1 WILL TEST
When Dr. Alfred H. Brooks leaves
over (he trail for the coast .and the
outside, says the Fairbanks Times, he
will take with him a small sample o.
lignite coal, taken from the Nenana
fields by Thomas Riggs, Jr., on his last
trip to that district. Tbe coal is to be
taken to Washington, where it will be
examined and analyzed for the Alaska
engineering commission by the bu
reau of mines. There is no question
that the Nenana coal is a high grade
of lignite but the commission wishes
to have an authentic report from the
bureau of mines.
When interviewed yesterday re
garding the Nenana coal. Dr. Brooks
said that it had all of the chemical
qualities necessary to flood lignite
coal, and the only thing lacking, in
the way of determining the values of
the fuel, is the steaming test. As the
navy is not interested in the coal, it
Is impossible to iflake a steaming
test, as it would cost about $40,000,
and tbe departments have not seen fit
to set aside this amount. As soon,
however, as the railroad is running
through the new coal field, the govern
ment will have an opportunity to give
the coal a steaming test. - ~
t In sDeaking of tests. Dr. Brooks
said that the people of the Interior
ought to give the coal a fair trial,
before offering any criticism. Sev
eral years ago, he says, the people
of the upper Yukon river declared
that tbe coal found there was not suit
able for any use: but later it develop
ed that the coal was of substantial
commercial value, and at the present
time it is used on the White Pass
railroad. The reason that the coal
was declared to be worthless at first
was because the people neither had
' suitable boilers nor stoves with which
to give the fuel a fair test.
When the operators of the Fair
banks district start using the Nenana j
coal, it will be necessary for them to
get suitable grates and apparatus or
they will find the fuel impracticable.
Dr. Brooks has not had an oppor
tunity to visit the coal fields in many'
years, but he has a storehouse of
information regarding the conditions
in the Nenana.
When the railroad is completed, Dr.
Brooks thinks that the Nenana coal
will be landed here so cheaply that i
! it will be used by the majority of the |
JJp^onleJ in preference to the high I
i grade anthracite, which will be mined
i in the Matanuska.
MILLARD TALKS
FOR DELEGATE
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Senator B. F. Millard, when re- i
quested for a statement concerning 1
the action of the Seward Peninsula !
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Republican candidate for the next
ielegate election declared that he had
?iven the matter but little considera
:ion as he believed that the election
was too distant for politics to begin
warming up and that he was a very
busy man in connection with his mrn
ng business.
The action of the Nome republicans
s believed to be based on an incident
which happened in Valdez last fall
'ollowing the returns of the election
showing that Judge Bunnell had been
iefeated. At that time Senator Mil
ard told the Judge that he had stayed
jy him to the finish and believed that
le himself could have been elected if
iiven equal support and stated that he
would probably be the republican can
lidate at the next election, when Bun
lell would have the opportunity of re
timing the favor.
After reviewing the political sttua
ion in Alaska as he sees it, Senator
Millard made the following statements
•egardlng his possible candidacy:
"I feel very grateful to the Repub
Ican club of Nome for their endorse
nent of me for Delegate to Congress.
“I am not prepared at this time to
lefinitely state what action I will take
lolitically during the next campaign,
t is too early in the game and many|
hings depend. Among them I
night mention the condition of the
epublican organization throughout the
Rates, what policy they propose to
pursue and what degree of harmony
they succeed In bringing about, busi
ness conditions In early spring will
have a bearing on my decision. Then |
again should Secretary Lane succeed
In getting through his proposition of ^
establishing a commission to take
charge of all federal affairs in Alaska J
there will not be much left for a j
delegate In congress or the Territorial
legislature to do thereafter.
“At this time 1 am not an avowed j
candidate for any office and much de-1
pends on conditions 5 months hence.]
If the Democrats, Repulicans, Social
ists and Wlckersham men put a can
didate in the field the outcome will !
be somewhat uncertain, but I am in
clined to believe the Wlckersham ,
crowd would win out.
