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Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
PROF, DRAPEAU'S
 FLOWING PICTURES

Professor Charles Drapeau, ldit2rod's $ famous banLmaster and arrlsemenc GIre2- tyr and .Ma,ka'S most noted c2rnet player surprised hl: l.&ny oId friends l3.t Sa5'r- G..y afternoon by coming ashore from the good ship Ma.,e l. lCaptUn Ico.. h'd Mil Ter. and with Aum Wa, a big aud splendid ,auyluE-picture outfit, with which Ec in tenu, to amu:e the people ot Otter ,rccmrt during the present summ"r Associated with Professor prapeau iu ta2 cn 'rpl@,e > a young man TreGle Polrrle: by na.nc, who has a splendid reputation a, a moving picture operator. Their fist entertainment wa given las, Monday night n A E. hail this city, before q crowd that comfortably filled the big auditorium. T>a show lasted ue"i,y TWO hours and evor!un1v ".,S well piea-l The second exh'bn.on was on Thursday night.
 M~ Drapeau iS well supplied with films &uG has many more on the way. ,nd is y.r,s arcd 10 furnish many evening" oi good anuSemcntS.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Fairbanks Mail by Automobile

Colonel Richardson, president of the Alaska road commission, believing that the department will ultimately see the wisdom of the shorter and more expeditions mail route from Valdez to Fairbanks, has volun- teered upon the part of the road commas sion to make an experimental run by auto mobile As supplies must be taken to the interior, it would not entail much additional expense to carry the mail But his idea is to make only one or two trips during the season, commencing probably in July, when tn eroads are in fair condition. The com mission already has one auto truck, but IS having another shipped in The new one is of little greater speed and power, and it will be used to make the mail run It is the intention of Colonel Richardson to make the experimental run with the object in view of showing just what can be done under ordinary circumst ances, and without any unusual effort, in giving the people of the Panama valley a mail service during the summer season It is expected that the present time required in transporting the mail between Seattle and Fairbanks, via Skagway, Whitehorse and Dawson, can be reduced about one half For eight months of the year the mail IS taken via Cordova, Chitina and Fairbanks.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
karIuk Wrecked

A Nome dispatch of May 29 states that
 Captain R. A. Bartlett, master of Explorer Stefanssons flagship, the karluk, arrived at St Michael the night previous on the steam
 whaler Herman, and reports the wreck of
 his vessel in the Arctic ice at point sixty miles north of Herald island, which is east of Wrangell island, off the northern shore of Siberia. Captain Bartlett states that the karluS was crushed by the ice on January l6 and that following the disaster he and the members of the crew mushed to Wran- gell island, where sixteen of the men are now encamped, awaiting the arrival of the relief ship. The captain left the island about the middle of March and made his way to the Siberian coast in company with an Eskimo, where he was picked up by the Herman. The camp at Wrangell island is well supplied with provisions, but Captain Bartlett and his companions were reduced to short rations before they were rescued
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
A Trapper's Miserable End

When Court Commissioner Dillon and Dr. Sutherland went down to the Kantishna the other day and held an inquest over the body of A. R. Hooper they found a diary in the cabin. The dead traoper had started it in August, 1913, presumably when he went there and established himself for the season. lie didn't have much com ment to make at any time, but it is a concise narrative of life as he saw it and bravely faced it to the end. first aggres- sively, then hopefully maniully, and finally unhinchingly until he saw only an agon- izing death ahead without possible aid from without, and ended it all with his rife Food was found in the cabin Sick ness alone seems to have overcome Hooper. F fairbanks News Miner.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
OXLAHOMAN STEALS ROAD
 AND RUNS IT HIMSELF

