The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-21

hau proved very Satisfactory anu ga
higher qualification generally than
those brought here for the survey.
The men brought here Were paid
only SIS a month each and their
expenses. while the men belonging
here were paid $50 a month each
and expenses. But il was necessary
for the government to pay transpor-
tation expenses for the men brought
here. as well as pay their wages
while travelling, so, for the season
the men getting the lower wages
proved far more expensive than
those who were paid $50 a month.
Placer Those who are keeping
Production in touch with the plac-
Estimated Ell gold production of
this district assert that
this seasons output will be greater
than at first estimated owing to
lIlt Soou Ndtti supply ~ iiit II
is not known at the present time
what the output of the district Will
be. it is confidently expected that,
including tie Hot Springs clean up.
the total for the season will be in
the neighborhood of S400000o.
Early in tie season it was es
timated that the seasons output
would be in the vicinity of abou,
s3,750,000, but it is quite certain
now that this figure Will be mater
tally exceeded.
1t is not generally expected that
the placer production will be increas-
ed any for the next few years, or
until the construction of the rail
road makes the mining Of lower
grade ground more profitable
Votes Those who have been
Ticket He opposed to women's sufr
Opposed rage have frequently
Pul III III the dl uIItIlt
that women would not know how TO
vote intelligently Experience has
proved, however. that the women
are just as intelligent voters as
are men. taking them as a class
That all men. including some of
those in Fairbanks, are not able 10
vote properly was proved at the
recent Democratic primaries, when
a man attempted to vote against a
ticket, and in doing so, voted for
it.
According to the story told by
those present at the time. man
came 10 vote. and announced his
desire to vote against the special
ticket prepared by the friends of
Tom MCGOWAN to insure the latter's
as Territorial senator
He asked for one Of the MCGOWAN
tickets and was handed one. After
looking it over, he made a cross in
voted it, departing with the evident
idea that he had voted against the
ticket. while, in truth. he had voted
it straight
Ancient Prehistoric Alaska was
Pottery evidently inhabited in
Found the Seward peninsula
by people that varied
in their mode of life
from the Esquimaux of today &C
cording to the following. taken from
the Nome Industrial worker of re
cent date:
"A local archeologist, in uncover
ing the old Cape Nome native will
age seat. declares that at a depth of
five and one-half feet that he dis
covered unmistakable signs of an
old native pottery Many pieces of
pottery were found but these We're
in such a decayed stage that they
fell apart when take hold of.
Many fragments were secured and
brought to Nome, as We're a num-
Der of wooden and ivory Implements
ut has ben declared by certain
scientists that the natives of the
Seward peninsula were not manu-
facturers OF pottery but this discov-
cry, together with those which have
been made on Sledge island and at
Cape Prince Of Wales. disprove this
assertion.
Those who declare that pottery
was not manufactured by natives in
this region admit that the natives
OF Southeastern Alaska and of the
region to the North manufactured
various crude vessels, but declare
that none of these have been dis
covered in this region. The local
archeologist declares that this is a
mistaken opinion, and that the ma
tives of this region. in days gone
by. did manufacture earthen pot
terry"
Stages Just one week from next
To Start Thursday. October l,
Soon the first mail stage will
leave Fairbanks for the
ord nm tho camn 6ofn no