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, cy ani
mation, 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 geld
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,
BROTHER MEETS SISTER;
SEPARATED 42 YEARS
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NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Frederick
Kemmer, of Cleveland, made certain
when his sister, Mrs. Jane II. Tuf
nail arrived from England on the
Caronia that she would recognize
him after a separation of forty-two i
years. He wore a huge semi-sand-1
wich sign sign inscribed;
“Frederick Kemmer, Cleveland, j
Ohio.”
Forty-two years ago Kemmer,
then a youth, left his home, at
Gravesend, England, to emigrate to
the United States. He settled in
Cleveland and never returned to his !
birthplace.
Recently his sister decided to
visit him. He feared that time had
changed the features of both so that
recognition might be impossible.
Hence the identification card lie
were.
CHARCOAL GAS MAY BE
GASOLINE SUBSTITUTE!
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Swedish en
gineers are working hard to solve
the problem of using charcoal gas as
a fuel for automobiles, motors and
railway locomotives, according to
Horton, Norway, advices to the Am
erican Chemical society.
“They consider the question of
great importance since charcoal is
very cheap in that country,” says
the report. “It is estimated that
there would be a saving of 50 per
cent in the fuel expenses of rail
ways, as compared with steam en
gines.
“The experiments are based upon
a German patent, using a small pro
ducer with accessories mounted on
the motor car. These gas motors
will be installed and given a prac
tical trial in a series of locomotives
on some of the Swedish government
railways. A large truck manufac
turing company intends to start sim
ilar experiments on its cars.
JURY OF BOOTLEGGERS
GIVES DEATH SENTENCE
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 11.—
Two Weehawken men told in court
the other day of a “bootleggers’
trial,” in which they were sentenced
to death by a “jury” of alleged rum
runners and of being rescued by the
so-called “king of the bootleggers”
as they were about to be thrown
into the Hudson river.
The men, Thomas Heagnev, a fire
man, and John Dorsey, were witness
es in the trial of twelve Hudson
county men on indictments for con
spiracy to violate the prohibition
law.
Those under indictment are Will
iam Griffin, Jersey City broker, al
leged leader of the gang; Police
Commissioner Harry J. Stearnsfi of
Weehawken; Captain McNamee, of
the Hudson county police, and two
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
Feb. 4th
Mar. 4
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 12th
Mar. 12
South from
Seward
Feb. 15th
Mar. 15
Calliug 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 Jervice
^ADMIRAL LINE
ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT»ikJkW*«tiMB*gBg
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER SflTARR WILL SAIL MARCH 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
SEWARD,
PHONE MADISON 13».
ALASKA I
-jm.manamS
'lieutenants and seven patrolmen of
! the Weehawken police force.
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS
HAVE POOR SHELTERS
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WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 11.—
With zero weather just around the
I corner, 40,000 United States sol
diers are living under canvas or
under temporary roofs and within
flimsy wooden walls with no better
shelter in sight.
This was the bleak picture of
I army life revealed bv Secretary of
| War Weeks in his annual report to
! the President, requesting immedi
ate initiation of an adequate army
housing program.
j One army post, characterized as
(typical of several others, was de
scribed as lacking in bath and toilet
j facilities. “Such a condition is hard
ly conceivable and is certainly not
conducive to sanitation or morals.”
CLEVER MAGAZINE ISSUED
BY MADHOUSE INMATES
j LONDON. Feb. 11.—A magazine
written and edited by lunatics has
been started in England. Some
cynics may say that there is noth
ing new in this, judging from some
of tlie exhibits on the newsstands,
but these lunatics are actually in
an asylum, and are not merely lit
erary bugs. They are inmates of
the City Mental Hospital at Hum
berstone, Leicester.
The patients’ magazine, which con
tains both prose and poetry, is never
edited or censored by saner outsid
ers. A recent number of the maga
zine contained some verses on the
buttercup and a sociological study
captioned “Should Married Women
Work?”
