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I Ranging in price from $50 up to $3000, and 600
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THE HOTEL
CHITINA
ENLARGED AND COMPLETELY RENOVATED
SPACIOUS LOBBY STEAM HEATED
CAFE AND BAR
The Comfort Home of the Interior
T. W. CLONING HR ... A f ,
proprietor Chitina, Alsaka
final DANK Uf IUKUUYA
CAPITAL STOCK 126,000
4% on Time Deposits
Our Stockholders Are
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
JAFET LINDEBERG
DESPOSITORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
ALASKA STRONG
IN STATES
"The dntn is broken and the stream
Is running now for Alaska. We have
the sympathy and support of Con
gress, and the Nation," said Delegate
Wlckershain in n epoch before the
territorial legislature. “The whole
country wants Alaska opened up, but
you must keep after them, all the
time."
"Interlock your laws with those of
Congress. Amend them, take from
them, but bring your laws within the
scope and control of the Legislature.
Do not be afraid of your powers.”
“Oo ahead and do right, but go
ahead.”
"When you want a Congressional
law changed, pass your bill. Ily so
doing your have helped your country,
for you voice the people’s wishes, and
you have put yourself on record for
something that Congress cannot deny
you.”
"The compiled laws of Alaska, at
least many of them, are meagre. It
is clearly within your power to change
them. Money Is the only thing to
stand in your way, but you can carve
your way out of the difficulty by action
In concert.’
SPRING FUR SALE ‘
WAS A FAILURE
After having passed the usual fall
and winter fur snle periods Lampson
& Co., of London advertised an auction
sale for March 24th, and the affair was
practically a failure.
There waR no sale whatever for
mink skins. Marten, lynx and red
fox skins sold for 40 per cent off the
prices last March, while beaver sold
35 per cent under last year’s market.
Rear skins alone maintained the same
vnlue.
This simply means that until the
present war is ended and the people
can recover from their enormous ex
penditures that furs are considered
too great a luxury for general purchase
and the fur market is dead excepting
for local use. It is a matter of serious
importance to Alaska and the interior
in particular.
SENTINELLflSSOEO
IN ARMORED BOA
(By Associated Press Correspondence
PARIS, March 20—The Becond lieu
tenant of a battalion of Alpine Chas
seurs tells how the lasso was util
ized against the Germans in the Vos
ges.
“We occupied a wooded knoll,” he
says, “bo well placed the Germans
couldn’t thing of taking it by assault
so they set their miners and sappers
to work. They arrived thus within
a few yards of our nchetres and had
the audacity to place a sentinel there,
well protected in a sort of armored
box with loopholes in it. There was
no way of driving him out. One day
a chasseur who had seen life on the ,
American plains, asked permission to ,
try his hand with a rope. At mid- ,
night he slipped out of the trenches \
and crept close enough to throw a \
slip noose over the box, then an
other and another before the German
realized what had happened. With ,
the aid of a number of comrades the ;
box with the German in it was dragged
into our trenches.”
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LIVE STOCK IN
DIFFERENT CITIES
(By Associated Press Oorrespondence
PARIS, March 20—The Opinion com
pares receipts of live stock at the
Paris stock yards with the receipts at
Berlin on February 4, taken from the
Tageblatt:
PariB Berlin
Steers . 1,317 110
Cows . 715 256
Bulls . 235 248
Calves . 708 1,566
Sheep .9,367 716
Hogs .4,308 18,228
The Opinion attaches considerable
significance to the relatively large
number of calves and small number
of beeves received at Berlin.
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NEW YORK HUNTERS
TO RETURN TO ALASKA
Harry Karstens this morning re
celved a telegram from H, Carey
Morgan in New York City, the young
eastern millionaire who hunted in
the McKinley country country all last
fall and winter, directing him to con
tlnue to hold the dog teams here,
This would Indicate that the eastern
financier and probably others are
coming to Fairbanks before the snow
goes off. Karstens has been holding
the dogs for a number of weeks or
evgr since Morgan wired from Den
ver on his way back east to hold
them for another trip Into the hills.
Morgan's activity Is presumed to be
connected with an Important mining
deal in the upper country which he
had up before leaving here.—Fair
banks News-Miner.
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DRINK IN RUSSIA
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
PETROORAD, March 20—The ban
ishment of table wines by the gov
ernment edict has brought to the fore
i beverage which seldom has been
used outside the peasant's cottage. It
Is “kvass" Though It closely resembles
lager been in color. It Is more like
American root beer In taste, and Is al
so nonintoxicating. The favorite
brand Is prepared by a special treat
ment of Russian black bread. It Is
now served In all the restaurants.
