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The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
General Mining News

they will spend the greater part of the summer constructing a substan- tial winter road from mile 76 on the Copper River and Northwestern railroad to the Bremner. distance of nearly 50 miles. He estimates that the road can be put in good shape for the transportation of freight next winter at cost of ap- proximately $2,000.
 MT Huganir represents the Brem- ner River Mining company of which he is vice-president and manager, The company was organized last win ter while Mir Huganir was in Se- attle It is capitalized for S200,000 and controls IS placer claims. The ground has been mined for years and is widely known as the Decker property. Miners, working with only picks and shovels, have been able to make better than wages and have tuOIOuSHly ploSptCleu tIe SIOuHu, which is very shallow, being only 12 feet to bedrock. The gold is high grade, being worth $17.40 per ounce at the banks.
 It has been announced by MT. Huganir that his company is prepar- ed to place three monitors on the ground, each with a capacity of 2,0O0 yards of gravel per day. The plants will be freighted in over the road next winter and it is anticipated that operations will be in full swing at an early date next summer. After completing the road the crew of men will finish the season on the ground digging open ditches and otherwise preparing for next summers opera tions.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
Queen Mary avs
 Singers Small Fee

LONDON. - The economical re- gime instituted by Queen Mary at Buckingham palace had a striking illustration at dinner party given there when five singers were hired to entertain the royal guests after dinner at a total cost of SIS.
 The ordinary fee of the troupe is $37, but the higher price was agreed to on condition that they should not advertise the fact that they sang at Buckingham palace.
 The lowest fee ever paid to artists for any performance at Bucking- ham palace during the reign of King Edward was s525.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
MATANUSKA COAL FIELD.

MATANUSKA COAL FIELD.
 The high grade coals of the Mata- nuska valley, Alaska. are discussed in detail in the report by the with accompanying maps showing the areas underlain by the coal strata The Geological Survey has been engaged in surveying and in vestigating the coal fields of Alaska during the last 14 years.
 The Matanuska field was first ex- plored in 1898, and some years later it was covered by reconnais- sance surveys, which were followed by preliminary reports. As it is one of the most important mineral areas in Alaska, it's detailed eXami- nation was begun in 1908, base map was prepared, and in 1909 the coal-bearing rocks were mapped and studied, the result being the re- port published by the Survey as Bulletin 5OO-"Geology and Coal Fields of the lower Matanuska val ley, Alaska" by G. c. Martin and F. J. Katz The maps accompany ing this bulletin show the geology, structure and position of the coal beds and the report gives detailed measurements of the individual coal seams and analyses of the different grades of coal
 The maps, which are on the scale of 1 mile to 1 inch, will not only be of assistance to the railroad en- gineer, but also provide the coal miner and operator with an ade- quate base for planning the work of prospecting the individual coal beds through drilling, shaft sinking, or tunnel driving.
 A copy of bulletin 500 may be obtained free on application to the Director of the United States Geo logical Survey, Washington, D. c.
 Will Work Bremner Mines.
 P. J. Huganir has gone from Valdez 10 the Bremner river cOun-
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
Latest Outside Sporting Dope

present, of it's busting cricket from the favor of the public. It is true that a crowd that would have done credit to a firstclass football match assembled at Chelsea to greet the tourists, but it was composed more of sightseers than enthusiasts. Only at rare intervals were they led to applaud and, as a matter of fact, beyond the throwing and catching, there was little to grow warm over Even the pitching. with it's machine like precision, after a time began to pail upon one. The failure of bats man after batsman became weari- some, and before the game was half through it ceased to attract
 Baseball is undoubtedly a speedy game and highly scientific. and, as
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
f ARMERS START STAMPEDE F0R
 ALASKA LANDS
FORTY MEN GO TO SUSlTNA VALLEY TO ESTABLISH
 NEW HOMES.