Muskogee, Okla, April 8.-'Tye stolen railroad I want to know if l can be prosecuted"
 M J. Naples, former justice of the peace at Webbers Falls, Okla, with twinkle in his eye, dropped into the office of County Attorney ". E. Disney here and asked the above question. Disney knew Naples was joking and asked what he meant.
 Naples then explained Last spring the promoters of the Webbers Falls, Shawnee & Western, a twelve mile line between Warner, OkIa and Wcbbers Falls, aban- doned operation of the road, and its tracks have been idle since That is until Squire Naples happened to think of all the good road that was going to waste. Naples ac- cordingIy purchased a second hand gaso- line driven inspection car, placed 1t on the rails, and since that time has been doing q thriving business carrying passengers over the abandoned road between the two towns.
 The car is now making several trips daily between the points, and cannot accommo- date the passengers. The fare Is 50 cents each way, and Naples has no one to de mand shares of his profits in dividends He is president and general manager, general superintendent, the engineering department, .,,J bCs- nd section gang all at the same time, and says he is making money.
 Naples was told that he wasn't exactly trespasser, but that he was charging over the regulation per mile per passenger, Naples said he wanted to know about the trespassng chances because he wanted to improve "his" road and did not know just how far he could go
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
One More Unfortunate

While mushing along over the ice on Fish lake some time ago Jack McGann noticed a hand near the surface, Upon in vcstigation he found that it belonged to the body of a man frozen in the ice. A large air hole in the ice made it impossible to see the face, but the balance of the body could be seen clearly through the glare ice. Upon reaching Hot Springs Commissioner J. F. Golfer was notified of the gruesome find, but as the lake Is out of his district, he notified Commissioner Joseph Dehn of Tanana The latter summoned q coroner s jury, which journeyed to the scene of the find and held an inquest. The body proved to be that of Frank Yevcy, who was lost while hunting last fall After rendering a yerdic, of death by accidental drowning, the remains were taken from the ice and removed to Tanana.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
COAL BEING SHIPPED
 FROM THE YUKON MINES

While Alaska is shouting to get the privilege to mine and burn its own coal, Yukon mines are producing thousands of tons for home consumption Tn Dawson and at points along the Yukon river and on the creeks near Dawson, says the News of that city Not only that, but the Yukon is finding coal market in Alaska. George J. Milton, general manager of the Five Fingers Coal Company, who has just re turned from his old home in St. Paul, Minn., where he spent the winter states that he closed contract recently to de liver to the White Pass Railway Company this season 4000 tons of coal for use on the railway in operation of trains between Skagway and Whitehorse. He says:
 "We also have hopes that before long our coal will be burned in Juneau, Wran- gel, Ketchikan and other Alaskan coast points. President Dickeson of the White Pass hopes to be able to place the coal there, and is working even to get 1t into Prince Rupert.
 The duty is removed from coal going into Alaska, and this gives us a good swing at the business there We also expect tc place some in the Fairbanks market. There is no reason why they should not use oul product.
 Our properties will continue to operate steadily at Five Fingers this season. We have opened on the lower level, and have thirty men working at the mine"
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
GRAND BAR NOTHING BUT THE BEST FLAT CITY '"e '"o0 'o 'e0'
 N,rs ,;antz Prep Your Friends

their cabins and develop their claims during the winter.
 Chris Hansen, who owns a big ranch in the Yakima valley, also was passenger on the Evans He will select site in the grass lands as soon as he arrives and make arrangements to ship 800 head of cattle with d view of establishing a dairy farm He expects to make sales of bis product to the men who build the Alaska railroad and to furnish supplies to the innumerable min ing outfits in the Cook inlet region.
 The St. Louis Mining < Trading Com pany was financed by Gus Seittert, who ls the president and general manager. He engaged a crew of hydraulic mniers, prac- ticalIy all of whom will take up horne steads as soon a> the coIl weather sets in. The company has big outfit of hydraulic pipe and giants.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
NeCroes in Canneries

4 Seattle dispatch says: The trouble and scandals that have grown out of the employment of Orentals and Alaskan In dans in the canneries of Alaska in years past have resulted in governmental efforts to provide cannery forces which will be less susceptible to criticism and result in possibly a cleaner or more sanitary output. The first results from this crusade was when twenty-two negroes from the South were passengers on the City of Seattle for the canneries for experimental work there,
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Yukon Gold Company Chances

