, Cox, of
Richland township, was declared a
winner in the Home Credits contest
of 600 pupils, staged by the county
board of education.
He received a total of 9,776 credit
marks. His brother was close on his
trail with 9,667 credits.
Will Auto to Fairbanks.
Harry Williams, who owns a 50
horsepower Cadillac car, will leave
Juneau shortly for Valdez to make a
trip over the trail to Fairbanks.. He
has received a wire that Thompson’s
pass is open. Mr. Williams intends
to place several cars on the overland
route providing business offers.
RETURNS ALASKA
W. J. Johnstone, of Seattle, was a
passenger on the steamer Alameda
and has come to Anchorage to accept
a position with the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, in the account
ing department under H# B. Wilkin
son.
Mr. Johnstone is no stranger to
Alaska llfo and has spent the better
part of eight years in the mining
camps of this country in the earlier
days when the interior placer min
ing camps were booming.
His account of his recent expert
ences in northern Russia is very in
teresting and he says his Alaska ex
perience stood him In good need dur
ing his six month stay in that coun
try. Mr. Johnstone was stationed at
Ekaterina harbor and was in charge
of the commissary department of the
100 mile railroad the Russian gov
ernment was constructing from Eka
terina harbor to the main line of the
Siberian railroad.
This connecting line was built in
order to facilitate traffic, relieve the
congested harbor situation and move
the vast amount of war munitions to
the interior of Russia and nearer the
base of supplies.
Ekaterina harbor is situated on
the Arctic ocean about 30 miles from
the Norwegian boundary with its en
trance 100 miles from the White sea.
Ekaterina harbor is the only open
port in that part of Russia and is kept
open the year around on account of
the warm currents from the Gulf
Stream.
Mr. Johnstone said the harbor
was literally packed with transports
loaded with supplies and ammuni
tion but that upon the completion or
the connecting line the Russian gov.
ernment moved the supplies and mu
nitions with the rapidity of Ameri
cans
He returned to America the first
of April and while he said that he
did not care to discuss the present
war situation he would say that the
Russian people, of his acquaintance,
were extremely kind and courteous
and that ho did not experience any
unpleasant difficulties on account or
being an American citizen.
Mrs. M. Kellogg, the lady farmer
of the Matanuska valley and the au
thor of several interesting books
featuring life and conditions in Alas
ka, is spending a few days in Anchor
age and has a suite in the Eckmann
apartments.
Mrs. Kellogg has a homestead on
Vissilla creek of 320 acres about
four miles from Matanuska Junction
and is very well p*eased with her
venture but has decided that a farm
of this size is entirely too large for
a woman to manage and is in An
chorage with the view of interesting
some worthy family with a proposi
tion to take over 160 acres on a re
linquishment, and to pay her for
same by work.
This is unquestionably a good
proposition for someone looking for
a home in Alaska, especially as Mrs.
Kellogg has a valuable piece of farm
ing land. She has in several acres
of potatoes and garden truck which
she is tending herself rom the fact
that farm labor is a scarce article
and she says it is almost impossible
to get men for this class of work.
In speaking of fishing and hunting
inducements in this section Mrs. Kel
logg said it was surprising that none
of the Anchorage nimrods and
sportsmen had visited that section
when it was so near to the city and
abounding in game,
Mrs. Kellogg said that Vissilla
creek was simply alive with trout
and that 12 black bears had been
seen in that neighborhood within
the past few weks and that it was
nothing uncommon for them to feed
near the cabin and in fact had e^en
entered her garden.
Mrs. Kellogg will remain in An
chorage for several days on other
business in addition to her farming
proposition.
PRESENT WHEREABOUTS
OF G. L. WILSON WANTED
Inquiry has been made at the gov.
ernor’s office for information con
cerning the whereabouts of one Geo.
L. Wilson, who was last heard from
when in Dawson, Y. T., some five
years ago. Wilson is described as
being 51 years of age, weight about
150 pounds, wears a black mous
tache, and is a light brown complex
ioned negro.
Information concerning the miss
ing man should be sent to the gov
ernor’s office at Juneau.
Will Recount Skagway Vote,
Application has been made to
Judge Jennings at Juneau for liquor
licenses for Skagway and this will ne
cessitate a count of the dry and wet
vote in open court.