Another incidental curiosity about
Russian fare, is the fact that the
American griddle cake makes its ap
pearance In Russia for one week only
In the whole year. That week Is the
me proceeding Lent. The griddle
Jake is disguised as a special luxury
under the name of "blini.” It is eaten
plentifully at any or all meals during
the week. It Is served with a garnish
of caviar, thick sour cream and melted
butter. The ordinary complement
per person Is a dozen or fifteen "blini,"
but a stranger is told that the rule is
that a person should keep the plate
up to the height of his chin as he sits
it the table. After the "blini,” which
ire served as part of the hors d’ oevres
comes the usual lunch or dinner
course.
LINGUISTIC ALLIANCE
IS BEING REVIVED
[By Associated Press Correspondence)
PARIS. March 20—The idea of a
inguistlc alliance between French and
English speaking peoples, which was
proposed more than twenty years ago
uid strongly advocated by Charles
Itichet and H. G. Wells, has been re
vived. Albert Dauzat In the Temps
•esumes the proi>ositlon submitted by
Paul Chappelier in 1900 to the Inter
national Congress for the teaching of
'oreign languages, as follows:
"By virtue of a convention between
Ireat Britain and the United States
>f America, the teaching of English
ihall be obligatory in France, and the
:eachtng of French in the United
States and Great Britain in all pub
ic schools.”
Monsieur Dauzat points out that
f this proposition should be realized
french and English would become the
■ommon idiom of countries having
i population of 180,000.000 and that
mccessively millions more in coun
ries under French and British pro
ectlon.
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If you are looking for a nice cool
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WITH JLFAFJ
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Superintendent Gasser, who has
charge of the government experi
mental farm at Rampart, recently re
turned from n trip to California and
left over the trail for his home In the
interior.
He left last fall with Mrs. Gasser on
a six month's leave of absence to at
tend college at Berkeley with special
attention to plant life. Speaking of
his work the coming year he states
that he will attempt to breed an alfal
fa hardy and rich enough to bo practi
cable In this country for stock feeding
purposes. He will combine a yellow ^
variety which is short but very
hardy with the common Grimm alfal
fa, noted for its nutritiousness, and
believes the experiment will succeed
as he has raised both separately be
fore this.
The Rampart station will also have*
a new greenhouse this season, 60 by
35 feet In size in which the propaga-*
tion of strawberries will likewise be
especially tried this year by Prof.
Gasser.
Last fall for the first time this
station succeeded in bringing to ma
turity a wheat. It was sowed May
11th and was cut August 15th, fully
ripened and ready for harvest. Cho
gat wheat it is called and it was im
ported from Siberia through the Rus
sian government.
The Lulea, Sweden, government
farm, like the Rampart station, is
just 65 miles south of the Arctic
circle and these two are the two most'
northern farms in the world. Each j
one receives the other's reports, but
Prof. Gasser is in hopes that some
day the government will see the ad
vantage that would accrue from an ex
change of visitors from these two sta
tions who are seeking to solve the
same problems under almost equal
conditions. At Rampart there are 320
acres of which 40 are in cultivation.
Supt. Gasser has been there for 7
years and Is under Prof. Georgenson of
Sitka, chief of Alaska stations.
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SMALL GUN ME
EFFECTIVE SHORT RANGE
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
PARIS. March 20—A curious cir
cumstance of the war was the as- ■
fllgnment of Colonel Rimailho, the in
ventor of the G-inch gun, to a regi
ment using the famous 3-inch gun.
The reason for this was that in the
earlier operations the smaller weapon
was more numerous and the more
useful. In the war of siege that fol
lowed the battle of the Marne, how
ever. the “Rimailho," as the 6-inch
gun is called, found its opportunity
in the longer range of fire and in
the necessity for a heavier projec
tile than that of the 3-inch gun. The
“upheaval of the enemy's trenches”
and the “domination of the enemy's
artillery," frequently noted in the of
ficial communiques, are largely to the
credit of this gun.
The old 6-inch gun of the French
artillery fired a shot every four min
utes; the “Rimailho" fires four shots
each minute, and the projectile
weighB 95 pounds.
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J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
’hone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
For Sale
Four big groups of fine copper
properties on navigable water on
Prince William Sound. Large
amount oj shipping ore in sight on
these properties and ore could be
taken out at once In from two to
three places on each group to help
the expense of opening same up.
Prices and terms reasonable,
S. A. HEMPLE,
Valdez, Alaska.
THE ARCTIC
LUMBER CO.
Still In Business and Carry
LUMBER OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS
And Building Material
Prices Made on Orders for
Material
THE MODERN LAUNOBY
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FANCY FLANNELS AND
STARCH WORK OUR
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The assets were increased One hundred and Thirty-flvs
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Accident and Sickness Claims of $28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of $33,463.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid immedltely on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was $116,209.26.
The Company's yearly Income was increased to $41S,
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