GOLD ROAD IS SOUGHT
B. C. TO PREVENT STAMPEDERS
GOING IN VIA WRANGELL
VANCOUVER, Ii. C.. Feb. 20.—The
establishment of a point of entry to
the Dease Lake district on British
soil and the construction of a road
from that point to Telegraph creek
is the proposa nf the Stewart board
of trade in representations to the
Vancouver board of trade.
“In view of the impending rush
to Dease Lake points, the advisabili
ty of establishing road communica
tion between Stewart and Tele
graph Creek, a distance of approxi
mately 175 miles, is pointed out. At
present the only route available is
via Stikine river from Wrangell
during the period the river is navi
gable. This is the most economical
and direct route to the interior.
During the freeze-up in the fall and
the break-up in the spring the route
is not available for transportation.
This means that the river route can
only be used five months in the year.
The route of the horse trail, which
could be converted into a wagon
road, has been investigated many
times and has been used by pros
pectors and trappers for many
years. Recently two men “mushed”
over the whole route in five days.
Would Divert Travel
The construction of this road, ac
cording to the Stewart board of
trade, would be the means of divert
ing a large proportion of the traffic
entirely through British Columbia
territory, and practically all of it
during the time the Stikine river is
unnavigable.
Without the construction of this
road, it is argued at Stewart, the
whole of the traffic between the sea
board and the Cassiar country will
pass through Wrangell, Alaska, and
the upbuilding of alien interests will
result as it occurred at Skagway
during the Dawson and Atlin activi
ties. The benefits accruing to the
wholesale merchants of British Co
lumbia, it is further stated, by the
completion of this road would be
inestimable.
The rush of prospectors into the
Dease Lake District this spring will
only be incidental to much greater
activities and with added trans
portation facilities knotvn placer and
mineral bearing ground will be ren
dered accessible.”
“For many years,” says the Stew
art letter, “the country has lain
dormant because of the difficulties
of transportation, and with this re
moved new wealth will be produced
and new markets created for the
coast cities.
DISCOVERY MAY MEAN
MUCH TO SUFFERERS
FROM THROAT DISEASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20 —
A metal mirror that will eliminate
most of the dangerous light and
heat rays in treatment of throat dis
eases by the new sunlight method
lias been developed by the U. S.
bureau of standards, it was announc
ed today.
Ultra-violet rays, beneficial to dis
eased tissues when flashed into the
throat in the new treatment, are re
flected better by mirrors made of
the natural minerals, known as
galena, molybdenite, pyrites and
stibnite, two scientists of the bureau
have determined.
Previous experiments had been al
most entirely with the metals and
their alloys, but the results just an
nounced are expected to open new
spheres of usefulness and efficiency
to throat specialists.
The sulphide mirrors do not re
flect much of the infra-red and vis
ible rays which frequently cause
burns to diseased or delicate tissues
in the sun sunlight treatment. The
mirrors are used in an instrument
known as the larygoscope. W. W,
Coblentz and C. W. Hughes, physi
cists, conducted the experiments.
CO-EDS' BARBER SHOP
HAS SIGN ‘NO SMOKING”
YPSILANTI, Mich., Feb. 20.—“This
is a barber shop—no smoking
please,” reads a new sign erected
over a barber shop here.
Twenty-five hundred co-eds whc
attend Michigan state normal school
here in a town of a few thousand
and 2,499 who have bobbed hail
caused the notice. Despite objec
tions the sign remains.
LARRY SEMON BECOMES A BENEDICT
Larry Semon, movie funny man, greets Dorothy Dwan, liis leading
woman, as she arrives from Hollywood at Grand Central Terminal, New
York. The next stop was the License Bureau, and the next after that
The Little Church Around the Corner.
VETERANS TAKE PART IN
DUMPING 4,000 BOTTLES
OF LIQUOR INTO SEWER
MOUNT VERNON, Wn„ Feb. 20 —
Interested spectators at the big
“dumping .act,” when 4,000 bottles of
confiscated liquor were emptied in
the city sewer this afternoon, re
marked upon the willingness of the
local Veterans of Foreign Wars dis
played in their arduous task, assist
ing Sheriff Tip Conn, Prosecutor
Warren J. Gilbert and Judge J. M.
Shields.
For compensation the local com
pany is to receive the proceeds of
the bottle and junk sales, and with
the funds received they are to pur
chase for the Mount Vernon volun
teer fire department an ambroline
kit, one of the recent discoveries as
an aid to sever burns. This kit will
be open to the public free of charge
to any person who might receive
burns of a painful nature. In sev-!
eral of the larger cities, it is related, j
where accidents from burns occur,
they are frequently rushed to the
fire stations for treatment by the
ambroline kit, before being taken
to the hospitals.