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' GOVERNMENT TRAPPER IS
EMPLOYED TO ERADICATE
COYOTES IN THIS STATE
; WATERVILLE.—The services of
ja government trapper during the sea
son of 1925 have been assured in
(Douglas county by a cooperative
agreement entered into the Coun
ty Commissioners, the County Game
Commissioners and representatives
of the Biological Survey.
County Agent Zentner wlil cooper
ate with tlie government trapper in
securing poison stations and in gen
erally outlining the work of coyote
eradication. The county will secure
the revenue from pelts during that
period of time when financial assist
ance is necessary from the county.
Brunswick Radiolas, the Radiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
Eaton, Crane, Pike Stationery at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Remington Portable Typewriters at
the Alaska Shop. tf
AIRPLANES FRIGHTEN
JAPAN’S GAME ANIMALS
TOKIO, Feb. 11.—Unless the ani
mals in the game preserves of Tega
nuraa take more kindly to aviation,
naval planes from the nearby air
station at Kasumigaura may have
to quit flying over the hunting
ground.
Many animals, it was recently dis
covered, were leaving the preserved.
It was found that the reason was
that they were frightened away by
the noise of the seaplanes flying
over the district.
Protests were lodged by the pre
festural authorities, and, unless some
way is found of inducing the ani
mals to return and stay on the
reservation, orders will be issued for
bidding the planes to fly over the
preserve.
BRITONS HOPE TO CALL
INDIA ON PHONE SOON
| LONDON, Feb. 11.—A few months
ago it was considered an ambitious
undertaking when plans were an
nounced for a telephone service be
tween London and Berlin, a distance
of GOO miles. Now, however, British
post office engineers are giving seri
ous consideration to the practicabil
ity of constructing new lines and
linking up existing facilities with a
view to enabling conversations to be
held between London and cities in
India.
| In some quarters it is stated op
timistically that London and Ran
goon might be connected by phone.
This distance is no greater than
that covered by the circuit involved
in the Havana-Los Angeles wire.
| It is from the perfecting of the in
strument known as the “repeater”
[that long-distance telephony for Eu
rope is hoped to be developed into a
commercial success.
HUSBAND DESERTED HER
16 TIMES, SHE DECLARES
WASHINGTON, D. €., Feb. 11.—Her
husband abandoned her and their
children on sixteen distinct occa
jsions, alleged Mrs. Pearl E. O’Brien,
who filed suit in the district court
again Edmund J. O’Brien for a
limited divorce and alimony.
Plaintiff also alleges non-support
and cruelty and declares that on one
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occasions, defendant “beat and chok
ed her.” They were married at Al
exandra, Va., July 20, 19is, and have
three children, whose custody is re
quested by the plaintiff.
MAN USES AXE ON SELF
IN EFFORT TO END LIFE
THE DALLES, Ore., Feb. il.—Al
fred Dillinger, retired land owner of
| this city, recently locked himself in
I his basement of his home, placed
; his arm on a chopping block and
nearly severed it at the wrist with
a blow from an axe; then he slash
ed the jugular vein in his neck with
the axe. This done, lie seated him
self on. a box and awaited death
from loss of blood. He was ob
served by his wife who chanced to
glance in a basement window. Aid
was summoned, the door broken
and the injured man removed to a
! hospital, where it was said that his
recovery was doubtful. Despond
jency, due to prolonged ill health,
I was given as the reason lor the act.
—
George Williams of Golden City,
| Mo., caught a five-pound bass in
j side of which was found a $20 golc
j piece.
| Coming up, St. Patrick's Day dance.
Ths Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday ami Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KEN/1/
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Alaska
Yukon
Alameda
ALASKA
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
February 7
February 14
February 21
Feb. 28th.
March 7
.March 14
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
February 14
February 21
February 2S
Mar. 7th.
March 14
March 21
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 14
February 21
February 28
Mar. 7th.
March 14
March 21
Steamers in the
in Southeastern
above schedule will make all regular ports of call
and Southwestern Alaska.
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
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