It is expected that the applicants
will be given an opportunity to se
cure affidavits of wets in the hopes
of overcoming the dry majority.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
The universal opinion of the 2,500
visitors who enjoyed yesterday’s pro.
gram was to the effect that the
Fourth of July celebration given by
the people of Anchorage was a com
plete success even to the minutest
detail, from the starting of the pa
ade at 9:30 o’clock in the moning to
the grand finale, the Firemen’e
dance. It was one continual round
of 'pleasure, not a minute that there
was not something doing, except
the intermission for luncheon before
the baseball game. The crowd was
exceptionally well-behaved and en
tered into the spirit of the day like
true Americans.
The business houses were elabor
ately decorated and there was no
lack of the proper spirit of patriotic
enthusiasm by the crowd. The ho
tels and restaurants were filled to
the limit, the people were well taken
care of and there were no com
plaints
The committees in charge of the
whole affair are deserving of all
praise and congratulations for it was
a splendid success, not a particle ol
trouble or delay and the committees
worked like a well-oiled machine
carrying each event to a speedy and
successful end.
Naturally every one was tired this
morning but it was a satisfied tired
ness for they were proud to be a
part of a community that can make
history when it comes to pulling ofl
a successful Fourth of July celebra
tion.
The parade headed by the Anchor
age band started promptly at 9:3(!
o’clock in the morning from the
corner of 4th avenue and K street
E. R. Davidson dressed to represent
Uncle Sam was immediately Jn from
of the children who were followed
bv the members of the Elks lodet
who carried canes decorated with th<
lodge’s colors, and wore straw hats
with the red, hite and blue band
The members of the Moose lodge fol.
lowed, carrying flags and bunting
The parade marched from K to C t(
Recreation Park, where the grand
stand was soon filled to capacity
Judge Munly, from the speakers
stand immediately in front of tin
grand stand, in a few well choser
and patriotic words introduced Judg<
Leopold David wrho read the Declara
tion of Independence in a masterlj
manner, the judge being in good
voice and his enunciation perfect.
Attorney John M. Reid, as oratoi
of the day, held the undivided inter
est of the grandstand audience for 21
minutes, being repeatedly interrupt
ed by applause at the mention of th<
soul-stirring deeds of the fathers ol
this country and his many *patrioti<
sentences. The people honored th«
national, airs by respectfully rising
with heads bared when the banc
sounded the first notes of America.
The flag drill by the school chil
dren, under the direction of Miss
Murphy, was well executed and ap
preciated by the audience.
The starting of the sport events
rapidly followed in order and wenl
through with a rush, keeping the
vast crowd that witnessed the events
from the grandstand and who literal
ly surrounded the park in a constanl
pitch of excitement and interest.
The first event—50-yard dash foi
boys, was won by Thoralf Peterson
with Elmer Hickey second and Roj
Lee third. Time 8 seconds.
The 220-yard regular was won bj
C. H. Sheets, with Plaskett and
Steel, second and third. Time 2fc
seconds.
The 50-yard dash for girls was
won by Emma Neff, with Edith Mc
Intosh second and Thelma Wrighl
third. Time 8 seconds.
Rasmus Sirnmonson won the po
tato race entered into by boys and
Ernest Peterson and Roy were close
seconds and thirds.
Sheets, Mulkey and Plaskett fin
ished in order named in the 100-yard
regular. Time 10 3-5.
The married ladies evidently did
not care to make an expose so this
event was cancelled. The three-leg
ged race had no entries and was pas
sed for cause.
iu uic v\r-j ai u uaou lui 011151c 10
dies Eva Lockhart won in 7 2-5 witt
Hattie Maltby and M. Polley running
neck and neck, Miss Maltby hitting
the tape a fraction ahead of M. Pol
ly. This was a close contest, all en
tries running true to form and was
a feature of the day.
Obstacle race was declared for'
feited.
The five-mile Marathon was wor
by Chapin in 32 min. 06 sec. Darre
Mulkey finished second in 33 min. 3t
sec. and Young Viking third in 3t
min. 57 sec.
The pie eating contest almosl
caused a riot and it was pulled of
too near luncheon time, as the con
testants were handicapped by th<
crowd that sw’armed the field. Wm
Allenbaugh won, with T. Petersoi
second.
