SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
A manual training class has been
started at Valdez. It meets at Every
man’s club house.
E. Coke Hill, the Ruby attorney,
has been reappointed as assistant to
the district attorney. His headquar
ters will be at Ruby.
The beluga whale is still at large in
the Yukon river. It is said that he is
in very poor condition, as fish are not
very plentiful.
The Seward Gateway says that six
airplanes will be stationed at that
town when the government estab
lishes their airplane base there.
At a recent meeting of the Seward
city council a bid was paid for some
thing over $3,000 for work done on the
glacier stream near that town.
Charles W. Jones, formerly editor
of the Alaska Railroad Record at An
chorage, is now traveling in South
America in the interests of a Chicago
banking house.
The Nenana Commercial club is
agitating to get the road commission
to build a wagon road from that place
to the Kantishna country, where there
are many good mineral prospects.
The cafeteria for the workmen of
the government railroad has become
so popular at Anchorage that break
fast is no longer served at the mess
hall, as the men prefer eating that
meal at the cafeteria.
R. F. Spicer was recently adjudged
insane at Valdez. He claimed to have
been drugged while serving as a jury
man a couple of years ago and lately
he has been out after the scalps of
the Guggenheims.
Plans are being worked out to pay
off the indebtedness on St. Joseph’s
hospital at Fairbanks. The debts
amount to about |40,000. If some
arrangement can not be made the ^
place will have to close down. I
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There is a lost horse wintering in 1
the upper reaches of the Tolat river
in the Kantisha country. The horse 1
has been seen by several prospectors.
He has a halter on his neck. He was
in good condition and it is thought
he will come through the winter all
right, as there are bare patches from
which the snow has been blown where
he can feed.
F. D. Browne, engineer in charge of
the work at Nenana for the Alaska
railroad commission, recently went on
a tour of inspection on the road be
tween Fairbanks and Nenana. While
on the tour he picked out'sites for the
engineering and construction camps,
supply and feed depots which are
soon to be established along the Ne
nana-Fairbanks branch line.
“The New Native” is the name of a
new paper at Hydaburg, published by
the class of journalism of the gov
ernment school there. Boyd Nakathla
is advertising manager. The circu
lation department is in charge of Gide
on Duncan. The paper is under the
general supervision of Marius Hand
some, school principal. The Name
“New Native” was chosen for the
paper because the natives of Hyda
burg have forsaken the old ways and
embraced the customs of civilization.
At a smoker given by the Nenana
Commercial club the members of the
club and other guests were enter
tained by a diversified program. What
would seem to us the most interest
ing thing on the program was an
action song by a bevy of young ladies.
Tfe Nenana News says: “The squad
was in undress uniform of the United
States infantry, without blouse^; the i
field marshal alone being fully
dressed. To the inevitable encore the 1
beautiful squad was led into action '
once more by their charming com- (
mender find the last verse of the song ,
was rendered." After this unrestrict- (
ed view of so much female loveliness, '
the speech made by John A. Davis of <
'the bureau of mines at Fairbanks, ad
vocating the establishment of a cen- '
tral power station at Lignite to sup- '
ply the surrounding country with ,
electricity must have been rather an ,
anti-climax. These smokers are to be |
given periodically, but it is not known i
whether the same number will be on <
the bill or not. 1
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Job printing at Dally Times office.
AT VALLEY FORCE
Makeshift Abodes Afford
ed Little Shelter to Pa
triot Army.
NEW standards of comfort, even
luxury, were established by
the government in building
:he soldiers’ barracks in the great
nllitary camps. The men's sleeping
luarters, top instance, were designed
ty experts to meet a special demand,
tnd the sanitary problems have been
vorked out with the greatest care.
When Washington’s army, after
itruggling through the snow, reached
Barrack of Waihington’a Day.
Galley Forge, they found little or no
ihelter. Even Washington slept for
several days under canvas. The sol
llers were set to work at once to build
shelters to protect them against the
ntense cold. A prize of $12 was of
'ered by Washington for the first hut
:o be completed in the quickest and
nost workmanlike manner. The huts
svere built of logs cut in the neighbor
ng forest and at first covered with
:anvas and later with straw.
INAUGURATION HAD TO WAIT
Why George Washington Wae Not
Formally Made President Until
April 30, in 1789.
Although March 4 is the date 6et by
law for the ceremony of the lnaugura
:lon of our presidents, there was one
iccaslon when the rule was not ob
served, for George Washington was ln
lugurated on April 3Q, 1789, instead of
darch 4.
When the Constitution had been
-atlfled by the requisite number ol
states the Continental congress by
■esolution of September 13, 1788, set
he first Wednesday of the following
darch (March 4, 1789) as the “time
for commencing proceedings” under
he new form of government.
Owing to delays of various kinds,
mch as difficulties of travel, etc., mem
ters of the first congress were very
ilow to assemble in New York, and a
inorum of both houses was not ob
alned until April 6. The counting of
he electoral vote, the notification of
Washington of his election to his high
•fflce, and his Journey from Mount
fernon to New York took until April
13, and his inauguration was set for
tprll 30.
pis term of office was, however, con
itrued as having commenced on March
., the date set by the Continental con
fess for the inauguration of the new
government, and so it came to an end
in March 4, 1793, although it Tacked
learly two months of the four years
irovlded for by the Constitution.—
Jew York Times.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
Notice ia hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing oe
tween W’lJJnm Crooker and Charles
Mathews in the operation of the
launch Wait has been dissolved. All
accounts due will be collected and all
bills payable will be settled by Will
iam Crooker. The operation of the
Waif hereafter will be by Mathews
&. Arnold. Regular trips to Katalla
and way points.
MATHEWS & ARNOLD.
Dated Feb. 6, 1919.
NOTICE
The registration book of the town
of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the corner store, Michelson & Cur
rier building, First street, Cordova,
every day from 12 o’clock noon until
8 p. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. ra. Saturday, March
29, 1919.
C. H. LAMPREY, Registrar.
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