MINING OFFERS
OPPORTUNITY
FOR SOLDIERS
SAN Hi vNCISCO. Jan. 1 .Mining,
the in lii'ti’. which lias played so vi
t 1! a par: in winning the war. will
a-- nine a position “f greater- impor
tant following the cessation of hos
tility than ver before, according to
Hetchi i Hamilton, state mineralogist.
1 n* \ e lop in “'i11 of new mining fields is
. «• 111 ia 11 > a pioneer enterprise, s.'lid
Mr Hamilton, ami activities of this
character have always been evidenced
in the periods after the important
wars ot the world. The independent,
open-air. "do and dare’” spirit is en
gendered in the hearts of the soldier
and sailor, and thousands of the Amer
ican hoys who are soon to come home
from Cram, will never again he sat
isfied to sit at a desk through the
day and go home to a stuffy room on
a city street at night. Mining is the
type of industry which will attract
these men
Three contributing factors, said Mr.
Hamilton will‘assure the truth of the
statement that mining, particularly in
California i on the eve of a great
revival.
1. The demand for metals, struc
tural materials, petroleum products
and heavy chemicals which will ac
company the reconstruction, rehabil
itation and reorganization of the en
tire civilized world.
2 The existence of all kinds of
mineral deposits, both developed and
undeveloped, in every one of the fifty
eight counties of the state, which will
make possible partial satisfaction of
that demand at least.
3. The accessibility of labor and
brains trained to tasks of tho neces
sary character, and tho energy and
initiative to carry on the work, as
represented in the presence of re
turned soldiers and others who will
look to the West for a Held in which
to begin life anew.
The milling laws of the state and
nation are so framed, .Mr. Hamilton
said, as to offer every encouragement
to the prospector and pioneer. When
a mineral deposit is discovered on
public land and there remain large
tracts of government land yet open
for location in California tin- staking
out of a claim and recording of that
act in tin- local county recorder's of
fice gives the locator possessory title
to the ground. One hundred dollars'
worth of "assessment." work a n nu
ll 11 > performed maintains such title
indefinitely.
In the beginning gold, he said, was
the sole mineral substance produced
in California. Hast year fifty four dif
ferent mineral substances were mined
and marketed, in fifty seven counties
of the stale. Gold is still a big item
in the total output, hut where it con
stituted three-fourths of I tie total
value in IssT. and almost one-half in
II1117. it made up only one-eighth of
tin- entire amount in 1!H7. This in
fin.. the fact that the gold produc
tion itself was consistently increasing
during the thirty years mentioned,
which means that scores of adopted
and native sons have slowly but
surely applied business methods to
tile unearthing of bodies of clay, as
bestos. graphite, ochre, mica, soap
stone. granite, slate and soda, as well
as to gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc, and the many structural and In
dustrial materials and salines and pe
troleum which underlie the hills and
valleys and deserts of the well-named
"Golden State."
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ALBERT I, HERO OF HEROES
If the world were asked to choose
tin* hero of heroes of the greatest war
of all history, on whom would the
choice full V 'I lie list of popular heroes
is long Wilson. Pershing. Lloyd
(ieorge. llaig, Beatty. Sims. < ’lemeti
ceau, Petain. .lotTre, l och. Diaz. Luf
bery. liuynemer, and so on.
Lach of these popular heroes
would undoubtedly have Ins adher
ents. But many people in ail the na
tions of earth would choose as the
hero of heroes:
Albert I, king of Belgium.
They would not claim that Albert
was the superior of these men in the
qualities that make them great. Tlie\
would simply say in his behalf:
“Here is a man who instantly saw .
Ids duty and did ii forthwith because
it was his duty. Winn Hermany de
manded passage for her troops he re
plied. ‘Belgium is a nation, not a road.’
W’li.ti Coi'iii'iiiv 11 . in. tli.- Vcrii n of
impel'' treaty ami >lar»e.| through, lie resisted t<> the limit of the nations
strength. He saved Frat • <■. for he gave the French lime to entrench and tie*
British time to get on tin* fighting line."
Four years ago. facing Imminent destruction. Belgium won by her self
sacrifice a place of honor among nations, a crown of honor imperishable. Albert
has been a king worthy of his people.
Now Albert, long a l ing without a country, has come back into his own.
If h** is the hero of heroes, he has a proportionate reward.
DEMOCRATIC EPIDEMIC
The "Hu" is no respecter of per
sons. You needn't think that just be
cause you may have a eomforrtable
hank account and a lot of Liberty
bonds stowed away it won’t get you. !
It visits the rich and poor alike, and!
is truly a democratic epidemic, show- |
ing that it is keeping up with the j
spirit of the times.- Ex.