Bronze presentation tablets will
also be secured by the veterans to
be placed on the cannon which are
to be brought to this city Sunday
from Fort Casey to be placed on the
courthouse grounds for display pur
poses.
SILENCE FOUND CURE
FOR THROAT DISEASE
LONDON, Feb. 22.—A new cure
for tuberculosis of the larynx (the
upper end of the wind pipe), a form
---—
of the disease which has hitherto
been nearly always fatal, was de
scribed by Sir St. Clair Thompson,
larynoiogist to King Edward, VII.
Sanitorium, Midhurst, Sussex, in an
address to the Royal College of
Physicians.
The chief methods employed are
silence and whispers. By reduction
of the voice to whispers fifty pa
tients were cured. One-third of the
paitents in whom complete silence
was enforced were cured. The
silence treatment is more successful
with women than with men because
of the women’s greater endurance
and patience in the ordeal.
Stephens of Denver will send Bier Illus
trated Trappers’ Book FREE. Tells how and when
to trap and handle Muskrats, Coyotes, Skunks
— all other furs. Game Laws, Grading Kales, etc.
Big demand all Western Furs this season — prices
high. Get ready to trap NOW.
Stephens sells Traps, Animal Baits, Fur
Stretchers and Supplies direct to you at Reck 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 Trappen.
Write for Big Trap Book, Fur Price
List, Market Report, Shipping Tags
— all FREE. Mail Coupon Today. i
Stephens
of Denver
E. A. STEPHENS A CO.,
729Stephens Bldg., Denver,
Send me Big Fur Book, Trap Catalog, Fur Price
List, Market Reports, Shipping Tags — aW FREE.
State
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
South from
Seward
March 14
April 7
March 12
March 31
Calling ar all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports in eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
SH.F, ALEXANDER.
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR WILL SAIL MARCH 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, \*ent
PHONE MADISON 13». SEWARD, ALA8KA
Millionaire Buys Famous
Ghost with Old Manor
James Cox Brady, the American
millionaire, is the owner of a fam
ous ghost. Brady married Lady Vic
toria Perry, daughter of Lady Limer
ick.
He recently has taken over the
historic 600-year-old mansion of Lady
Limerick near Bexley Heath, and
with the mansion goes the ghost of
the Black Prince.
Anaconda Copper Plant
Destroyed By Flames
ANACONDA, Mont., Feb. 20.—The
old and new mills of the Phillipsburg
Mining Company at Phillipsburg,
burned last night. The loss was plac
ed at $250,000, and 250 men were
plans to rebuild, and will start imme
diately, but it will take at least six
thrown out of work. The company
I months to complete the plant.
WIELDS WICKED NEEDLE
AT RIPE AGE OF NINETY
LEWISTON, Pa., Feb. 22.—Amos
Bowen, ninety, celebrated his birth
day in company with his wife after
sixty-one years of happy married
life.
Mr. Bowen was born at Allen
Bank, Bedford county, December 25,
1831, and worked on the farm as
a boy. In 1856 lie learned the tailor
ing trade and worked at it practic
ally all of his life until he retired
to live with the children eight years
ago. He still wields a wicked needle.
!
! Let Morrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
VICTIM APPEARS AS JUDGE
SENTENCES “SLAYER” TO DIE
MILAN, Feb. 22.—A sensational in
cident reminiscent of the Michael
I Arien stories occurred during a mur
I der trial here recently.
A young peasant named Sabatini
i was charged with murdering the lo
J cal butcher, and, although lie vigor
I ously denied that he had killed the
| butcher, he admitted that he had
! struck him during a quarrel, but had
! not seriously injured him. Testimony
I was submitted that the butcher had
! completely disappeared, and that it
| was apparent that Sabatini had dis
! posed of his body.
The judge was in the midst of
I passing the death sentence upon Sa
; batini, when a man rushed into the
[ court room and announced that he
! was the supposedly dead butcher.
“Sabatini knocked me unconscious,”
he said, “and for weeks afterwards
I was unable to remember what hap
pened. I heard of this case today
for the first time.”
The trial was abruptly suspended
for evidence of identification.
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TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENAl
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAl FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
February 17
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
February 23
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 23
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
m Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
J. H.
PHONE MAIN 125
FLICKINGER, Agent
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
ANCHORAGE
McKINLEY PARK ROUTE
ALASKA
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare* on
sale at all ticket offices