The fat man’s race was the sourc<
of much amusement and wasn’t de
cided until the last step of the 50
yards was run. However, Dr. E. F
German breasted out D. J. McMil
lan, with F. A. Womer a close third
Sheets won the running broai
jump with 17 feet 5 inches- Costelh
and Jess Warner second and third.
The greased pole, sack race am
pole vault were eliminated on ac
count of no entries.
The running high jump brought
out 11 entries and was one of the
best niimbers of the day. The pro
cess of elimination making it partic
ularly interesting, Nourse finally
winning at 5 feet 2 inches, with J.
Warner second.
The half-mile relay, the last event
of the morning’s program wag won
by Plaskett, Costello,Nourse and
Sheets and V. Warner, J. Warner,
Steele and Reese finished second.
This ended the morning’s program
and the afternoon ball game brought
out a record crowd. The game ap
pears In detail in another column of
this paper and was won by the Sham
rocks by the score of 9 to 2. Jos.
Horrock’s team won the hose cart
race.
SCHOOL TEACHERS PAY
VISIT TO ANCHORAGE
Mrs. Alice E. Anderson, accom
panied by her daughter, Miss Juanita
Anderson and Miss Striker, arrived
in Anchorage this morning on the
new launch Buffalo and will leave
this evening for Knik preparatory
to making a two weeks’ visit to the
Bifly Martin quartz mine in the Wil
low creek district.
Mrs. Anderson has capably taught
the Nimilchic school for the oast
/ive years and has been retained for
the coming season. The Misses An
derson and Striker are also school
teachers and Miss Anderson has just
finished a successful term at Seldo
via. The ladies are delightfully im
pressed with Anchorage and paid
The Daily Times office a very pleas
ant call this afternoon.
SEATTLE, July 7.—The steamer
Mariposa saield last evening at 6
o’clock for southwestern Alaska.
There were 1T5 passengers aboard,
including 45 excursionists, and
President Stephen Birch, of the Ken
necott Copper corporation and bride.
There were 13 aboard *for Anchor
age. Among the latter was Districl
Engineer Breek, who vTill be con
nected with the government railroad.
FREIGHTER BENNINGTON
BEEN RENAMED VALDEZ
SEATTLE, July 7.—The Alaska
Steamship company’s freighter Ben
nington has been renamed Valdez
and sails for Kotzebue sound to
night.
GUMS n
Fred Loper, who has a piling con
tract with the commision on the lit
tle Susitna river, brought in the
body of a 12-year-old Indian maiden
yesterday that he found on Susitna
flats. The body was badly decom
posed and was buried as soon as the
coroner’s inquest wag finished. The
verdict was that the young maiden
had met death by accidental drown
ing, presumably further up the river
and floated down when the ice broke
up this spring, as she show'ed evi
dence of having been in the water
for at least two months.
So far there are no trace of rela
tives or connections, but it is under
stood that some members of her
tribe, the Matanuska Indians, will
be down today who may be able to
explain more about the case. There
wag no evidence of foul play and no
suspicions of any character connect
ed with the case.
The inquest was held before Judge
Leopold David and L. P. Bryne, F.
W Harkins, J. E. Hebb, J. Keffler, J.
W. Kempf and Wm. Workman were
the jurors.
The Wood Undertaking company
had charge of the burial which took
place yesterday in the government
cemetery.
VOLUNTEER CITIZEN DEFEND
ERS OF CLEVELAND IN CAMP
CAMP PERRY, O., July 6.—The
volunteer defenders of Cleveland,
sixth city, detrained here for a
week’s maneuvers and instruction in
tactics of war This citizen force of
500 will learn how to make and
break camp quickly, trench digging,
bomb throwing, scouting, charging,
machine gun manipulation, and oth
er things every regular of the U. S.
army is supposed to know.
One of the features of the camp
will be an exhibition drill of 100
Cleveland women volunteers, the
auxiliary of the training school.
They received instruction In Red
Cross work this spring and will dem
onstrate their ability before Gov.
Frank Willis. The women will not
encamp, merely visiting the national
guard grounds here one day.