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Kyer candies tit Finkclstein At- Sa
turn's. 19-tf
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST
Th" f* .unship Alameda will leave
S* ,i! f 1< In:iiiiri n\v lor ('ordo\ a
S* it-anl Crank A .lone-, who i
in He- lank srrvi* •• at tettyslmrg, ha
1m.ii di • barg'd ami w ill ret urn to
Cordova tin- latter part of th** month
The freighter Cordova i- in port,
and has brought a eargo of Nanaimo
eoal, which i- a better quality of fuel
than wo have been using for some
time past.
The launch Kolfe reports that the
gas boat Myrtle H . whic h was
wrecked in English bay. ha* been
looted of all of its contents by natives
and others
A number of tin* Carlisle Packing
Company's enlployes will return to
Cordova this month to get their
equipment in readiness for next sea
son's run of salmon
The Alaska Public Ctilities experts
to have its auxiliary power plant in
operation by Januar> 15. Tests of
the new L*50 hors** power engine w» re
made* last night and today, and they
have proven very satisfactory
There has been but out- new ease
of influenza here during the past few
days, and Ill's. Council and Chase
report that there are now hut nine .
eases in town, and most of the pa
fields are on Ihe way to recovery.
At Monday night's meeting of the
city council the regulations governing
the quarantine of the city will be
adopted, and judging from the ex
pressions of members of that body,
they will be strict enough to satisfy
all concerned.
The "tin" has put a kink in the bus!
ness of the bootleggers, so it is re j
ported, and the price of booze has
dropped to $S a bottle When the'
malady first struck town John Harley
corn was touted as the truly simon- j
pure preventive, and bonded goods !
jumped to ;11 a quart It has since i
been proven that stimulation of this 1
kind is not only of no value as a
preventive, hut when the "flu" hits j
an habitual drinker he suffers more j
seriously than the abstainer Hence !
the drop in price of that "medicine."
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NOTICE
D. H Sexton has purchased Robert
Gottachalk's interest in the Alaskan
hotel, and all persons having bills
against the hotel should present them
at once to Mr. Sexton, who has as
sumed these accounts. 3-tf
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Joe Kelly pays the highest prices
for furs, and he pays cash. Drop In
and see him—next to Kenny Holden's
—whenever you have any furs. 4-tf
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WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP
HOCKEY MEET IN MARCH
VAM'DIVKI:, 15 C .Ian t I’m
f• ■: -1«.i-.11 hockey champion ot tin*
A»lanti< and l*a« ili« slopes will meet
on v.i -u.-rn )■ •• te xt March to battle
tor tie* Stanley cup and for th** right
to < laim fie world - < harnpion -hip.
it w a announced h**re n*( entl>
Tie* .Mamli may be an inter
national attair, a- both Ane*riean and
Canadian clubs an* included among
th• * teams which will play th* Hast
en! and Western championship series
tliis year.
Frank Patrick of Vancouver, presi
dent of the Pacific Coast Hocke> As
sociation. tile Western league, re
cently wrote President Calder of the
National Hockey Association, the
Hasten! organization, asking him to
submit dates for tie* March s*ri**s.
Patrick suggested .March 11 to !7 as
the date for th** opening game
Play in the Hast.rn association
opened Decemh**r 1> Th** 1‘acit'u as
sociation began its r.'P* season Jail.
1 Moth schedules will rut until
March, when the Hast. rn winner- will
come West to play for the champion
ship. I*ast year the big series was
held in the Hast.
Seattle. Vancouver and Victoria are
the clubs in the Pacific Hockey Asso
ciation this year. Portland, which
won the championship three years ago.
has been dropped and Victoria sub
stituted.
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BASKETBALL SEASON
TO OPEN THIS MONTH
CHICAGO. Jan. I The work of de
veloping basketball fives for the 1919
season of the Western conference is
under way. with prospects of a spir
ited race for the championship
The season will open on January 11
with Northwestern meeting Wisconsin
at Madisono. 1'urdue playing Chicago,
and Indiana (lashing with Minnesota
at Minneapolis The race will eon
titiue in full swing until March 1...
when Wisconsin and Indiana will
clash at Madison in tile final game of
the season The majority of the
teams have scheduled twelve games,
the maximum number permitted by
the "ISig Ten.” while the others will
fill out their schedules with the
strong Great Lakes naval training sla
tion five. Notre Dame. Nebraska and
Middle West instructions, i
Critics look for the University of
Wisconsin quintet, the 1918 chain
pions. to place another team of chain
pioushlp possibilities in the field. Tin*
Badger five will again be coached by
Q. S. bowman, whose record is dot
ted with successes. The Wisconsin
men will play the limit of twelve
games, all within the conference.
Basketball virtually is on a self
supporting basis In the conference.
Dr. L. J Cooke of the University of
Minnesota, secretary of the Western
Conference Basketball Association,
believes there will be a revival of the
sport now that all Intercollegiate ath
letles have been put on the ^re-war
program
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