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The Washington correspondent ol
, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Is fur
nishlng that paper with lots of news
In reference to Alaska's new govern
ment trunk line. His latest story
follows:
Now that gossip Is going about that
the government may purchase the
Copper River & Northwestern and the
Alaska Northern railways In Alaska
the owners of these properties are re
celving visits and letters from numer
ous persons in Washington offering to
aid. on a liberal commission basis, in
j putting through the deals.
It is quite apparent that J. P. Mor
'gan, of the Alaska Syndicate, has not
listened to the siren song of any ol
these gentlemen. Wherein he Is
wise. Those who know Secretary
Lane, who would have to do with the
negotiations, know very well that i(
the government does decide to do any
railroad buying, the negotiations will
be conducted directly with the prln
cipals and not through any agents.
It will be noted that Mr. Morgan has
made three trips to Washington in
person on the matter. The Alaska
Northern people, for many reasons,
are keeping aloof, but it is understood
that they are willing and even anx
ions to sell.
“Who owns the Alaska Northern?'
is the question put to a member ol
the Alaska engineering commission
recently.
“All right,” was the reply. “Who
owns the Alaska Northern? What's
the answer? I have never been able
to find out.”
In any dealings with that road the
government would have to untangle
considerable legal difficulties, for the
ownership is somewhat clouded. The
property itself is now in the hands ol
trustees named to protect the bond
holders. The bonds, aggregating
, some four or five millions, w'ere among
the assets of the Sovereign Bank of
Canada, and with the other assets of
that inatltutlon were taken over by
n group of twelve Canadian banks
and have been placed by them In a
holding company. This holding com
pany Is made up largely of the repre
sentatives of the twelve banks. It
would appenr then, that the banks are
the ones with whom to deal, and
they are reported to be getting de
cidedly interested In the situation,
hoping to realize on the bonds.
It is learned here that while the
Alaskan engineering commission has
made no valuation of the Copper Rlv
or & Northwestern as previously Btat
ed In the I’ost-Iutelllgencer, It yet hns
secured an estimate as to the cost of
putting both the Copper River *
Northwestern and the Alaska North
ern trackage In first-class condition
These figures nre said to be between
$400,000 and $500,000 for the Copper
River & Northwestern and $250,000
for the Alaska Northern.
The high figure on the Alaska North
ern, considering its length, is due to
the fact that the road has been so
long idle. Nevertheless, the opinion
prevails In official circles that the
Alaska Northern could be secured at
a bargain, and that the money Invest
ed in putting the track in shape would
be well spent.
No one believes here that the ad
ministration will ask this congress the
full sum necessary to purchase both
roads outright. " A great deal of pre
liminary work would have to be done
before any deal could be completed,
nnd nn appropriation at the long ses
sion, beginning next December, would
come in ample time.
The authority to purchase existing
lines of railroad In Alaska is given to
the president in the following portion
of the dct:
“To purcahse, condemn or otherwise
•acquire upon such terms as he may
deem proper any other line or lines of
railroad in Alaska that may be neces
sary to complete the construction of
/(ine or lines of railroad designat
ed or located by him; provided that
the price to be paid in the case of
purchase shall In no case exceed the
actual physical value of the railroad.”
Members of the House committee on
naval affairs have become greatly in
terested In Alaska by reason of the
glowing report Secretary Daniels made
of the Maryland tests of Matanuska
coal. The whole naval coal problem
has been very much before the com
mittee. and much attention has been
paid to the high cost of transporting
Atlantic coast coal to the Pacific for
use by the fleets there. While the
Panama canal has operated to reduce
that cost materially, the commute still
fleets that the coal bill for the Pacific
Is high, and is anxious to secure the
early opening of Alaska coal fields for
naval purposes.
ADVERSE DECISION IN
COAL CLAIM APPLICATION
The local land office has rendered an
adverse decision In the application
of the Matanuska Coal Mining and
Development Company, for title tc
1290 acres of coal lands in the Matan
uska district. The group of claims
under contest is generally known at
the Munley group. Judge M. G. Mun
ley, of Portland, interested in the
Punter bay cannery, was one of the
claimants, and other Protland and
Spokane men were interested. Pat
rick Walsh, of Spokane, had the con
trolling interest.