“I will say what Alaska needs both
in Congress and the Territorial Legis
lature are men who are broadminded
enough and have a stamina to ad
vocate a square deal for both capital
and labor."—Weekly Miner.
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HOW CASH WAS
SPENT IT
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George Dooley, chairman of the com
mute which had the recent smoker for
the boys of the Prometheus in charge
submits the following account of the
receipts and disbursements made un
der the direction of the committee.
The balance shown will probably be
used up at the next smoker given by
the Fire Department or perhaps turn
ed over to the fund for the ball park.
Receipts.
Northern Saloon .$20.00
Mint Saloon . 20.00
O'Brien &- Simpson . 20.00
Cordova House . 20.00
Windsor Hotel . 12.00
Mecca Saloon . 20.00
Horseshoe Saloon . 20.00
H. A. Slater . 20.00
Alaskan Hotel . 20.00
Subscription at Smoker . 22.65
Modern Laundry . 5.00
Cordova Co-Operative Store .... 5.00
Nortwest Soda Co. 5.00
Northern Market . 5.00
Blum, O'Neill Co. 10.00
Geo. C. Hazelet . 5.00
Hub Bollinger . 1.00
Ed. Kelter . 2.00
Cash .50
Geo. Harmon . 100
Tony Bertin . 100
Vic. Sicott . 1.00
A. A. Cloninger . 1.00
Bob Ferrell . 1.00
Ed. C. Dean . 1.00
A. Lunde . 3.25
H. Berger . 2.00
J. Littlejohn . 1.00
Jack Steen ...'. 1.65
Total . $245.05)
Disbursements.
Mr. Schutze, Main Bout .$33.75 ;
Wm. Sharkey. Main Bout . 33.75 ;
Horseshoe Billy and Geo. Ito.
Bar Exhibition . 10.00
Northern Saloon. Refreshments 12.00)
O'Brien & Simpson ” .... 12.00:
Alaskan Hotel ” .... 12.00;
Cordova House ” .... 12.00
Mint Saloon ” 12.00
Northwest Soda Co ” .... 5J>0
Mecca Saloon ” .... 12.00
Cordova Co-Operative store ... 6.50
The Blum. O'Neill Co. 7.15
Northern Salon. Refreshments. . 12.00
Dan Stacey, Labor . 5.00
Jack Terry, Labor . 5.00
Windsor Hotel. Refreshments.. 12.00
Boss Baker. Bread . 3.00
Northwestern Hardware Co.,
Merchandise . 1.35
Eagle Hall. Rent . 15.00
Horseshoe Liquor Co. 14.00
Total .1235.50
Balance on Hand . 9-55
Total .$245.05
Respectfully Submitted,
George Dooley. Chairman Com.
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NOTICE.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
On and after November 2nd, 1915.
will close at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Banking hours will be from 9 A. M. to
3 P. M. Open during the noon hour.
The Ilium. O'Neill Co. received a
car load of apple on the last boat
direct from the orchard.
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Delivered or by mail only a year, If
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NOTICE.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
On and after November 2nd, 1916.
will close at 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
Banking hours will be from 9 A. M. to
3 P. M. Open during the noon hour.
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Furnished Home to let, 6 rooms and
bath. Apply at Bank.
Empress Theatre
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 48.
THE MEANS AND END —
An Essenay Two Act Drama.
FATTY AND THE SHYSTER LAWYER—
A Kalem Comedy.
Admission 25 Cents First Show Starts at 8 p. m. Sharp
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can be accomplished 11 _
when a great clothing
organization turns to special
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That is the reason for the
new kind of values in
Styleplusdi-iy
Clothes,
“The same price the world over.”
Just as skilfully styled as higher-priced clothes.
Carefully selected all-wool fabrics, hand
tailoring to complete the high-grade appear
ance. A suit of the better kind. Why? Be
cause the maker's plan of specializing on one
suit makes for economy and higher quality.
No other store in town sells STYLEPLUS.
Come in. Styles for all. Specials for young
men.
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