That much valuable farming land will be settled this summer along the route of the proposed railroad line is made evident by the follow ing, published in recent issue of Seattle newspaper:
 More than forty farmers. the van guard of Alaska's agricultural stan- pede, left for the North recently on the steamship Admiral Sampson, with a view of homesteading land along the line of the proposed gov ernment railroad Many of them are men who, after making small for tunes in the North bought farming land in the United States and Can ada.
 The withdrawal by President Will son of number of townsites along the route which leads from Portage Bay to the interior waterway sys- tenn, has led to the conclusion that the main trunk line of the proposed railroad will run through the rich grass lands of the Susitna valley to the agricultural land on the Tan ana, and it is certain that vast amount of this land will be entered under the homestead act before the summer is ended.
 Approximately 100000 acres of grass land which, in places, is cover ed with a small amount of jack pine and spruce timber, was surveyed under the direction of the interior department in 1912 and 1913 It is believed that this land, which is now available to development is as suitable for agricultural and stock raising as any in the United States.
 'In the crowd that went North were Gus Sieffert, w. McAdams, Ross Kinney, Charles Suter Sport Smith, well-known dog musher and other Nomeites. They are re- pltSeH tdtlNeS Ol lHe ot' LoulS 4hlli- ing X Trading Co.,, and are taking in big hydraulic plant which will tributary of Cook Inlet. Many of the employees of the company will take up agricultural land as soon as the mining season is over and erect their cabins and develop their claims during the winter.
 Chris Hansen, another Nomeite who owns a big ranch in the Yaki- ma valley, also was a passenger on the Evans He will select a site in the grass lands as soon as he ar rives and make arrangements to ship 300 head of cattle with a view of establishing a dairy farm. He expects to make sales of his product to the men who build the Alaska railroad and to furnish supplies to the innumerable mining outfits in the Cook Inlet region.
 "The St. Louis Mining X Trading Co., was financed by Gus Sieffert, who is the president and general manager. He engaged a crew of hy- draulic miners, practically all of whom will take up homesteads as soon as the cold weather sets in. The company has a big outfit of hydraulic pipe and giants, most of which was purchased in Seattle"
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
Camp is Active.

Late reports from Hope say that the camp on Turnagain arm is the most active yet, says the Seward Gateway There will be more plants working this year than ever before, and from present indications the coming season will be a banner one in point of production.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

1 Murphy regime, he could hardly do otherwise
 Bob" Smith. who brought Sweet Marie. 2:02. across the Rockies a few years ago and created such a sensation on the grand circuit with her. is connected with w G. Durfee at the Los Angeles, Cal, track, and will go East with that trainer this season
 compiled by the Princeton Univer- sity faculty athletic committee, Michigan leads in the number of students available for varsity and freshman athletic teams. Cornell Is second and Columbia third The enrolment of athletic material If 1t may be termed as such, is as fol- lows: Michigan 5,193; Cornell A. 500: Pennsylvania 3,7OO; Columbia 3,517: Harvard 3,253; Wisconsin 2,73o; Yale 2,5oO; Illinois 2,4oO Minnesota 1888: Princeton 1925; Dartmouth 1,297
 CAPTAIN LIKES BASEBALL.
 Captain John S. Boyd, veteran commander of the big Southern Pacific steamship Momus, is one of the greatest baseball fans in the country. In his beautifully furnish ed private cabin on the Momus he has many interesting and historic trophies of the national game, in- cluding the baseball which brought $3,500 at auction at the benefit to Sam Crane in New York several years ago. He has photographs of all the clubs in both leagues
 Among his most prized posses sions is a magnificent pair of field glasses presented to him by the British government for rescuing 21 survivors from a sinking ship off Cape Hatteras in 1900. Captain Boyd has been in the service of the Southern Pacific for 32 years, and although encountering hundreds of fierce storms along the Atlantic coast, he has never lost a passenger
 When off duty the Captain lives at South Orange, N. J. He is never at a loss for a good baseball story, and each year takes his vaca- tion to see the championship games between the two big leagues in the fall.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
BALLOONS TO RACE.

