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 Alaska 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.
YOUTHS GLAD TO
GET BACK HOME
FOREIGN SHORES
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22.—The tale
of the disillusionment of an expedi
tion of twenty Americans, mostly
young men from southern California,
who left here last May to seek ro
mance and adventure in secluded by
ways of the Orient ,was told by the
last of the party who recently return
ed home. They, as had the rest of the
group, made the return trip by a de
vious route, doing menial tasks aboard
steamers after having been stranded
for months at Singapore where their
romantic complexes were shaken by
fevers and privation.
The returning adventurers offered
a strange contrast to the debonair
party which set sail on the President
Van Buren with the intention of ob
taining motion pictures of the queer
folk and animals in the wilds of the
Orient. An “ape man” was to be
filmed for the benefit and enlighten
ment of American audiences. The
itinerary included a side trip to the
Isle of Bale, where a few choice
scenes were to be taken of the in
habitants offering one thousand babes
to the gods on an altar of fire. These
pictures were to be sold to defray
expenses.
The party was headed by Carl P.
Winther, and associated with him was
William Bals, who professed to have
had great experience in the Orient.
The former’s wife and little daugh
ter, a child of ten, were with the
party and shared its hardships.
The voyage to Manila passed with
out incident, but at Singapore their
troubles began. Money sent by Los
Angeles backers failed to arrive and
the travelers were without funds.
When it did arrive dissensions arose.
Then the backers backed down and
out and a local hotel turned the ad
venturers into the streets.
The American consul helped as
much as he could and arranged for
quarters for the party in an unused
school. But the conditions became
worse. Several were attacked by fe
ver.
Heroic methods were used to raise
funds, but there were odd jobs in
Singapore for Americans. W. E.
Boerg, of Peoria, 111., secretary of the
expedition, who had been something
i of an amateur boxer, had an idea he
might earn a few dollars by fighting
| in one of the frequent cards at the
athletic club in the European colony.
Boerg obtained a match with Harry
Smythe, a Chinese boxer, and on the
day of the fight came down with a
fever. He climbed in the ring, how
i ever, and lasted four rounds. The
expedition’s coffers were enriched by
840 in Mexican money.
A few months ago tne exodus from
j Singapore began, every man for him
! self, and they filtered into Los Ange
les and home singly or by two and
threes. All are now safely back in
the United States except Winther
i and Rais, who remained in Singapore.
BEGGARS BUY
RADIO SETS
AND AUTOS
' 1
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22.—That pro
fessional beggars make as high as $15
a day on the streets of Los Angeles;
that they ride in automobiles of ex
pensive make, buy jewelry and musi
cal instruments, and even hire assis
tants to watch for the police while
they work are some of the things dis
closed in recent trials of mendicants
in police courts here.
One blind woman testified that she
and her husband, also blind, drove to
Los Angeles in a hired car and driver,
and that in this city she made as. high
as $16 and $18 per day of three hours.
She said her best week netted her $S6
but denied that she collected $300 a
week as reported to the court.
“I am informed that you bought a
radio set some time ago that cost $500
and other expensive luxuries,” said
the court.
“Yes, your honor, I guess that is
correct.”
“I have also been told that you re
cently purchased a monkey.”
“Yes, I did buy a monkey.”
“How about a parrot?”
“Yes, I bought a parrot and a ca
nary too.”
She then admitted that she and her
husband has paid $1700 for a new
automobile; a watch and a diamond
ring; a roll top desk for $105; a fan
for $25; a player piano for $485; and
a banjo and saxophone for $180. She
also admitted that occasionally they
bought a wee drop of stimuluants to
banish dull care from sightless eyes.
Another woman informed the court
that she conducted this blind woman
to and from her hotel daily and stood
watch for her for which she received
$3 a day.
“Los Angeles people are certainly
good spenders,” remarked the court,
after he had warned the couple to get
out of town in their $1700 auto.
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 Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
Jan. 7th Jan. 15th Jan. 18th
Feb. 4th Feb. 12th Feb. 15th
Calling at 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
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STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMSHIP STARR WILL SAIL FEBRUARY 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
KEYSTONE VIIW CO.7 WW.YO»K‘
MAUD ADAMS DEVOTING LIFE
TO SCIENCE
Maud Adams, known to everyone
as the stage star supreme, and por
trayer of “Peter Pan,” who is devot
ing her life to science. She has
caught the Peter Pan “never get old
j spirit,” and is using her energy in
her new pursuits. Some time ago,
she retired from the stage, and went
to work secretly in a laboratory. She
has now come to New York, and up
in the theater district, she is in a
locked room wih a few trusted aides,
working out on some secret scien
tific experiment, which will benefit
mankind, as have the discoveries of
Mme Curie, Louis Pasteur, Thomas
Edison and others.
WATER APPROPRIATION
GRANTED GOLD BAR MAN
(Ry Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Wn., Jan. 22.—Over
protests by the town of Gold Bar,
the state supervisor of hydraulics
today granted a water permit to J.
\V. Wickstrom of Gold Bar for an
appropriation of three second feet
of water from Olney creek, a tribu
tary of Skykomish river in Snohom
ish county.
The right granted by the permit
| were assigned by Mr. Wickstrom to
i
the town of Startup and the wa
ter diverted will b1 used for tne
municipal water supply. The cost
of the system is to be $25,000, ac
cording to the application filed by
Mr. #Wickstrom.
There is sufficient water in Olney
creek for both towns, the super
visor of hydraulics found after an
iuvi sligation of the protest hied by
the iown of Gold Bar. •
The era of prosperity is yet here.
The suckers had a good roll this
time.
if you don’t get your paper before
six o’clock please phone us and one
will be sent by special messenger.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
Steamers jn 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
Vessel—
Alaska
Yukon
Alameda
Alaska
Yukon
Alameda
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 2S
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