For the Prospector
Can you make an accurate compass survey of your
claim?
The strange minerals you find in the hills—^can you
determine what they are with the blow-pipe?
Do you know how to test your ore for various meth
ods of concentration such as amalgamation, cyani
dation, jigging, table concentration and flotation?
Do you know how ore bodies form and their habits?
If you do you can pick favorable areas for prospect
ing and eliminate much dead work.
Would you like to be able to assay your ore for gold
and silver?
Will not these aids better your chances of putting a
new mine on the map in Alaska?
TUITION IS FREE
This is the nature of the work the prospector takes up
in the Mining Short Course at the xVlaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines.
The first short course of 10 weeks duration begins No
vember 3rd. The work is repeated in another short
course beginning February. 2nd.
The charge for books and supplies used, totals about
$25,00 for the complete course.
Work is offered in geology, mineralogy, mining meth
ods, ore dressing, and fire assaying.
There are no educational requirements except the abil
ity to read and write.
This is not a dressed-up course. Bring along your wool
shirt and overalls. You will need them.
CHARLES E. BUNNELL
President.
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ASSISTANCE TO LIVESTOCK
INDUSTRY NOW PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.—
Assistance l'or the livestock indus
try through the existing financial
agencies and through a new land
policy to permit grazing on unap
propriated public domain were rec
his agricultural commission in a pre
omraendeti to President Coolidge by
liminary report.
A later report will deal with pos
sible additional relief through re
vision of transportation charges and
a protective tariff. The committee
said it wished to emphasize now that
“the welfare of agriculture also de
mands an early and also thorough
revision of the flat rate structure.”
Declaring existing agencies can
handle the livestock financing sit
uation, the commission declared the
federal intermediate credit banks
‘ should assume the full responsi
bility by aggressively and sympa
thetically undertaking to cover the
field and thus support and supple
ment the normal financing of live
stock paper.”
The only legislation suggested was
amendment of the agricultural credit
act l oehminate the provision that
prohibits rediscounting by federal in
termediate credit banks of loans ne
gotiated by federally chartered agri
cultural credit agencies.
In recommneding use of the pub
lic domain for cattle grazing, the
commission suggested that a uni
form policy for grazing on national
forests and public land be drawn up
by a committee on which the live
stock industry would be represented.
Meantime the commission declared
no increase should be made in graz
ing charges.
Desiring to present to congress at
the earliest possible date recommen
dations as to farm legislation, Presi
dent Coolidge invited members of
the agricultural comission to the
White House for a breakfast table
discussion of views of the com
missioners as thus far developed.
The breakfast discussion related to
the whole work of the commission,
the prospects for early completion of
the work and the legislation needed
to carry out the commission’s recom
mendations.
j * nswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
EOY 17, SLAYS SELF
AFTER REPREMAND
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Francis Rus
sell, 17 years old, yesterday shot and
killed himself after his father, a po
liceman, had repremanded the boy
when some wine was found in his
posession.
Egg prices during the present win
ter are the highest on record, taking
the country as a whole.
Are you a subscriber to the Daily
Gateway? If not ,why not?
DEFAULTING CASHIER’S DEATH
NOT A SUICIDE, SAYS FAMILY
WENATCHEE, Jan. 29.—Accident,
rather than suicide, is claimed by
the family to have caused the death
of Clarence B. VanSlyke, 29, cash
ier of the Miners’ and Merchants’
Bank of Chelan, who was found un
conscious and his automobile brok
en to bits at the bottom of a steep
200-foot rocky canyon at the lower
end of Chelan gorge the other day.
Van Slyke’s death came on the day
after defalcation of $45,000 in the
bank’s account had been found by
bank examiners, blame for which he
had assumed.
J. A. Van Slyke, father of the dead
man, has issued a statement to the
effect that his entire fortune is
available for the protection of de
positors. The bank was closed that
day by Bank Examiner F. R. Amende,
of Olympia, but early opening is now
predicted.
Amende, in making the elder
Van Slyke’s announcement, said in a
statement that Clarence B. VanSlyke
met his death in an automobile ac
cident.