The hearing in the case was held
here on depositions taken In Washing
ton and Seattle, and the charges pre
ferred by the government that the Jo
cators did not make preparations foi
the mining of coal ware sustained
I here.
u is saiti me defendants admitted
hat no mine had been opened, but de
Hared that development work dom
three years ago entitled them to tl
■tie under the act of 11)04, known ai
the Alaska Coal Land act.—Juneai
Umpire. ,
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THE PRESS IS POWERFUL
The persistent and pathetic appeal)
of tlie Ketchikan papers for “bait'
may he said to he responsible for tin
immense schools of herrings whtcl
are crowding the waters of Tongas)
Narrows.- Douglas News.
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You can buy a pair of Gold Sea
12-iuch Shoe l’acs at $3.60 now at S
Blum & Co.
DOCS HUNT FOP,
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A1X LA CHAPELLE, Jnn. 7—(Cor
respondence of the Associated Press)
—The records of the German Ked
Cron Cross department show that so
far, after a record of nearly four
month of warfare, not n single wound
ed man hns been overlooked on a
battlefield searched by "Red Cross
Dogs." As a result of this the term
"man's best friend.” which is often
applied to dogs, has real significance
to the German soldier today. Many
a wounded soldier, French. German
and English alike, has to thank one
of these dogs for the preservation of
hiB life. Had it not been that the
^og had found him and summoned as
sistance he might have died.
It has been shown that all breeds
of dogs may be trained for this pur
pose. The majority employed by the
German Red Cross are Dobermanns,
German Shepherds, Rottweilers and
Airedale Terriers. There are repre
sentatives of other canine families,
however, and not a few would be
classed as "curp." In fnct, some or
the mixed breeds have distinguished
themselves for the rapidity with which
thqy have learned their business. A
breed known in Belgium ns "police
dogs,” has also done well.
Many Red Cross dogs had been
trained by the 0* rman army before
the war broke out. In this case
training had s ailed when the dog
was about six months old. For about
six months after the dog has been
taken in hand he is taught no more
than to obey his master implicitly.
After that his “professional” educa
tion begins. Since the outbreak of
the war it has been necessary do train
dogs in a shorter period,, and in many
cases this has been done with the aid
of another dog, who, in addition to
being an expert Red Cross worker,
had also the quality of not being mis
led by his apprentices. When a dog
is trained in this manner he is paired
with a veteran, and soon begins to un
derstand what is expected of him.
Nevertheless the schooling of the an
imal requires much attention on the
part of the master.
The dogs are trained under a sys
tem In which patience and kind treat
ment are the principal elements.
Again and again the master of the
dog will take the animal to a man who
similates being wounded, or who,
nowadays, actually is slightly wound
ed.
Whether or not the scent helps the
animal to find the wounded is an un
answered question. It is believed
that such is the case, but in training
the dog this is not taken into consid
eration. The dog is taught to search
the field by Inspecting every bush
and ditch.
The dogs are brought on the ground
by a man from the Red Cross com
pany, who, as a rule, has from two to
four of them on a leash. When the
man considers the field safe for the
dogs he turns them loose with an ap
propriate command, and then attends
to such wounded as he can find him
self.
After a while the dogu return to
report. The manner in which the'
dogs do this depends upon their own
traits. So far it has been found very
difficult to prevent the dogu from bark
ing when he has found a wounded
man and instead teach a signal that
would indicate that he had found one.
This is hardly needed, however. As
a rule th^ dog returns to his master
with a sauntering gait and shows
neither excitement or eagerness to
fii» union is ainerent
when his search has been successful
In that case the dog generally come*
; tearing across the field, circles about
his master and runs back and forth
in the direction of where the man
has been found. The Hed Cross
man then follows the dog, gives tin
wounded man first aid, and makes nr
rangements for his removal to tin
field dressing station or ambulance.
When the ground Is difficult and
the area to be searched small, or
when the lines of the enemy are still
too near, the Hed ('roes man keeps
one of his dogs on a long line and
searches tire field in this manner.
Well I guess so Feb, Gth.
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