The international balloon races for the James Gordon Bennett cup this year will be started from Kan sas City, Mo-, on October 6. The contest committee of the Aero Club of America awarded the race to the Kansas City Aero club, which agreed to offer $720O in prizes, free gas to the entrants and to make all arrangements for handling the event
 The Aero club of America has the privilege of making the award by virtue of the victory of Ralph Upson, an American, in the inter- national race from Paris last year. Upson, in the ballon Goodyear, landed in England, covering ap- proximately 400 miles in 43 hours and 20 minutes.
 Upson and Captain H. E. Honey well, the American pilot who finish ed second in the 1913 international event, will be offered the opportuni- ty of being two of the United | States team of three to enter the 1914 race, it was announced by Alan R. Hawley, chairman of the contest committee. As Upson and Honeywell outdistanced all their foreign rivals last year the contest committee considered they earned the right to represent their coun- try at home if they desired to do so.
 The third member of the United States team has not been selected as yet.
 MAKES PECULIAR BETS.
 MT. John Haynes, we'll known layer of odds in Tattersall's, has in the past made some peculiar bets while horses have been running At Warwick, England, says Sport ing Life, some little time ago he offered $500 to cigarette against a horse, which was accepted. and he then rendered further $500 to g match against the same animal which ran unplaced.
 On several other occasions he has laid $500 to a shilling against a horse, but has never had to pay At Hurst Park, January 16, how ever, he rendered these odds against Form, which proved sue cessful, and the bet was promptly settled on the spot amid loud cheering. The fortunate punter af terward regaled some of the on lockers of the transaction with $2s worth of champagne.
 Speaking of freak" bets, it may be stated that when Blink Bonn, beat Black Tommy by a neck 1T the Derby a bookmaker laid MT Drinkald, the owner of the latter $10O,000 to a suit of clothes, hat boots and Malacca cane against hi! horse, which started at 200 to against.
 BASEBALL CRITICIZED.
 How baseball is viewed in Eng land is explained in part in thu following appearing in the sporting department of the London Opinion of March 2. of this year: Interesting as the national gam of America undoubtedly is. ther seems little danger. at any rate. a
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Lefty Flynn, the former Yale ath- lete, is going to train hard at 'Travers Island this summer in hopes of regaining the form that made him famous as a school-boy athlete. Flynn is best at the high hurdles, and he did IS 4-5 seconds while at Pawling school.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

predictions about the pennant, it looks at this stage of the game as If the Athletics will win handily with Washington, Chicago and Cleve land struggling for second place Boston and Detroit will be batting for honors close behind Washing ton and Cleveland The Yanks and the Browns will probably have as cellar as they had last year.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Will Work Bremner Mines.
 P. J. Huganir has gone from Valdez to the Bremner river coun- try with a force Of workmen where
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
BASEBALL CRITICIZED.

How baseball is viewed in Eng land is explained in part in the following appearing in the sporting department of the London Opinion of March 2. of this year:
 Interesting as the national game of America undoubtedly is. there seems little danger. at any rate, at
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Homer Baker, the half-mlle cham pion, Is not among those who be- lieve that joining the sons of rest" improves a runner "The harder l have to work the faster run, ;" ayers the artist.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Vice Commodore. 2:11., will no doubt soon be purchased by the Russian fanciers and shipped to that far away country. V. R. Mo Coy, of Washington, who has him a request from the owner of Vice Commodore has set price on the surrender of his lease, an offer having been made for the horse by the Russians.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Tinker is already out with a claim for the pennant. Being de- veloped during the Charles Webb
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Branch Hickey of the St. Louis Browns, Is . veritable Josephue Daniels among his men. Hickey does not go to the grounds eve to receive a report of the result ot the Sabbath game until Monday.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