Coroner D. Jones, of Wenatchee,
lias investigated and no inquest will
be held. Eearlier statements that
ValSlyke left his wife a note saying
lie planned to “end it all” now are
clouded by denials. Members of the
family, according to Coroner Jones,
point out that the road was icy
where the car went off and say that
the dead man’s trip to Chelan Falls
was to see a creditor who owed him
some $7,000 and that he hoped to ob
tain it to partly cover the defalca
tion.
VanSlyke took out a large amount
of life insurance about six weeks ago,
it is said.
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SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS, HIGH
GRADE CANDY
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
Feb. 4th
Mar. 4
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 12th
Mar. 12
South from
Seward
Feb. 15th
Mar. 15
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports in eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Paci/ic Coastwise Jervice
^ADMIRAL LINE
ALEXANDER.
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STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMSHIP STARR WILL SAIL FEBRUARY 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
SEWARD, ALASKA
PHONE MADISON 13*.
FORD MOTOR CO.
LOOKS FOR BIG
YEAR IN 1925
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 31.—The ex
pansion program carried out by the
Ford Motor Company during the year
just ended in which business condi
tions have been more or less, unset
tled, reflects not only the company’s
own faith in the future of the auto
mobile industry, but also an optim
istic outlook generally. It has built
new manufacturing plants, new as
sembly plants and a mammoth engi
neering laboratory with here and
there a few finishing touches remain
ing. It has carried our extensive de
velopment of hydroelectric power and
has put into service its fleet of boats.
In every respect the company enters
the New Year better equipped than
ever for the production and distribu
tion of motor cars.
In industrial buildings the company
has added six million square feet of
floor space. This is an increase of
more than 25 per cent during the year
and gives it a total of more than 20
million square feet of floor space or
slightly more than 470 acres under
roof.
Most of the additional space was
added by new assembly and manufac
turing buildings and additions com
pleted during the year at ten of the
company’s branch properties. Chief
among these was the Twin Cities
Manufacturing and Assembling plant
at St. Paul which like the Chicago
plant, will have an assemblage of 500
cars and trucks a day.
Newr plants were erected at Mem
phis, Charlotte, Jacksonville, Dallas,
and Louisville, the production capac
ity of the Kansas City plant was dou
bled, an addition was made to the Ok
lahoma branch to permit the building
of bodies, a newr sales and service
building was completed at Salt Lake
City and a new branch was establish
ed and assembly plant constructed at
Norfolk, Va.
With the launching early in the year
of the Henry Ford II and the Benson
Ford, giant motorship freighters, and
the acquisition of the steamers Onon
daga and Oneida, the company inau
gurated its own water transportation
on the Great Lakes. After utilizing the
k
boats during the summer and fall in
carrying iron ore and lumber from
the north to the Rogue River plant,
the Onondago and Oneida were trans
ferred to ocean service and are now
carrying automobile parts to South
America and domestic branches along
the Atlantic coast.
Columbia Uni^ersit*. with over
32,000 students, has the largest en
rollment of any university in the
world.
Eastman Kodaks and Supplies at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Brunswick Radiolas, the Radiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
Stephens of Denver will send Bit? Illus
trated Trappers’ Book FREE. Telia how and when
to trap and handle Muckrats, Coyotes, Skunks
— all other fura. Game Law's, Grading Rules, etc.
Big demand all Western Furs this season — prices
high. Get ready to trap NOV/.
Stephens Boils Traps, Animal Baits, Fur
Stretchers and Supplies direct to you at Rock Bot
tom Prices; saves you 3 to 14 days’
time and Big Money on transporta
tion. DENVER is the closest and best
fur market for all Western Trarpcrs.
Write for Big Trap Book, Fur Prico
List, Market Report, Shipping Tags
— all FREE. Mail Coupon Today. t
Stephens
of Denver
E. A. STEPHENS & CO., _
729Stephens Bldg., Denver, Colorado
Send me Big Fur Book, Trap Catalog, Fur Price
List, Market Reports. Shipping Tags — all FREE.
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FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
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PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
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ALASKA
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Sail
Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward from Seward
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
Feb. 28th.
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 2S
Mar. 7th.
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
Mar. 7th.
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Freighter Nabesna is scheduled to sail from Seattle Feb. 5, and
will call at Seward if sufficient business is offered.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
mckinley park route
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare) on
sale at all ticket offices