davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
olovana Miners
 Lose Alton Cargo

The launch Tolovana, and the barge she was towing to the new camp, now lies in the bottom of the Panama river, just above Minto station, and those who were lln- fortunate enough to have goods aboard of her returned to the city to duplicate their outfits.
 Gus Peterson and A. K Thomp- son were the losers of a four-ton cargo by the accident While Mr Peterson returned to this city to place new orders, MT. Thompson accompanied by four other men who were making the trip on the launch proceeded on their way afoot
 The accident was caused by the launch coming in contact with an invisible snag and when she turned broadside to the current and took the water, the barge was drawn to the bottom with her.
 The launch was the property of William Ahlmark, who was one of the party.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
{ q . . . . q uo q . Q q [, q
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.
U . . q q . q q q q q

(, U . . q q . q q q q . .
 Street lights were turned on Tues day night for the first time this season The new meter has not yet arrived but will be installed as soon as it gets here The present rate costs the city s19 per night.
 Mrs. John A. Clark. who went up as far as Dawson on the last trip of the Yukon, returned on the same boat spending but tweuty-four hours in the Klondike capital
 Henry Paul, native, was fined $50 by Judge Collier, of Hot Springs, for larceny He will serve it out in jail.
 Morton E. Stevens, the attorney, purchased a small interest in both the Wild Goose and o. K. associa' tion claims last week. Those sell ing were Peter Vidovich and George Harrington.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

prisoners and was compelled 10 go i 10 the hospital az soon as he reach l ed the coast is now in a sanitariuln in Seattle. He started for Mayo Bros. when he left here. The steamer Dan got away for the Toloyana early Thursday morning. For the balance of the season the Dan will operate between the jam and the mouth of the Tolovana river where the A. Y N. boats will deliver her future cargoes.
 Mr. and Mrs. C. s. Bathburn, of Chatanika, left on the steamer Yu- kon Wednesday for Los Angeles where they Will spend the winter
 In the opinion of Chief of Pc. lice Wiseman, An ounce of pre-. yention is worth a pound of cure" and with that in mind he will strict ly enforce tie ordinance compelling autos, when travelling at night upon the city streets to be fully lighted.
 MT, and Mrs. II. J. Wempe, of Cleary creek are the parents of new son, born to them last Fri day morning.
 Cecil II. Clegg has been appointed local attorney for Receiver Moves. to represent him in cases concern ing the bank which will come up at this term of court.
 Robinson's auto left for Valdez Monday with five passengers. four of whom were called to Valdez to testify before the grand Jury there in a Chisana murder case,
 Mrs. Fred Haggren has been ap- pointed to the position of stenogra- pher in the prosecuting attorneys office taking the place of Mrs. Pat ton, who transferred to the clerks office Both ladies assumed their new positions Wednesday,
 The St, Georges have moved back to their old residence on Cushman street, which was badly injured by fire some time ago. They have been residing temporarily in the Hamil residence
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
It Was Just Boose
 And Not Insanity

Con Anderson. the man who was arrested Sunday morning standing in the waters of the Cinema river up to his neck yelling bloody mur- der and the charge of insanity placed against him, was up in Com missioner Browns court Tuesday morning and told to go his way and booze no more.
 Anderson had been under the Watchful eye of Dr. Cassels ever since his arrest, but the doctor was of the opinion that it was a case der and had the charge of insanity and Judge Brown, after telling the man some things that were for his good and cautioning him never to appear in his court again under like conditions, dismissed the case.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
Wickersham rotests
 Removal Postoflce

On last Monday morning Delegate Wickersham telegraphed the post office department protesting against the removal of the office from it's present location to ether than the quarters tha. had been purchased for it.
 Delegate Wickersham gave a hearty second to the editorial which appeared in The Citizen last week upon the subject and said that if the property was not to be used, and he could not get the support and backing of the people for whom he was working, it was poor incen- tive for him to ask for anything for the people here.
 On Tuesday the Delegate gained other information which was of i'm portance and telegraphed that also to Washington.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
OUTGOING PASSENGERS.
, . (, . (, <, [, q (, ,o ta {, 5 q

