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A. Jones, first assistant secretary
the Interior has rendereo a decision
■ li t larlng the claimants to the Detroit
group of coal claims In the Cook inlet
t glon, Alaska, are not entitled to
I tents, according to an announce
ment made at the land commissioner's
"d ee at Seattle. The claims embrace
Hi.00 acres.
Secretary Jones holds that tt dis
covery of outcroppings of eon does
not constitute development wo and
hst “ mere porspecting cann it be
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considered development work.'
The Detroit group of coal cli ns, at
so known ns the McAlpine gi n i>, con
sists of 282 locations made h\ l/etroit.
Chicago and Seattle people nvolves
70 square miles of coal lan In the
vicinity of Homer, Alaska. I he loca
Hons were made in 1905. \ large
number of the locations we- cancell
ed because the locators falli to apply
for patent within the thrm -are al
lowed by law. The remai >g loca
tions were consolidated In half a
score of corporations formed for the
purpose under the 1908 coal law, and
filed In the land office in Juneau on
the last day of the period during which
filings could be made.
In connection with the McAlpne lo- j
cations several prominent men of Chi
cago and Detroit were indicted for
fraud, but they have never gone to.
trial.
W. H. Mackay and Andrew J. M.
Hosom, of Seattle, J. M. Bush ness, of
Chicago, and W. W. McAlpine and
George W. Ross of Detroit, are among
those most prominently known in con- j
neetion with the applications for pat
ent.
JUNEAU CONTRIBUTI TO
BELGIAN Ri IEF FUND
Juneau is raising mom for the re
lief of the starving B inns. The t
nonntions have been gi crons, and
the fund has now reacbei Tie sum of
of $1,000.
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JUNEAU FURNISHING
SOLDIERS FOF EUFtOPE
Steve Stevens, a former officer in
the Montenegrin army, wh 1ms been
in the north north for a long time,
headed a party of Slav thu left June
au recently for the mother country,
where they will take up arms against
Germany and Austria.
MARSHALL CITY IS
NEARLY DESERTED
Marshall City, which a yetu ago was
the scene of much interest, owing to
the reported strike that was made
there, is now a deserted carrti, accord
ing to a letter received on the last
mail from Kaltag. Only two or three
prospectors survive the number of
stampeders who rushed there about
freezeup time in 1913.—Fairbanks
Times.
AYERS’ DOGS ARE
WINNERS OF KACE
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Fred Ayers’ entry driven by “Split
the Wind,” and Eskimo, woi he
Thanksgiving dog race, at N i ie, j
with the entry of Fay Delzene sei •,!.
that of Perry Blatchford third, and die
entries of Henry Riley, James Pn.ir,-1
papas and Glassner Richardson fin
ing in the order named. Protopap.i
dogs were the first to start. They
were forced to break trail, and rani
a good finish in spite of their hand
cap.
THIRTEEN KILLED
IN 1914 FOOTBALL
Thirteen deaths were the toll taken
by football in the United States dur
ing the season which is now practical
ly ended, according to a record be
ing by a statiscian. Only two were
college men. One of these died of
heart disease, and the other from in
juries eceived during a class contest.
The others were members of high
•schools, preparatory or free lance or
ganization. None was more than
twenty years of age, and tackling was
responsible for the greatest number
fatalities.
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Juneau is to have a floral shop—
where flowers will be sold nt Seattle
prices, and Christmas buyers are re
joicing.
POINT BARROW NOW
DARK FOR 72 DAYS
Residents of Point Harrow, the nor
thernmost point of the North Ameri
can continent aaw the sun set Novem
ber 18 for the last time In seventy
two days. The Arctic twilight has
begun and the annual reign of the
lamp at Point Harrow has started.
There is no dectric lighting plant
walrus oil serve ns fuel for both fieat
and light. A coal oil lamp is n lux
ury. A number of years ago there
was n shortage of lamps at Point
Harrow when ever the moon failed
with Its usual contribution of light
during the long northern night and
rifles were traded for the luxury.—
Ex.
STRENGTH OF
ARMIES
The French nrmy consists not of
3,000,000 men, lint double that number.
0,000,000, half of them have been under
fire; 3,000,000, have not left their gar
risons. Few in France realized that
Gen. Toffre holds this tremendous
army in reserve. Every man of this
3,000,000 is under 30, and fully trained
and adequately equipped for battle,
ready to march at a moment's notice.
Opposed to the French, the 3,000,000
hat have been under fire, are not
1.500.000 Germans, but 2,500,000—not
30 army corps, but 56.
With 500,000 British troops and in
the neighborhood of 100,000 Belgians,
the allies have on the western front
3.600.000 men, against. 2,500,000 Ger
mans. Owing to Gen. Joffre’s care
ful nursing of the troops, the forces
actually on the firing line are roughly
equal. Of the French 3,000,000, half
are doing the fighting; the other half
relieve them in the trenches and fill
the gaps caused by the casualitles.
The forces are stretched over a bat
tlefront which now reaches 375 miles.
About 1,000,000 French troops lie
betweelf the Argonne and Alsace. Of
this number the nrmy operating in the
Verdun district totals 400,000. In Al
sace, there are 250,000. The remain
der ore in the lower Vosges passes and
at various points along the Meuse.
The long line from Uhelms to Arras by
way of Soissons and Roye absorbs
most of the balance of 2,000,000, and
lie full 3,000,000 are accounted for
when it stated that the French troops
ire also co-operating with the Brit.
sh around Balinese, Armenieres, and
V nroci
The 6,000,000 strength of the French
irmy is arrived at as follows: The
ictive army includes three classes un
ler the flag of 1,500,000. With these
to the reserve in the active army, that
s, men of the four preceeding classes,
)r 2, 000,000. This gives 3,500,000, all
inder 28. In addition are the first
:lass of territorials (under 30) 500,
>00; and the remaining 2,000,000 are
made up of 1914 and 1915 classes al
ready under the colors (about 1,000,
>00) colonial troops, Algerians, Mor
jeeans, Senagalese, foreign volunteer
rorps (over 400,000, and the Foreign
Legion.
These 6,000,000 could be expanded
to 8,000,000 by a general call to arms,
is was resorted to for the revolution
iry wars in 1793. The additional 2,
500,000 would be made up of territor
ials, between 30 and 45. The question
still remains: Why did Gen. Joffre,
with his tremendous resources In men
allow the Germans to sweep across
Belgium and down to the gates of
I’arisl
Briefly stated, the answer is that
upon the outbreak of the war the
rench concentrated mainly on the
l ast, leaving the northern foits of
lubeuge, Lille, Laon, LaFere and
eims inefficiently manned. When
Belgian army delayed the German
iny at Liege, Gen. Joffre took ad
vantage of this respite and moved an
army to the valley of the Meuse and
the Belgian frontier. He struck, but
under unfavorable conditions.
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RCAD COMMISSION MAN
BECOMES STOREKEEPER
J- C. Hayes, superintendent for the
Alaska Koad Commission in the First
Division pus purchased an Interest in
the Pint Office store at Juneau, and
will iismme the management of the
store, tip new venture, he says, will
in noa e effect either his work or
position with the government.
FOR LUNCH
No'hing hotter then Cracked Cral
Always fresh caught and rooked whei
ordeyed from Jaekson. Phone'6.
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