New Haven is going to give Jimmie Leach, a pitcher who tried out with the Wings last year, an other chance. Leach pitched for Henderson, of the Kitty League, last year and won half of his game with losing team.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

That Grand Rapids judge did not mince words in calling Bill Killifer certain things. Come to think of it, the fellow who goes back on his contract is not toeing the mark as far as his word is concerned.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

Vance Nuckels, the famous grand circuit driver of Cleveland, has pur- chased from Wilber Jones of New ark the black trotting stallion Gull wallis Directum, 2:09 3-4, by Direc- tum 2:O5 3-4. for export. It is thought that while he will not make a great race horse he will be an ideal matinee performer. and just what his purchasers contem. plate doing with him is not known.
 If the Federal League should suddenly be taken into organized baseball. lot of magnates are go' ing to be found with contracts on their hands which do not include the 1O-day clause and bind the owner to pay a stated salary for a term of years to their players. When the reckoning is made the vested interests will probably find that they are footing a big bill. while the outlaws will have conjured ul a lot of valuable franchises out ol nothing.
 Tinker is already out with 6 claim for the pennant. Being de veloped during the Charles Webt
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-29
THAT WATERFOWL TRIP
Editor Register:

Editor Register:
Since l got home from WATERFOWL
Tuesday night have been wondering
what the live business men of that
city really thought of our delegation.
OF course, l do not mean what they
thought of the individual members,
but of the size of the bunch we sent
up and the business houses of Brook
ings represented therein. | am afraid
that they have an idea that Brookings
does not amount to much as a town.
To have a city that makes pretentions
of being of some Importance in this
part of the country go up to a neigh
boring city of the size of Watertown
and a city that is as friendly to our in
terests as Watertown is, with the dele
CATION the size of the one we had looks
like a pretty puny effort to my notion.
We went up there Tuesday with repre-
sentatives from one department store,
one grocery store, one restaurant, one
bank, one blacksmith shop, n pool
hall, one hardware store, one dry
goods store, one jewelry store, one
butcher shop, three garages, n four
professional men and one newspaper
man, a representative of the Register.
Now isn't that a fine showing for a
town of the size of Bookings? Where
were the railroad men, the elevator
men, the cigar makers, the hotel men,
the druggists, the BARRIERS, the general
merchants, the land men, who are
supposed to be boosters, the furniture
dealers and business men in other
lines. We have three newspapers here
and the Register was the only n
represented, we have three solid finan-
cial institutions and M was repre-.
scented, and the same way down the
line. There wasn't a man from the
court house along. 1t seems to me
that Brookings business men need a
little Weakening up. If we are going to
be on the map we will have to show
that we are alive OF occasions like
that of Tuesday. 1t looked just as
though we went on dress parade with
our old clothes, and we have only our
selves to blame if Watertown and the
other towns visited have a poor opin-
ion of us. OF course, we had a fairly
good sized delegation, but most of
them were simply "joy-riders." We
should have had two or three times as
many and fifty or sixty of them should
have been business men.
J.. w. Warren.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-29