- - - - V V - - - V, tA t-' - v V
 The steamer Yukon gave her fare well blast at an early hour Thurs day morning and started on the first leg of her journey to the great Outside. The following passengers were on the list:
 For Seattle-Mrs. R. Bell, Mrs. C. A. Deruchia, R. Olson Carl Brick son, Peter Mires, E. A. Deruchia, J. J. Prest H s. Wilson, Mrs. Levy, J. D. Byrne, Charles Rathburn, Mrs H. Wagner and children, Mrs. J. A. Sutherland, Miss Jansa Jack Dalton, Bettie Smith, Martin Kelly, Mrs. Charles Rathburn.
 For Hot Springs-Dan Mclean, Jack Mckenzie, Frank Dayea.
 For Skagway-J. l.. Lundquist, Nick Riley,
 For Tanana-H. c. Ingram, Mrs. Barteau.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
General Mining News

has taken bond on a property in the Tiekhell district, on the Valdez Fairbanks trail and work is to be started shortly. The property has shown outcroppings of gold quartz Mir. Vance has bonded copper property on Knights Island.
 Robert J. Cole, a mining engineer of Butte, Montana is making an eX- tenSiye examination on Quartz creek Teikhell district, for Seattle capitalists, who are with MT, Cole on his examination trip,
 The RamsayRutherford property in the Valdez district, of which Henry Deyo is manager, is being operated. and from all reports. is goine exceedingly we'll
 H. E. C'Red'O Ellis is developing the Cliff mine and the 10-stamp mill on the property is expected to be started some time before the end of the summer, The Cliff mine l suspended operations when the low, CT workings were flooded.
 The Gold King property is being worked in a small but satisfactory way. A 2S-day run, with one shift working, resulted in cleanup of $ll,O ,O0O on his property and re gently another brick brought to Valdez brought the total up to more than $16,OO0 for less than two months work. The milling is done with one small Huntington mill and the showing is regarded in Valdez as extraordinary.
 Col. F. B. Willard has crew of men working on the Honey Boy the mine to become one of the bis producers of the Valdez distric'. F. M. Cockerill, Texas capitalist has a bond on a property in the Port Wells country, and a crew of men is at work carrying out an eX tensive development program.
 A 5-stamp mill is to be installed on the Seacoast property, in the Val deg district, this year. General Manager Pulver is on his way to the states on business in connection with the installation of the mill. ile passed through Juneau Saturday night on the Alameda.
 Sidney Drake and F. E. Fleming engineers, expect to resume opera tiOns on the Cameron-Jo Johnson prop erty soon Drake has gone to Seat tie but will return North late this month.
 William Martin, who is opera ;ino a lease on the Alaska Free Geld mine, on Fish Hook creaK, il the
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
OF A SPORTING NATURE

arms, the second threw a sponge into the ring.
 "I don't mind for myself" said Jem. but I'm sorry for my friends who have lost on me"
 WAS GAME AND HERO. The Game Chicken was we'll named The same courage that made him a champion also made him hero. In a fire in Bristol he saved the life of a poor servant girl at the risk of his own. When the whole building was blazing. she came to an attic window and called for help.
 The crowd simply groaned There didn't seem a chance for her. Bu, Pearce, the prize fighter was in the crowd. lis ring experience had taught him to think quick and it had also taught him courage. Run ming into the house next door, he climbed to the roof, and ran over the roof of the house that was on fire.
 He walked the caves until he came to a point just over the window where the servant girl was scream ing. Lying flat, he crooked leg around a chimney and reached down his hands The girl caught them.
 TOOK NERVE AND STRENGTH.
 It was now Pearce's job to lift hcr up. And he had nothing but the strength of his arms. Twice he trained and twice she dropped back. The dead weight on his arms tired him His legs began to work loose from the chimney.
 A coward would never have tried the rescue. A man less brave would have dropped the girl. But Pearce gritted his teeth, made one last desperate effort and swung the girl up to where she could climb to the caves beside him.
 It took nerve and it took strength. And you can say all you want to about boxing, but I say that the boy who has never got good square fight. or who lacks the fighting in stinct is never boy who will save a girl from a burning building. Suspended At Own Request.
 BOSTON, Aug. 5.-President Calf ney, of the Boston National League club, announced tonight that Pitcher Bill" James, member of the famous trio of pitchers who figured in the Braves sensational finish last year. has been suspended at his own re quest in order that he might go to his home in Seattle, Wash. to rest his pitching arm. Experts who examined James arm say that only by complete rest can it be brought
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06
MONEY FOR TOWNS.

License money to the amount of $7,0OO which was paid into the clerks office during the month of August, has been apportioned to the different incorporated towns of the division, Fairbanks getting the tidy sum of $3,250, Cinema $40 80, ldita rod $2,445, and Panama $1,150.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