The Yukon Gold Company, which is the title of the Guggenheim corporation operat ing placer mines in Yukon Territory and the Territory of Alaska, on May l2 filed with Charles F. Davidson, secretary of the territory, at Juneau, papers revoklng the appointment of Senator Henry Roden as Alaska agent for that corporation. At the same time a certificate of appointment des ignating Edwin A. Austin of Iditarod as the company agent for Alaska was placed on record. Dawson News.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Crossley Goes East

J. J. Crossley, district attorney for the Fourth district has completed his legal du- ties in San Francisco and left for a visit to his home in Iowa. He will return to Fairbanks in time to proceed to Iditarod to be on hand when court opens on July 6. The tax cases in which MT. CrossIey ap- peared on behalf of the government at San Francisco are now being considered by that court, and decision may be handed down at any time
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
S200 Toward Road Repairs

United States Commissioner F. Coke Hill at Ruby, recently received a telegram from John Zug of the Alaska road commission, stationed at Fairbanks, giving him author ity to expend not to exceed S200 in repair ing the government road between Ruby and Long creek
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Equipment for Alaska Road

Horses and other equipment and outfit for the board of engineers of the Alaska railroad commission were shipped from Sc- attle on May P. The horses and supplies will be discharged at Ship creek, on kena peninsula, where the commission will estab fish its headquarters camp.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
American Line to Connect With AtIin

The preliminary survey for the railroad line of the Taku Railway x Navigation Company was begun recently. E. l. Pond, who has been the Juneau agent for the in tere>ts back of the enterprise, left for the Taku river, accompanied by F. J. Wettrich. the we'll known civil engineer, for the pur- pose of making the preliminary survey up the Taku river to the British Columbia line. The line cn the American side Is to connect with line running northerIy on the Canadian side to A,in and to Lake Tvshn. At Teslin it Is designed to connect with a line of river steamers that will naVl- gate the Yukon river and tributaries. An other branch is planned to run in a south erly direction to connect with the Grand Trunk Pacific For the present the tide water terminus will be on Taku inlet, but it is not improbable that eventually it will be built to Juneau,
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Famous Indian Guide Dies at Haines

Word comes from Haines of the death at that place recently of Schwatka, the Indian guide who gained fame for piIoting Lieutenant Schwatka across Chllkoot pass and down the Yukon river in the SOS Lieutenant Schwatka's trips through Alaska were made famous by subsequent lecturlng tours and his published works. SchwatEa, who died at Haines, has borne his name ever since the trip he took with Lieutenant Schwatka It is said that he claimed it be cause Schwatka did not pay him for his services The story is that when refused his pay by Lieutenant Schwatka the guide de nounced the latter and told him that he would die and T will take your name and use it as long as l live
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
,D,rARoD PIONEER, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20,

by the whaler, and suffered many hardships. The Karluk was carried off by the ice last fall, while Stefansson and several other members of the expedition were on shore hunting caribou The vessel has been re ported several times since its disappearance, but Captain Bartlett brings the first word direct from the lost ship.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
SIMPLE CURE FOR COLDS

An incipient cold can often be prevented by taking ten to twenty deep, full breaths in the open air or at an open window The breath must be drawn through the nose very slowly till the lungs are filled, held a
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
EbV Sentenced

C. A. Eby, who pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging him with th" embezzIe- ment of $500 while in the employ of $. Blum < Co.,, Cordova bankers, was sen tenced May 26 to term of eighteen months 4t McNc!I island
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Federal League
DESTITUTE MEN NOT WANTED

Many men have been mushins into Daw- son lately over the trail looking for work. Some land here with barely enough to bring them through on short rations, but men with less than *25 are not allowed to pass the summit Dawson News
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
Willard Talks Home Rule

Senator B. F. Willard of Valdez stated recently ill Seattle that unless congress legalizes the acts of the Alaska legislature a special session will be called next summer, and resolution calling upon congress to grant the territory a full measure of terri torial government will be passed, and the body will adjourn, He said that the time has come when the people of Alaska should be placed in control of their own affairs,
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20
ALA. A|L !, S|K|||' |K|| { I|lL IA|lL
New Daily for Fairbanks

