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 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.
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Y. M. C. A. ANNOUNCES
NATIONAL PLANS TO
POPULARIZE SPORT
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Feb. 9.—The program
for the 1925 series of what is said
to be the largest group of national
and international indoor competitions
in the world, was announced today
by the Athletic Leagues of The Y. M.
C. A.’s of the United States and
Canada.
These events, according to Dr. John
Frown, jr., secretary of the Y. M. C.
A. Athletic League of the United
States, will begin in February and
extend over a period of months.
Their purpose, Dr. Brown points
out, is to engage the masses, the ac
tive participation of thousands who
ordinarily would not enter contests
and to develop in the individual an
all-round ability. The plan largely
does away with difficulties of time
and expense involved in travel, while
at the same time the rules and scor
ing systems applied make possible
an eminently . fair competition
among contestants who, in the case
of many of the games, may be as far
away from each other as the two
oceans.
February and March are to be giv
en over respectively to the senior and
junior hexathlon competitions in
which, last year, 27,873 different men
and boys took part in 36 states, the
District, of Columbia, and eight Can
adian provinces.
Other events scheduled include:
State bowling tournaments, Feb. 23;
national bowling tournament, March
20; basketball tournament, March 26.
27, 28, at Detroit, Mich.; international
all-around swimming tests for men
and boys, April 1-June 15; swim
ming championships, April 3, 4, al
Cincinnati, O.; volleyball tournament
May 8, 9, at Des Moines, la.
Among new features to be added
this year is the four-wall handball
tournament, the finals of which will
be played April, 23, 24, 25, at Cleve
land. The national basketball free
throw tournament, another new
event, will be contested Feb. 2-16, and
is open to colleges, public schools
athletic clubs, Sunday schools and
playgrounds. This eve; ‘ 11 as beer
endorsed by Wiwanis inte. uationa
and is being promoted with their co
operation.
The basketball tree throw contest
originated last year in the Y. M. C.
A. at Charleston, S. C. Within two
weeks 11 states in the soutli were in
cluded in the Dixie championship. In
dividual finals resulted in a tie be
tween I.. M. Sack of Vanderbilt Uni- j
versity, and It. H. Stephenson, a sail
or stationed at Hampton Roads, Va.,
each scoring 63 baskets out of 75
trials. Called to sea duty, Stephen
son was unable to compete in the
throw-off and the James Allen trophy
was awarded to Sack, who shot 61
baskets. Southern Y. M. C. A. Col-.
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'lege at Nashville, Tenn., won the
team honors.
PATRIOTIC WOMEN
PURCHASE HOME OF
BETTY WASHINGTON
(By Associated Press)
FREDERICKSBURG, Va„ Feb. 9.—
j America’s newest national shrine,
j Kenmore, the mansion that was the
home of Betty Washington Lewis, on
j!y sister of George Washington, is
1 to he dedicated May 1, and President
Cociidge has been asked to attend
[the ceremony.
In the drawing room of the historic
house a simple ceremony, on Jan. 1,
marked the transfer of the last $1,
000 of the purchase price of $30,000
1 to the former owners, and the prop
erty passed into the possession of
the Xenmoie Association, a national
oiganizai.on with headquarters her*.
Three \<.ars ago the property was
about to I e cut up into bu • i. v lu»e
ai.d sold when a group of v-omcm, :lp
r e enting the \ashing o > Lewi?
Chapter oi the Daughters * Am
erican i;n< ution. (oncelve! lie idea
of ( t. (‘lasii g the estate and vererv
ini; u for posterity. Acco;u'.ngtv tia
Kermere Association wa-' organ...'d
and an active campaign was car.*!
to evjrv state in the Union.
Kenmore was built in 1752 by Col
onel Fielding Lewis to be the home
of his bride, and it was there that he
and Betty Washington lived for many
I years. At that time the mansion
I house of an 80-acre farm, it now oc
cupies a quiet and dignified spot in
the residential section here. State
ly and imposing without, its interior
walls are adorned with stucco work
which George Washington himself de
| signed and had executed at his or
ders by Hessian prisoners of war.
j True to the older type of colonial
j buildings, there is no veranda, or
'porch; steps lead directly into the
] front entrance. The drawing room,
where the presentation exercises were
’conducted a few days ago, was the
gathering place of the flower of col
onial aristocracy, and later, when
the new nation was born, it was the
scene of many celebrations in which
; both American and French officers
I toasted the victories won.
The Kenmore Association now
plans to raise additional funds as an
endowment to insure the care and
maintenance of the mansion for all
time.
SEVEN DEATHS IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Only seven
more deaths directly or indirectly at
tributable to the storm which today
has greatly abated, were reported in
New York State during the last 24
hours. Temperatures throughout the
storm swept area were gradually ris
ing.
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Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Service
^ADMIRAL LINE
H.FALgyANDKR. PRESIDENT|
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
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR WILL SAIL MARCH 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE fc 'DiSON 13*. 8EWARD, ALASKA
tiNOCRWOOO A UNOER''":'’0. N..V.
TIBETAN BUDDHIST LEADER
DISAPPEARS
Photographic copy of painting, by
Sviatoslav Roerich, a noted Russian
artist, who has just come to New
York from Tibet, of the Tashi Lama, j
spiritual head of the Tibetan people,
whose mysterious disappearance has
caused a sensation throughout the
Far East. This is the first time a j
Tashi Lama has disappeared, and j
there is no satisfactory explanation \
of the affair, according to Mr. Roer- j
ich, who adds that Tibetans believe j
it is the precursor of great changes, i
as according to their old prophecies, !
such an occurrence marks a new
epoch in the world’s history the com
ing of a new spiritual leader on
earth. I
U. S. BUREAUS' TEST
PROVE GERMICIDAL
POWER OF THE SUN
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.—
In tracing out the reasons why sun
light has power to destroy germ life,
a fact long known and put to use
by every housewife who has “aired
out” things, the Bureau ot Standards
and the Public Health Seivice have
produced positive germicidal results.
A public document now in course
of publication, by W. W. Coblentz
and H. R. Fulton, research men as
signed to the work, recounls findings
in the field which' will be oi special
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wKuc ro professional and scientific
workers.
It was long ago established that
the germicidal power of sunlight
came largely from its actinic or invis
ible rays, and for the sake of the ex
periment, there were produced in
measured quantities and characteris
tics by heated mercury vapor, and
screen thru quartz lenses. The Pub
lic Health Service furnished large
quantities of germs for the Jesting,
one type, bacterium coli communis,
being that which is most frequently
encountered in sewage tainted water.
The germ colonies, properly expos
ed to the rays, were found to die in
less than one second, in some cases
The scientists worked out the mor
tality produced by each different
wave length of the invisible light
rays ,and have compiled the detail of
their findings in the document which
will be shortly available.
RUTH IN TRAINING CAMP
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Babe Ruth
left today for Hot Springs, Arkansas,
for a boiling out preparatory to the
opening of the ball season. He plans
to do most of his training on a golf
course.
Remington Portable Typewriters at
the Alaska Shop. tf
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENAI
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
Scheduled Scheduled
Vessel— Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward
Alameda January 31 February 7
Alaska February 7 February 14
Yukon February 14 February 21
Alameda February 21 February 2S
ALASKA Feb. 28th. Mar. 7th.
Yukon March 7 March 14
Schedule
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 2S
Mar. 7th.
March 14
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.
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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 wreekly
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
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mckinley park route
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sale at all ticket offices