The Juneau Empire in a recent issue quotes Mr. George E. Smith, who has just made an extended visit throughout Southeastern Alas ka upon the mining conditions ol that section:
 One of the best properties in th2 Valdez section, according to Mir, Smith, is the Granite Gold Mine, located at Port Wells, so miles from Valdez. The mine is owned by B. F. Willard, Ray Willard and Jafet Lindenberg. Last Wednesday, $16,- 900 was taken from the mills plates, representing a 14-day run. The big tunnel which taps the Granite mine at a depth of 300 feet will soon be completed and the mill is to be en- 75 and 100 tons in twentyfour hours
 The Midas mine, owned and opera ted by the Granby interests, is in stalling 5-mile tram and will start shipping ore in about month or six weeks. At present the company is employing about fifty men and as soon as the mine starts to ship ore more men will be put to work. Will A. Dickey, who owns a cop per mine in Landlock bay, forty miles east of Valdez, is shipping ore, and is employing about ten men at the present time.
 The Ry3trom brothers, also opera ting in Landlock bay, who have been doing extensive development work this year, expect to make their first shipment of ore within a short time.
 The Mcintosh property, in Fidal- go bay, copper mine, is now work ing and expects to ship ore this month,
 The Galena bay mine, in charge of Supt Baldwin, is confining it's opera tions this year to assessment work.
 The Ellamar copper mine owned by the Jordan interests, is ship ping ore on nearly every boat and expects an exceedingly prosperous year. The high price of copper is keeping the mine crew working to it's limit capacity.
 Messrs. Murgerman and McDan. iels, representing the capitalists of | Tonopah, Nevada, recently completed an examination of copper property on Knights Island. They have re turned to Nevada to file their re ports They are expected to return to the property this summer, as il was indicated that the report on the property would be favorable.
 H. w. Vance, representing Mar tin Welch, Spokane millionaire
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

led the Chicken in the body and face In the sixth round, however the Chicken pressed him hard and finally slammed him to the ground
 The seventh round was all Bel cher's He blocked prettily with his left and swung his right hari to wind and face The Chicken got Jem's head in chancery. but Bel cher slueged him so hard in the wind that he had to give it up. The round ended with both men going to the grass.
 HAS CHICKEN AT SEA
 In the eighth round the writers complimented Belcher upon his feint- ing and footwork He had the Chick en all at sea several times and brought the round to an end bv throwing Pearce clean over the ropes. For the first time betting was even
 By the twelfth round Belcher was weak His lack of condition was plain to be seen, and his good eye was badly swollen. But there was nothing the matter with his cour- age.
 Come to me, lad" he cried "I still can see thee
 In terrific rally Belcher was beaten to the ropes. His arms were down and Pearce had a fair chance for a clear blow. But just as he leyeled his arm he stopped and said
 "Na Jem, l won't take advantage of thee No lest I hurt thy other eye"
 Belcher came up slowly, but to the surprise of every body he rallied strong and gave as good as he took. In the clinch he gave Pearce a cross bullock and hurled him for one of the heaviest falls of the fight
 FIFTEENTH ROUND FIERCE.
 The fifteenth round nearly saw BeIehers finish. In fierce eX- change of blows Pearce hit him un- der the right and dropped him like a log. This was the first knock down of the fight and the referee called it out The old timer you see. did a lot of betting on the first knockdown.
 In the sixteenth round the Chicken rushed his man and sent him to the ropes with a yolley of rights and lefts. Belcher went down and in his fall hit upon one of the stakes that held up the ropes
 He gave a groan and said: My rib is broken But the old iron heart was there, and for two more rounds he stood up and took the hammer-like blows of the Chicken. In the eighteenth round, when it was seen that he could not raise his
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

Willow creek district, is employing about sixty men at the pre.ent time The mine is one of the bes, lr that district, the ore running about $5r to the ton, on the average. The recovery has averaged in the neigh borhood of S5 per cent according tU newspaper article r,cently ap- bearing in the Seward Gateway. The cyanide plant is operating steadily under the direction O. William Phelps, formerly of the Alaska Gastt. neau mill at Thane. Recently an extremely good body of rich ore was encountered in the drift thal taps the ore body at distance of several hundred feet lower than ever before,
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

The Alaska Gold Bullion Mining company, operating on Willow creek, is employing about sixty men at present in the mine and mill. Don aid Harris, manager of the mine, passed through on the Alameda, on his way to Baltimore on busi. ness. The mill consists of ' stamps, amalgamation plates and a cyanide plant
 The Brooklyn property is under bond to the Gold Bullion people, and nine men have been employed in development work.
 The Three Japs property, also in the Willow creek district, and ad- joining the Brooklyn group. has op- ened up a body of high grade ore and with one small stamp is taking out $75 day. Three Japanese are working the property, all the work being done by them.
 The Mabel mine, on Archan@el creek. has recently let several con tracts for the development of their property and William Bertholf eV- poets to install small mill on the group in the spring.
 The Alaska Kenai gold mine, con trolled by James R. Hayden, and located 26 miles from Seward. has been prosecuting a steady develop lnent schedule this summer High grade ore is being milled
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

The Independent mine. about half mile from the Martin property of which l.. s. Robe is manager, is employing about 20 men in the mine and mill. The mill consists of one Nilsson stamp and two small stamps, concentrating tables. Tailings are being imponded for treatment by cyanide later
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

H. w. Vance. representing Mar tin Welch, Spokane millionaire,
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

William Martin, who is operating mine, on Fish Hook creaK, in the
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