Philo Hall went up to Castlewood
on legal business the last of the week,
Rev. Bruce delivered an address for
the suffrage movement at Bushnell
Friday evening.
DR.. A. IL. Stoll returned Monday
evening from Lancaster. Wis, where
he was called by the illness and death
of his father.
The Brookings Produce Company
shipped two carloads of chickens TO
the Chicago market Saturday night.
The Brookings delegation to the
South Dakota educational association
meeting at Deadwood, returned home
Saturday night.
Mrs. F. b. Durrone and daughter,
Miss Abbie returned home to Elmore.
Mimi, Monday morning, after a couple
of weeks visit at the home of Mrs. o.
T. Hubbard.
Several carloads of western horses
passed through here this week on the
way to Winnipeg, Canada, where they
will be shipped to Europe for the use
of the English and French armies.
Thos. N. Johnson of Sterling, re-
turned home yesterday from Coon Val,
ley. Wis, where he was called last
week by the death of his mother, who
passed away at the ripe old age of 81.
Mrs. Dorotha Larson, mother of
Mrs. A. Mccormick and Miss Anna
Larson, passed away on Tuesday, at
the ripe old age of so years and five
months. She was n of the old set
tiers of this county. The funeral will
be held this afternoon.
The First Baptist church of Brook
ings has extended a call to Rev. Nell
Vile B. Milne of Waupaca, Wis, who
has accepted. Mr.. Milne will take up
his work here about the first of De
cember and the new parsonage will be
ready for occupancy about that time.
A Mitchell dispatch says that G. F.
Knappen of Brookings, has been nam
ed as chairman of the executive COM
mittee to supervise the raising of an
additional 500, 900 endowment fund
for Dakota Wesleyan university, as
authorized by the recent state confer
ence of the Methodist church.
This morning Messrs. Carlisle and
Aiken gave us a copy of the Brook
ings Daily Call. The only criticism
We have to offer is that it has adver-
Using on the front page, in fact it is
all ads, which call attention to a must
cal company which puts on three big
shows at the opera house November
9, 20 and II.
Barton w. Currie. associate editor
of the Country Gentleman, spent a
couple of days here last week looking
over the college and surrounding coun-
try and will in a future issue of his
paper give us a write-up. This will be
especially appreciated, as the Country
Gentleman is generally considered to
be the best farm paper in this country.
1t is published by the Curtis Publish
ing Company of Philadelphia, publish
ers of the Saturday Evening Post.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-29
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Eyes tested, glasses fitted at Leon
Hotel Wednesday, November 4th, by
Jensen.
{. c. Erie went up to Minneapolis
Tuesday night to spend a few days on
business.
The first heavy frost came last Sun.
day night, October 25. How's that for
South Dakota?
A cement walk is being laid from
the lumber yards north across the
railroad tracks.
KendalTs Pharmacy has a large line
of Halloween novelties and decora-
tons for Halloween parties.
Mrs. L. A. Mathews returned home
Tuesday evening from a couple of
weeks visit at Galesburg, Ill.
Apples-The balance of my carload
of Washington box apples will be sold
by A. Haugen at his store in Volga.
Will Bohlke.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bruce returned
home to Rockwell, Iowa, Sunday, after
a weeks visit at the home OF his sister.
Mrs. l.. G.. Borst.
If you have board and room for stu
dents in the school of agriculture
notify the Y. M. C. A., Phone 331.
Office hours 8 to II.
o. o. Graves father, who has been
visiting him for some weeks, was
quite ill last week, but is reported bet
ter the last few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Fryer and Mr..
and Mrs. John Swenehart autoed up
to their former home in Sphinx county
Tuesday for a few days visit.
Henry Schmidt, one of the we'll
known and prosperous Argo farmers,
raised 1900 bushels of potatoes this
year. This probably accounts for the
fact that he has a new auto.
Chief of Police Gullick, City Audi.
tor Stoddart and J.. L. Tree spent a
few days hunting at Oakwood last
week. Very few ducks have been seen
around there since they returned.
The Y~ankton-State College football
game attracted quite a large number
of people from outside towns last Fri
day, although the weather was none
too good. We talked with several of
them and they reported that their
towns would send good sized delega-
tons on Hobo Day and indications
point to the biggest crowd on that day
that has eve attended an athletic
event in Brookings.
The state game warden while here
last week caused the arrest of some
Aurora citizens for SEEMING at Lake
Campbell. They were SEEMING for bait
minnows and kept the game fish, ac-
cording to the evidence, and while they
were of course, disobeying the law the
offense was not as serious as commit
ted by others around the lake. The
we would like to see the wardens
get are those who, according to report
are SEEMING out pickere] and bass near
the bridge. 1t seems hard to get evil
dence against them, but they may get
careless some time and then they will
get it good and plenty.