ROME, July 6.—An earthquake
' occurred at Caltanissetta, Sicily,
■ which resulted in killing 300 per'
* sons working in the sulphur mines.
i White Whale Skins*
Ten tons of skins of the beluga, oi
> white whale, have been shipped from
the Bering sea' to eastern shoe fac
tories to be made into white shoes,
now so popular with the young la
dies.
I Ritchie Transferred,
i Charles W. Ritchie, special agent
of the land office at Fairbanks, hai
l been transferred to Portland, Ore.
nm sugar
BEET TESTS ARE
BEING WATCHED
Alaska is arranging to test the
sugar beet. It is believed that it
will thrive in the Matanaska valley
and elsewhere. If It will do well
there, it should prove a success In
the Yukon valley. This territory
will watch the experiments in the
Matanuska with great interest. Any
vegetable which will grow rapidly
will ripen under the midnight sun
in the Yukon and is certain to be
free from pith and stringy conditions
which characterize vegetables which
grow in cold regions where sunshine
is absent for hours each night.
Yukon should prove suited to the
growth of quite a number of the pro
ducts of the soil. Alaska has several
large experimental farms which are
carrying on invaluable tests. The
long looked for experimental sta
tions for this territory will be real
ized some day, and there seems little
doubt but that with their aid Yukon
will hit on products adapted to the
quick growth under the midnight
sun, products not. now known to be
suitable to this region, but which
will prove a great commercial asset.
Already it is proved that this region
can raise the most tender and tooth
some vegetables under the force of
unbroken sunshine of months, and
some day when aerial or other rapid
transit connects this region by close
communication with the metropol
itan centers of the continent the rare
quality and daintiness of the vege
tables of this northern belt will
prove them the most delicious and
most in demand of any that connois
seurs of the wealthy centers will be
able to secure. The northland’s
great moss covered hills also then
will become the permanent grazing
lands lor herds of reindeer, domesti
cated caribou and other hardy north
ern animals, and this country, from
Hudson bay to the Pacific, will prove
the great storehouse and supply bas
ket of the continent for untold
millions living in congested centers
of the south.—Dawson News.
ANOTHER MOVIE
ARTIST IS HERE
Anchorage is attracting the mov
ing picture artists and it is only a
question of a short time until many
Anchorage scenes will be produced
to the outside world as the result of
the present activity among this class
of enterprising industry. H. J. Kai
ser is the latest addition in the Held
and arrived with a complete moving
picture outfit on the Admiral Watson
and is stopping at the Riverside Inn.
Mr. Kaiser is connected with the
Alaska-Siberian Motion Film com
pany, but is in Anchorage in the in
terest of the Universal Film compa
ny and will be in this vicinity indef
initely, taking views of the city, the
government railroad, the farming
community and various pictures of
scenic beauty depicting Alaska life
and conditions.
Mr. Kaiser has previously spent
many months in the extreme north
taking moving pictures in Siberia
and the interior of Alaska and these
reproductions have met with univer
sal favor and popularity.
Mr. Kaiser may be seen any time
by calling on Secretary Koch of the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.
GOLF LINKS TO TAKE
PLACE OF SALOONS
CALGARY, Alta, July 6.—Govern
ment golf links to absorb the time
that was expended in saloons was
the proposition the drys made today
following the total abolition of the
sale of booze in the province the flrst
of this month.
WEST COAST STARTS
ANNUAL ROUND UP DAY
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 6.—Hoping
to establish on the Pacific coast an
annual event that shall be to Cali
fornia what the frontier days’ cele
bration at Cheyenne is to the Rocky
mountain region, the California
Round-up association began the first
annual round-up her today. All tha
riding and roping experts in the Pa
cific coast states wer invited to par
ticipate and many accepted. One or
the central figures in the celebration
is George Wong, believed to be the
only full-blooded Chinese cowboy in
the world.
MUNICIPAL SALOON
OPENS IN WISCONSIN
ALTOONA, Wis., July 6.—A mu
nicipal saloon whose profits will
build a water works was opened
here when the four saloons were
forced out of business in this, the
world’s smallest incorporated city.
Opens Headquarters. >
W. A. Vinal, U. S. commissioner,
has moved his headquarters from
Ophir to Cooper, the new town at
the strike in the Tolstoi country.