SEATTLE, Oct. 1.—Mining men
throughout the Northwest, in British
Columbia and Alaska, will be inter
ested to know that preliminary ma
chinery has been set working for the
International Mining Convention,
Seattle session, to be held in this
city from March 10-13, inclusive. The
convention last year was held in Van
couver, B. C., was largely attended
and was an excellent means for bring
ing the various mining interests to
gether for exchanges of ideas and ex
periences.
Glenville A. Collins, a civil and
mining engineer of Seattle, has been
chosen as permanent convention
chairman with Moncrieffe Cameron
of this city as permanent secretary.
Committees on finance, entertain
ments, exhibits, publicity, etc., have
been chosen tentatively and organ
ization work is proceeding rapidly.
Of particular interest will be the
exhibits with the other composed of
mining machinery, implements, etc.
No efforts will be spared to make
these exhibits the most comprehen
sive of their kind ever assembled in
the Northwest, and to that end the
largest public hall in Seattle will be
used during the entire convention
sessions, seating arrangements being
such that 6,000 persons may be ac
commodated.
Arrangements also are being made
to obtain the presence here of min
ing men of international reputations
to the end that the program as finally
made up may prove a powerful draw
ing card. Temporary headquarters
have been established in rooms 1316
and 1317 L. C. Smith building, Seattle.
LONDON, Aug. 29 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—The United
States consulate has been a verita
ble Tower of Babel this month. Cos
mopilitan London has been pouring
a varied array of nationals into the
American gateway in England with
the single hope that they be allowed
to go to the United States. It’s a
case of many knocking and few enter
ing. however.
No one is allowed to go unless he
or she has a good reason for being
in the United States. The wealthy
Britisher who wishes to escape after
war conditions here and see a country
he has heard so much about recently,
is in the same category as the Italian
or French waiter who wants to seek
a job ‘’out there.” But if anyone
has anything to sell—those cases are
in the great minority, however, as
few people in England have anything
now that is needed in the United
States—or if they wish to go to pur
chase, they are given every facility.
Every morning an hour or so be
fore the consul opens a line of aliens
forms. Often there are from seventy
five to a hundred in the queue, and
more keep coming. An average of
nine out of ten will be disappointed.
A British woman, evidently ot
means, and just as evidently lacking
diplomacy, made no attempt to con
ceal her irritation at standing in line
an hour and a half. Her reason,
she said, for wanting to go to the
United States was to visit some rela
> fives.
“Is your presence in the United
States necessary because of the finan
cial condition of your relatives?” the
examiner asked her.
“Certainly not,” rather haughtily.
“Then I cannot grant you a vise.”
The young examiner was then de
luged with threats, but it was of no
avail.
The next applicant was an American
officer who also wished to get a vise
for a girl with him whom he said he
intended to marry when they reached
the United States. Her type raised in
the mind of the examiner the ques
tion whether she would he gladly re
ceived by the mother of the young
man. Her case was held up for con
sideration. The young officer doubt
less is home, as he expected to sail
n within a few days, and the fiancee
has not presented herself since.
We always have a supply of
pasteurized sweet milk and cream on
hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian
buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 187.
REMOVAL OF
NAVAL MINES
IS DANGEROUS
LONDON, Aug. 20 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—The American
navy is having a tremendous task in
sweeping the North sea of the 56,000
electrical and highly-sensitive mines
they planted there. Explosions by
electricity are the methods now em
ployed. Some were sunk very deep
•—as deep as a submarine could go.
Each mine was fitted with anten
nae suspended by floats so that the
huge field was not only charged with
mines, but had also become a mass
of sensitive feelers to explode them.
Should a submarine come in contact
with an antennae the mine at a short
distance away at the end of the an
tennae would explode.
The problem has been to explode
the mines far enough away from the
sweeper to insure safety and also to
forestall the danger of the explosion
of a mine at a safe distance causing
another close to the ship “going off.’’
The vessels in sweeping use special
electric cables several hundred yards
j long. Operation of a system of elec
{ trie appliances prevents the mines
from exploding if the ship strikes an
antennae, but when the electric wire
touches the antennae it blows the
mines up at a safe distance from the
boat. Hundreds are being destroyed
by this method.
Aside from the danger and tedious
ness of the task, bad weather is add
ed to the hardships of the American
sailors.
About seventy-five vessels are em
ployed. the majority of them Ameri
J can. Subchasers help by rounding
up drifting mines that have broken
from their moorings and sinking or
exploding the mine by firing a shot at
it.
No one should be without an elec
tric plate, especially the kind with 3
different heats. Northwestern Hard
ware Company.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
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Keist Furniture
Company
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Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
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Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
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Do you know the Horseshoe
Billiard Hall carries one of the
most complete stocks of Tobacco
and Cigars handled by any store
in Alaska?
We have special facilities for
storing tobacco to preserve its
strength and insure it reaching
you in perfect condition. You
will find your favorite brand
here, moist and fragrant.
Standard Brands of
Cigars
including large sizes in the
Mozart, Lovera, Optimo, Up
mann, Roi-Tan and La Prefer
entia.
2 for 25c
$6.00 per box of 50
A.
Popular brands of Smoking To
baccos in tins, such as Velvet,
Prince Albert, Tuxedo.
3 for 50c
$2.00 per dozen
We carry a full line of Pipes,
Tobacco Pouches and other
Smokers’ Accessories.
THE HORSESHOE
BILLIARD HALL
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SHOE REPAIRING
Shoes Dyed, $1.25
Ladies' Shoes half-soled $1.50
At Hubbert’s Tailor Shop
STEVE OROS
Piv*nc 130
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JUST RECEIVED
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LIVE CHICKENS]
Good Friers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOEFREY
Phone 22
WINDSOR HOTEL
L. WALN, Prop.
WHERE YOU GET
COMFORT AND SERVICE
And the Rates Are Right.
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