The Alaska Citizen, published at Fair banks, announces that beginning with July 1 it will be issued daily This makes three daily newspapers for the Interior metropolis.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20

infectious character would be poor econ omy, to say the least Christian Science Monitor
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-20

tecond and eXhaIed slowly till the lungs are emptied.-C Chicago Journal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03

neapolis, to learn that Rev. G. L.
Morrill, of that city is going
through the rural districts of the
state lecturing for the so-called
Guardians of Liberty. A Protes-
tant who heard his address at
Henderson on Wednesday evening,
September %, said that "his talk
was the most disgusting of any
anti-Catholic lecturer he had ever
heard" In his callow youth Nor
rill was not above taking a fling
at Catholics; but he apparently
reformed. Since his return from
a trip to South America last year
he has cast aside his halo and no
longer pretends to be a saint. In
Minneapolis he makes a pretense
of being broad-minded and liberal
and poses as a friend of the Cath
olics. His entrance into the lists
as a champion of A. P. A.-ism will
not surprise those who know his
history. There may be an excuse
for him as he probably needs the
coin which his sponsors fitch from
the gullible dupes who come to
hear him. Those who know him
pay no attention to his vaporings.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03
WHO MADE LIQUOR?

God no more made liquor" than
He made a faro table, or a resort Of
debauchery. He no more made it than
He made the tools of the burglar or
the vile inventions which the customs
seize. He made it only in the same
sense as he made the dynamite bombs
of the anarchist thugs. Wheat and
corn and rye are wholly useful and
wholesome food as nature yields them,
but by the devices of man strong
drink is produced from them, and it
ruins men if they take too much of
it, as many of them do if they drink
it at all. Instead, therefore, of put
ting the responsibility for liquor on
God, we advise the clergy to lay the
whole blame for it on men, as a dan
gerous luxury which God compels
them neither to produce nor to con-
sumo any more than He compels them
to do anything else Moreover, it is
questionable whether the influence of
the clergy in preventing the abuse of
liquor would not be strengthened
greatly if they refrained wholly from
it's use themselves. Besides, being
usually emotional men of sedentary
habits, they are better off without such
stimulant. The habit of drinking,
dangerous for everybody, is especially
dangerous for them in their own per-
sons and in the example they set for
other people, -New FORK Sun.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03
CARSON'S OUTBURST.

When the Home Rule bill grant
ing measure Of self-government
to Ireland was signed by His Ma
Jesty, King George V, ON Septem-
Der Is, the friends Of the measure
expected an outburst from
King" Carson of Ulster. They
were not disappointed. On last
Monday this leader of the Irish
Unlonist party outlined the Ulster
program of the future in an ad-
dress delivered before the Unionist
council in Belfast. He said in
part:
/ propose when the war is over
to summon provisional govern
ment and I propose that their
first act should be to repeal the
Home Rule bill so far as Ulster
is concerned. | propose in the
same way to enact a resolution
that it is the duty of the volun-
teers to see that no act or no at
tempt at an act under that bill
should ever have effect in Ulster.
Meanwhile let us throw our
selves, as we are throwing our
selves, intellectually into the
patriotic action that the time de-
mands in supporting the empire. y
Ii Carson were sincere in his
appeal to patriotism he would see
how unpatriotic his attitude is
towards Ireland. IL Home Rule
be good for Ireland, it is good
for the whole country. If-Ulster
is to be excluded from it's provi-
sions, then Home Rule must be
a failure.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03
MISSIONARY ZEAL IN THE
PHILIPPINES.

A new book entitled "America
and the Philippines" is not with
out interest for Catholics, saws
the Los Angeles Tidings. It comes
from the pen of Mr.. Carl Crow,
and, while we are not able to
agree with all his views and opin-
ions, there is no lack Of evidence
of his honesty in what he writes.
His remarks anent the Protes-
tant missionary effort in the
islands are illuminating. It is a
well known fact that the difference
between the several sects in China
and Japan have long kept the
natives of those countries from
giving anything like serious con-
sideration to the Protestant
claims and it would seem that a
like error has been avoided in
the Philippines. At all events Mr.
Crow says that in no place is
it possible to witness the undig-
nifed spectacle of rival mission.
aries surreptitiously lifting each
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03
OSTRACIZING CATHOLICS.

