SEATTLE READY
SEND SOLDIERS
TO TERRITORY
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MORE 40,000 MEN COULD BE SHIP.
PED TO ALASKA INSIDE OF 30
DAYS IN CASE OF WAR.
PLATTSBURG PLOTS PLANS
Army Men Work Out Problems Wthile
At Seattle—Winter PfSatts
burg Training.
Forty thousand men, 2,000 officers
and 5,000 horses could be transport
ed from Seattle to Alaska in thirty
days to defend the territory in case
of invasion by a hostile enemy.
These figures have just been work
ed out by instructors and students
of the Seattle Winter Plattsburg as
a part of their course on problems
facing the quartermaster department
of the army in time of war. Class
meetings are held on the first and
third Thursdays off the month in the
€hamlber of Commerce at 8 p. m.
Enrollment Increases.
The Plaftslburg study courses are
being given under the direction of
Major Frank McDermott, quarter
master general of the SeattJ Winter
Flattabung, with Captain 0. Jackson
instructor in charge. Nearly forty
more men are enrolled this year than
last.
The men and horses for Alaska’s
defense could all be sent there in
vessels now available in Seattle and
other ports, students were informed.
Half the men and horses could be
landed with the thirty-day limit at
Cordova and the other half at Anch
orage. In addition, space would be
available on the vessels for trans
porting all maintenance and military
supplies necessary.
A. F. Haines, chief of the water
transportation division of the Win
ter Plattsburg, and his assistant, L.
F. Root, are conducting the course.
Other ^Problems.
It hais also been determined at the
study sessions devoted to railway
transportation problems that 84,000
men, 2,500 tons of equipment and
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Glass, Locks, Hinges,
Stockholm Tar,
Hyd. Lime,
Plate Glass,
Colors,
Chimney Brick,
Varnish,
Corner Bead,
Mirrors,
Medusa,
White Atlas,
Keens,
Metal Lath,
Cedar, Oak, Maple,
Arch Brick,
Fire Clay,
Plaster Paris,
Hickory, Iron Bark
Beaver Board,
Gal. Cor. Iron,
Pulleys,
Flooring,
Fir, Spruce, Maple,
Ceiling,
Rustic,
Roof Pitch,
BB1. Lime, Paints.
Glass Cutting,
Terps, Oils,
Fibered Plaster,
Stains, Putty,
Corner Lath,
Belting, Cement
Doors,
Windows,
Lumber,
Fir Lath,
Fire Brick,
Spruce Finish,
Mouldings,
Z-Lath,
Plaster Board.
Mahogany,
Roof Paper,
Building Paper,
Asbestos Paper,
Shingles,
Sash Rail,
Fir Finish,
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Standard Oil Products, Rubber Matting, White Sand,
ASBESTOS STRIP SHINGLES, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS,
METAL BASEMENT SASH AND FRAMES,
Sidewalk Coal Hole Covers Sidewalk Walk Lights, Etc.
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There’s a glorious welcome
awaiting you in California.
Warm,sunswept beaches,
fascinating cities, zestful
mountain resorts—join
happy thousands at these
delightful playgrounds.
And the trip is so easily
arranged. From Seattle,
through sleepers daily to
San Francisco and to Los
Angeles. Reduced round
trip fares, too.
Learn more about the
Shasta route journey south
ward. Read of the service
on any of the four popular
daily trains over this route.
—The comfortable accom
modations; the tempting
food in Southern Pacific
dining cars.
(jetxhis further information; write now for booklets,
fares, reservations, schedules, etc., to
Southern Pacificlines
B. C. TAYLOR, Gen. Agt.
314 Union Street ♦ Seattle, Washington
stores and 10,000 horses and moles
could be delivered to Seattle from
€hicago veTy five days with existing
railroad facilities. Capt. I. B. Rich
ards, well known Northern Pacific
transportation official and cihieif of
the railway transportation department
of the Plattsiburg, is in charge of
these courses. *
For every 40,000 men and 5,0(10
animals landed in Alaska, there
would be required 2,000 buildings
of the standard type to house them,
according to figures worked out by
Col. C. H. Alden, Plattsburg chief
of construction, and students in his
classes. The buildings would require
nearly 30,000,000 board feet of lum
ber. v
Length of time required to build
the Alaska camps will be consider
ed at future meetings.
Nathan Eckstein is assistant sec
retary of war of the Seattle Platts
burg.
