ITEMS GENERAL
INTEREST
The Seward city council has fixed
a lax levy of 14 mills on the assess
ment for the year 1916.
Valdez has a tax levy of 20 mills
on a 100 per cent valuation, the high
est in the United States.
Mike Martin, a well known resi
dent of Ketlchikan, died in that city
recently.
The Ketchikan Lyceum is preparing
to stake two comic operas in the near
future.
The farmers of the Matanuska val
ley are reported to have raised about
Mm tons of potatoes this year.
^ im Halashoff, of Seldovia, has
caught six foxes this summer and
intends to start a fox farm.
Kirkman & Dillon are reported to
have made a good strike on Kirkman
creek, in Yukon territory.
Jack Atkinson, a better known as
Jack the Spieler, a well known old
timer of Dawson, died there recently
after an illness of about two weeks.
II. ('. Putnam, cashier of the White
Pass K- Yukon route, died recently of
heart trouble while on a fishing trip.
Seventy-five buildings occupying
land belonging to the government at
Seward must he removed within one
week.
Frank S. Gordon, proprietor of the
roller skating rink at Fairbanks, is
going to open a moving picture show
in the building this winter.
The pupils of the Ketchikan high
school have perfected the organiza
tion of two literary societies and an
athletic association.
Southeastern Alaska hunters report
all kinds of game scarce this fall and
place the blame for the shortage up
on tiie severe weather last winter.
The members of Camp Juneau, No.
'. Arctic Brotherhood, are prepar
ing to celebrate Alaska Bay, October
is, with a grand ball.
The Alaska engineering commission
has made an offer to purchase 4ii0
tons of the spuds raised by the farm
ers in the Matnnuska valley.
A. Thomas, of Ketchikan, is report j
ed to he building a kippered herring i
plant at Sitka The herring put up i
at that place are said to be equal, if '
not superior, to the best imported fish.
The work of driving tin* piling for ' 1
the dock at Petersburg, which was i
recently partially demolished by the ' 1
steamer Admiral Evans, has been com I
pleted. jl
Bishop Phillip, the newly appointed
bishop of the Russian Orthodox church |
in Alaska, arrived in Juneau recently, i
His headquarters will he at Sitka.
Senator Dan Sutherland left Ruby
for Fairbanks to campaign in behalf ’
of Delegate Wickersham. From Fair
banks he will go to Nome and then
take the last steamer for Juneau.
Word T Bowers, chief agent of the
•Alaska service of the bureau of fish- .
cries, is making a tour of the coast
cities on official business.
Colonel W. K. Stevenson, of Skag
wa, head of the Hargraves Engineer
ing Company, has purchased the hand
some Bee Guthrie house at that place.
The Juneau Empire states that H.
G. Vorhatig. of the Ellamar mine, is
in that city securing a number of
miners to work in the mine this win
ter.
Ninety nine talesmen were examined
in the district court at Juneau before
a ; ‘ltd jury was secured to try the
case of Edward Krause, charged with
murder.
A team belonging to George Wil
liams, of Fairbanks, ran away recently.
throwing him from the wagon, and
he sustained injuries which laid him
up in Iho hospital.
Secretary \V. \V. Shorthill and his
arsis! mt. are busy preparing the gov
ernor's annual report to the secretary
of the interior. It will he ready for
distribution January 1.
s II. V. Cottle is reported to have
bagged a young hull moose at the
head of the bay within two miles of
the town of Seward
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Four natives, three of Sitka and one
of Kake. have made application in
the district court of Juneau for citi
zenship under Section f!4, of the Ses
sion laws of lit la.
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SPORTS
Gossip About Events of National
Importance and the Persona
Who Are In the Head
Liner Classes.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 4. — Fran
cis Gilpin, sportsman and pioneer of
the Pike's Peak region, is the owner
of a dog whose greatest joy is to go
fishing. Mr. Gilpin believes that his
animal is the only dog in the world
that will retrieve fish. At least he
has never heard of any other.
When on his trout fishing trips Mr.
Gilpin never carries a net with which
to land his catches. As soon as he
has made a strike, his dog runs into
the water and when the fish is reeled
in will manoeuvre about In the water
until it is within distance to pounce
upon. The fish is then brought ashore
in the dog's mouth and laid beside the
master. Not a blemish is ever found
on the fish as a result of the dog's
teeth.
“Mack” is the name of the dog, and
it is a liver and white Norfolk span
iel, weighing about seventy pounds.
Mack is a product of George Gould's
kennels In the east.
Mr. Gilpin is a member of the Ohey-i
enne Mountain Country Club, and ha*
lived in and about Colorado Springs;
for more than forty years. He ha*
shot big game in the early days on.
what is a portion of the present site
if the city.
In speaking of Mack, Mr. Gilpin
qiid: “The first time my dog re
trieved a fish 1 was quite astonished
vnd not a little annoyed at the action,]
but after the trick had been repeated
several times it occurred to me not I
only as being unique, but as a great
lid to me in landing my catches. Many
i fine fish is lost just before the net
1 put under it, but I do not remember
hat Mack ever lost a fish once it was
hooked; and he has brought hun
Ireds ashore.
"Once the fish is on shore Mack
will not go near it. Apparently he dis
ikes the smell when they are out of
he water. Frequently Mack will steal
nvay all by himself and go on pri
,ate fishing trips. I have found him
leveral times standing in the water
ilertly watching for the opportunity
o land a passing trout.”
Mack's accomplishment is well
mown to all the residents of Colorado
Springs, but to convince the skeptical
isitor, Mr. Gilpin has remarkable and
nteresttng snapshots which have been
aken of the dog in action.
The star athlete in any form of
iport attains that distinction through
lard and conscientious work. The
nan who achieves athletic distinction
hrough latent ability alone iB a rare
'xception. This is the opinion held
jy Eddie Mahan, former Harvard uni
•ersity football star, considered by
liany to be the best player ever seen
m the gridiron and now coaching the
jackfield of the University of Cali
ornia.
Mahan is interested in Sunday
ichool work, and in a recent address
0 the boys of a class connected with
1 Berkeley church said, among other
hings:
"In baseball Ty Cobb developed him
lelf by hard work. Ted Coy became
laic's greatest football player, and
Victor Keenard, of Harvard, won hrs
■eputation on the gridiron by hard
work, and this is the only way you
ho vs can succeed.”
Twelve names are included on the
reserve list of the Spokane Northwest
ern League baseball club to be filed
with Secretary Farrell of the Minor
I.eague Association for the season of
1 !tl7. According to baseball law the
lists must be filed by October 1.
Manager Nick Williams of the club
has mailed Secretary Farrell his re
serve list as follows: James Noble,
Daniel Murray, Eddie Mensor, Emory
Webb, Henry Harstad, Harry Harper,
Eddie Fries, Robert Coltrin, George
McGinnis, Carl Zamloek and Frank
Guignl. Wllmot Turner, of Calgary,
has signed a contract for next year
and his name does not have to be
included in the reserve list.
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Hie I-nng Stove, born in Alaska,
is the Stove for Alaskuns.
[tody made of Armeo Rust-Resist
ing Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with wood
or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang Stove.
If he cannot supply you write ua.
Our line is complete from tha
smallest camp stove to the larg
est hotel range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
l^ng Stove. They all know it
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