Sidney Drake and E. E. Fleming engineers, expect to resume opera tiOns on the Cameron-Johnson prop erty soon. Drake has gone to Seat
 month.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-29
Business Harmony

This has been good season for bus
mess mems outings, picnics, field days
and other summer sports. And they
have served a good purpose. Business
harmony is an absolute necessity to a
community 1t brings a closer coop
Grafton to business organizations.
Boards of trade are worthless if they
are allowed to become hot beds Of
petty jealousies, chickering's and cut
throat methods between the members.
A great many business organizations
also fail because a few officers are
allowed to do all the work and the re-
mainder Of the members stand aside
and criticise, fail to attend meetings
and put up an almost unsurmountable
bar to closer unity. Here steps in the
The Lamar register., 1915-09-29

social side. The picnic, the summer
outing, the field day, when all mem
bers of the Business Mems association
close shop and get together to play
cannot but result in harmony and
better understanding Stiffness and
formality can't last long in the base
ball game between the fat men and
the slim ones. The sourest Crouch in
the association is apt to become al
most human under the influences Of
the sack or potato races, while the
hatchet-faced, thin Tipped cashier who
has a reputation Of having smiled back
in 80 is more apt to thaw under the
stories and the luncheon under the
trees than he is if he remains scclud-
ed in his money cage. These gct-to-
gether meetings arc far reaching. Bill
Jones who has always hated his cO%I-
petitor will go back TO town laughing
at the story the hated one told, and,
like as not, will get the habit Of drop
ping by his store to hear more Of those
stories, and, incidentally, talk over
business matters with him. Town spir-
it and good business grow out OF
pleasant RELATIONSHIPS.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-29

And then November will recur,
With Autumn in its glory,
And all the turkeys will demur-
But that's another story.
The Country Editor
He might have been a millionaire,
And won financial fame,
Or sat in a directors chair,
Had money been his aim;
He chose instead to spend his years
In service poorly paid,
And with the paste pot and shears
A humble living made.
He chronicled the towns events;
The local goings-on;
His fellows townsmen's hopes and
bents
Inspired his lexicon;
He felt the public pulse that beat
Around him, and he tried
To make his little country sheet
A thing of local pride.
Unselfishly, with all his heart,
He strove but to upbuild
His town, of which he was a part
With great ambition filled.
He spoke well of his fellow men;
He praised when praise was due;
He welded but kindly pen,
And no reward he drew.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-29

Washington, Sept. 27.-Vast gov
crnmental operations involving the
expenditure Of more than one hun
dred million dollars were practically
paralyzed for over month last year
by failure Of the democratic congress
to properly enact necessary legisla-
tion.
The "tie-up" was paramount to
strike with hundreds Of thousands Of
men idle, according TO government Of
hcials charged with expenditure Of
the funds controlled by the legisla-
ton. The amount was contained IN
what is popularity termed the sun
dry civil bill. In order to carry out
the plans on which it was based, the
bill mad to be passed by Juae 20. 1t
did not pass until more than a month
later. For the intervening time none
Of the future work contemplated in
the Legislation could be started.
1t would take hundreds Of pages to
describe the disastrous results Of this
be given Of the activities the "sundry
civil bill provided for. 1t is one Of
the largest supply bills congress han
dies, and included nearly four million
dollars for improvements and main
tenance Of soldiers homes; two and a
half millions for the protection Of
public health; seven millions and more
for keeping up life saving stations and
light houses; over one million for for
tifications On the Panama Canal; over
three and half millions 10 enable the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
continue the physical valuation Of
railroads and other important activi-
tics; more than thirteen millions for
building quarantine stations; hospitals
and other public buildings heretofore
authorized; and numerous other less
striking features.
1T is imperative that funds for
purposes like this shall be made avail
able with the beginning OF the fiscal
year" said a government official in
discussing this subject. Every days
delay after that is nearly a total
loss. Funds really ought to be ready
by May /; but 70 fail to provide them
by July /, and have to resort TO res
olutions continuing old appropriations
as congress was forced to do in this
instance, is sheer waste.
From ten to fifteen per cent Of the
amount Of an appropriation is a total
loss if it is not passed before July l.
If the money wasted in delayed ap-
preparations during the last four years
could be made available now, we would
not need to be devising ways and
means to replcnish the treasury. The
waste would probably more than cover
the estimated deficit"
The crime of delaying action on ap-
preparation bills was emphasized by
the democrats in the recent spring
session of congress. Within thirty
six hours of the time for adjournment
only two relatively unimportant ap-
preparation bills had been enacted. Yet
in the brief hours before noon Of
March 4, the enormous sum Of about
one billion dollars was authorized to
be expended.
This performance was an appropri-
ate close to a record Of mismanaga-
mont that is unparalleled in the his
tory of our government,