CONFESSED SLAYER SAYS
VICTIM FOUGHT TO KEEP
MOUNTAINS FOR HIS OWN
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 4.—It
was because Alex Ducharme, for 10
years a trapper in the lonely Chilco
Lake district, feared a gold rush
would drive him from the wild little
kingdom which he had come to re
gard as his own, that he started a
quarrel w hich resulted in his own
death, November 3, last.
This, at least, is the story which
Fred Cyr, charged with the mur
der of the old hunter, told friends
in William’s Lake, B. C., before he
felt there to guide a Coroner’s jury
to the grave of the man he ad
mitted shooting.
It will take the jury at least two
wekes to make the trip.
Cyr ha dmushed all the way in to
the Provincial police post at Hance
liam’s lake, to give himself up after
the tragedy.
The journey took him nine days.
He then told Constable McRae that
the dispute which had resulted in
the fatal shooting had been over a
trap line and that he had shot in
self-detfens.
The story is dramatic in the ex
treme. -VS the Coroner and jury I
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■'were about to leave for the scene
Cyr painted a picture of Duchanne
as an old man Who wished to live
out his life in the wilds he loved,
unmolested by human company. Al
though he has done some trap
ping, Cyr, it transpires, is a pros
pector, and i twas tales of a new
Eldorado on the shores of the fif- i
ty-mile Chilco Lake that drew him ■
to the district.
But when Cyr reported to Du- I
charme, whom he had encountered
during one of his trips, that he j
was on the way toward a strike, |
the latter raged at him. He feared
a rush of miners.
After many wordy battles the quar- j
rel had its climax in a duel in the !
silence of the wilds, according to j
Cyr, between the old trapper armed
with a United States Army rifle and
Cyr with a 25.20.
It is into this story that the Co
roner’s jury will inquire after a
hazardous trip by pack trail, on
snowsboes and rowhoat to the
westerly end of tumultous Chilco
Lake—where court will be held.
Photo Albums, ?1 to $9—Alaska
Shop.
f
IGE BEFORE BEAUTY
In Chicago & woman of 91 is men
tioned as wincing a prixe in a beau tv
contest, thus indicating that comeli
ness is not wholly a matter of years.
Hie lady in this case, however, was
certain to be as old as she looked,
although not as young as sh efelt.
NEW YEAR’S PARTY AT
TOWN OF WOODROW
A pleasant New Year’s party was
enjoyed at Woodrow Wednesday af
ternoon and evening, when Mrs. H.
P. Starr.acted as hostess to seven
teen, most of whom ■were children.
Attractive gifts were presented to
each one of the guests; refreshments
wer served, and games and dancing
indulged in.
WATSON DUE WEDNESDAY A. M.
The Admiral Watson, of the Paci
fic Steamship company, which vessel
is noiw to the westward, is sched
uled to arrive in port Wednesday
morning, according to recent advices
received at the local office. The
Admiral Watson will await here the
arrival of Wednesday evening’s train
from the Interior, proceeding south.
CAL M. BROSIUS
Builders’ Supplies
C.M.B.
Piping and Fittings for
Power Plant Construction
5000 feet 2 1-2 double extra strong steel pipe, in random
lengths, 12 to 30 feet each; each length fitted with
square machined, four-bolt flanges. One end of run
grooved, opposite end and outlet tongued with steel
machined bolts, hexigon heads and nuts.
3000 feet 1 1-2 double extra strong steel pipe in lengths
12 to 30 feet each; each length fitted with square ma
chined four bolt flanges. One end of run groved, op
posite end and outlet tongued, with steel machined
bolts, hexagon heads and nuts.
500 assorted 1 1-2 and 2 1-2 steel four bolt flanges, elbows,
tees, crosses, return bends, divided return bend§, re
ducing companion flanges, flange unions, globe and
angle valves, etc.
The piping and fittings are in first class condition, ready
for immediate delivery F. O. B. mail steamer Starr,
at Portlock, Port Chatham, Alaska.
Our price will be, based up Walworth Manufacturing Com
pany’s factory catalog price F. O. B. Boston, Mass.,
thereby allowing the purchaser the cost of the freight
from the Aatlantic Coast to Alaska.
Will sell all or part of above piping and fittings and fur
nish list of quantity of different sizes on hand, upon
request.
Alaska Consolidated Fisheries, Inc.
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PORTLOCK, ALASKA