We have seen no protest from
the Masonic Observer" Of Min
neapolis, or the Masonic Sen
tinel' Of Chicago, against the let
ter sent out by that un-American
aggregation known as the "Ameri-
can Federation of Patriotic
Voters" in which they called upon
their fellow workers in Wisconsin
to throw aside party principles
and vote for certain candidates at
the primary election in order that
Catholic candidates for state office
and non-Catholic candidates who
lined up with the Romans
might be defeated. A list Of can
didates endorsed by the Fedora
ton was enclosed, all Of whom
were declared to be con record
and will be true to American prin-
ciples.' - A postscript adds
watch your county, see that
none but the right men get into
office"
We presume the Masonic Oh
server and the Sentinel know Of
this letter, a copy Of which was
received by the secretary of the
Masonic lodge in GAINESVILLE, Wis.
These publications lost no time in
protesting against a letter sent by
the Catholic Union Of Illinois to
candidates for public office asking
them to declare their attitude on
certain questions affecting the
welfare of every American citizen.
There was nothing in the letter
to which any one really interested
in the public welfare could object.
But this letter of the American
Federation of "Patriotic" voters
would rob Catholics of their right
to hold office by an appeal to
latent bigotry. 1t would ostracize
Catholics and make war upon
them solely on account of their re-
igion. No Catholic organization
would be unprincipled enough to
attempt anything of the kind
against Protestants. It takes an
A. ?. A. outfit to do that.
But then, these Masonic organs
tell us that the Guardians of
Liberty and similar organizations
must be relied upon to do their
dirty work. Perhaps this is the
reason why no protest has been
made by these publications.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03
THE CATHOLIC PRESS.

The general intention recon-
mended to the members Of the
League Of the Sacred Heart for
October is the Catholic Press.
This was the final consideration
placed before them by our late
Holy Father Plus x. He was well
aware Of the value to religion OF
virile Catholic press. During
all the years Of his episcopate, and
especially during the time he oc-
cupied the patriarchal throne of
Venice, he labored assiduously for
the dissemination Of Catholic lit
erature and the extension Of the
power and influence Of Catholic
Journalism. After his accession
to the papal throne he continued
to preach it's advantages and in
sist upon it's necessity I'm vain, "
he said, twill you found missions
and build schools, if you are not
able to WELD the offensive and de-
fensive weapons of loyal Catho-
lie press.
"No subject says the Mes
senger Of the Sacred Heart, "more
vitality concerns the spiritual well
fare Of millions, the good of the
Church, and the social and ma
tional welfare of Catholics. AS a
weapon of defense and offense, as
the herald of truth, as the moulder
Of opinion, the Catholic press,
after the teaching of the Church,
and that of it's authentic organs, is
the mightiest factor in life today.
A sound wide-awake, wide
spread, heightened, popular, alb
solutely fearless Catholic press is
the need Of the hour For us in
the United States yirile, ener-
getic, well-informed, and thor
oughly sound Catholic press is an
absolute necessity, a matter of life
and death. The American people
are the great newspaper-reading
people Of the world. The newspa-
per is one Of our national idols 8;
millions worship at its shrine. But
the idol and the shrine too often
corrupt the Worshippers.
All this is very true. But what
we need is not more Catholic
newspapers but more readers of
Catholic newspapers. The Catho-
lie press in the United States
would be virile enough and suffi-
GENTLY powerful moulder of public
opinion if the number Of subscrib-
ers were increased several fold.
AS long as the great majority of
Catholics are apathetic on the
question Of Catholic newspapers,
we are bound to have periodic out
bursts Of ignorant bigotry that
could be met and dissolved by a
more militant and wide-awake ac-
tivity on the part of Catholics
themselves. If half the well-wish-
ers of the Catholic press and the
resolution-makers would see to it
that their names are inscribed on
the mailing lists of some Catholic
newspaper, the Church would en-
joy a new era of progress and the
sphere of her influence would be
UNNECESSARILY extended.