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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Accused of Wasting Salmon

Acting Secretary Sweet of the department of commerce has asked the co-operation of the department of justice in an investigation of charges that the fish packers of Alaska are wasting the food fish supply according to a Washington dispatch. Material gath cred by inspectors of the bureau of fisheries showing wasteful methods of catching and packing salmon has been turned over to the department of justice and special grand iury in the federal court of Alaska will con sider the matter The bureau agents de clare that nets and traps used by the salmon packers cause great waste and that delays in packing result in further depletion of the supply. Reports from salmon fisheries of the Pacific coast states and Alaska show a tremendous shortage in this years take of fish, and an increase in the price of the canned product is generally predicted.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
ACCOUNTS FOR
 DEARTH OF BIRDS

A. H. Twitchell who owns the herd of reindeer which IS now roaming the hills at the head of Happy creek, was a visitor m the city on "Wednesday last He brought l25 of the animals here this season, and expects to dispose of them before his return to his home at Bethel. on the husk okwlm He states that he has had a great deal of trouble with stray dogs that attack his herd
 Mr Twitchei, who IS volunteer ob server for the bureau of biological survey of the department oi the interior, and has made an exhaustive study of the bird life of Interior Alaska, has theory in regard to the disappearance of ptarmlgun and grouse in this section which he claims IS borne out by his observations. He says that he has noticed this year practically no young birds of these species and has found the nests of numerous wild birds which had been deserted by the parent birds after the nests the eggs had been ruined by the wet and cold.
 Mr. Twitchell says that the cold, damp weather during the mating seasons of the past two wears Is responsible for the dis appearance of these valuable birds, and that practically no young have been matched, The result has been that the foxes, and other animals that prey on the numberiess yo,rng birds in ordinary years, as well as the hawks and other birds Of prey, have been forced to prey on the old birds with the result that they are fast disappearing
 As consequence of the scarcity of birds, MT Twitcheil predicts falling oil ln the fur supply, as the fur bearing animals which rely on the ptarmlgan and grouse for food are also disappearing. Following up the suggestion to its logical conclusion, he says that this means q great loss in business way. as the Indians and also the white men who subsist by trapping. will have less money to spend Altogether he figures it out that the scarcity of ptarmigan and grouse in Interior Alaska will eventually re- suit in an enormous money loss to the in habtants.
 MT. Twltchell talks most entertalnngly of
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
MESSAGE TO ALASKA WOMEN

l Mrs Eyangelnc C. Harper of Seattle, d- rector of the General Federation of Women s l Clubs writes The Pioneer lnclosing "a little message which Mrs Percy Pennypacker (presldent of that organization desires her to get before the women of Alaska" With commendable judgment she does this
 through the press, The message is as iol- lows:
 Austin, Texas Aug. 10, 1915. To the Women of Alaska: My recent visit 10 the magic land of the North has
 male me extremely eager 10 see more wom- ems clubs organized in Alaska; these clubs should then organize into a territorial ted- eration, and in May, 1916, come into the
 General Federation of Women's Clubs Students of present day affairs are united ir the opinion that no force has done more for the social upliit for the betterment of home conditions, and for the improvement of the child, than the womens club move ment.
 It is by no means difficult to gather in community a group of women who Will
 gladly read or study together to prepare
 themselves for some line of CIVIC action, There already exist in Alaska enough clubs to form territorial organization Mrs. Frank White chairman of our mem bership committee, Valley City, N. D.; Mrs Mary l. Wood, manager of the bureau ot information, Portsmouth, N. H., and Mrs William P. Harper director of the general federation, 65l kinnear place, Seattle, will
 gladly answer any questions as to the best steps toward organizing and of coming into the federation.
 All of the forty nine states in our organ ization stand anxious to give Alaska a hearty welcome.
 MRS. PERCY V. PENNYPACkER
 President General Federation of Women's Clubs.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Fairbanks Agricultural Fair

If there IS one person in Fairbanks or the Tanana valley who doubts the possibility of making the Interior an agricultural country, he or she should visit the annual agricul- tural fair at the Rink theater which opened yesterday morning and which will close this evening, says the Fairbanks Times of Sept :. According to one expert gardener, who has devoted many years of study to Alaska agriculture the exhibits are about 30 per cent better than last season, The bushels of potatoes, grain, turnips, carrots, parsnips. cabbage and other agricultural products are indeed credit to the farmers and gardeners of Interior Alaska, and would be looked upon with favor in any part of the world. While other countries may raise a greater variety of products, the fair demonstrates that no country can raise better crops than Interior Alaska.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
'Useless Importations

Says the Douglas Island News: Among the questionable uses of soldiers sent to Alaska is to allow them to go out to the hills in troves to slaughter the innocent deer And even this would not be so bad Ii they confined themselves to the killing of the surplus males. But when you meet them marching down the trails loaded with little spotted lawns you can't help wishing they were made to work for living The law allows each soldier to kill three deer. The prospector, living on his meager fare, is al lowed no more. The government feeds the soldier and from all we can learn. they are fed well Having lots of idle time, they roam the hills, armed with government rifles. killing everything that crosses their path. How noble the soldier looks as he re turns from baby killing jaunt. The United States soldier is the most useless thing which the government sends to Alaska.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

.b. babits of the wild birds and animals of this section, and has given the benefit ot his studies to the government bureau winch he represents. He has spent more than fifteen years in the North.
 An interesting fact brought out by Mr. Tnitchell Is that authough Alaska has the most destructive hawk known, the Amerl- can goshawk, and also the most destructive of owls it IS contrary to the law to ship these birds of prey outside the territory. Specimens of these birds can only be sent out by the government itself, they beng classed, apparently by oversight, with the game birds of Alaska,
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Brooks Is a Busy Town

But few places in Interior Alaska are buster now than Brooks, the new town ln the Toloyana, according to Magnus Melslng- seth of Chatanika, who returned to his home recently and told the Fairbanks Times that there were more business men than nrospectors in that immediate vicinity, and more people with store outfits and other establishments are arriving every day. There are four restaurants, one barber shop, one saloon (without whisky. two general stores, one pool room and other new places are expected to start up within a short time Up to the time MT Meisingseth left on the return trip there was little of importance transpiring, but there was much activity and everybody was convinced that the camp would turn out well.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

immediate action by the board of directors was necessary. Thereupon the three drec- tors, being majority of the board of di- VectorS, by unanimous vote authorized the president and secretary of the company to GO and perform such acts as in their opinion would best protect the creditors and stock holders of the corporation. After ratiiyng the sale of certain property and receiving payment of S1 1000, it was ordered that thls same sl,00O be paid to the plaintiff herein to apply on the claims of ab0rers assigned to plaintiff as trustee It was further or dered that the note and mortgage admitted in evidence be executed and delivered There Is no evidence tending to show fraud or col fusion. The defendant corporation, now un- der other officers, seeks to have this court declare the execution and delivery of the mortgage on the Sth of August, 1914, yold
 "The evidence shows that Acheson, the president of the company, recently returning from the property of the company on the Anlak, in the huskokwlm precinct, reports that 1t Is impossible to continue operations. and that General Manager Labele Is In- structed to stop all work pending develop ments. Labelle is also one of the directors of the company, and Holmgren IS absent In the opinion of the court it was not only impract!cable to give notice to Labelle and Holmgren, but an emergency existed and there was more than Q reasonable necessity for the action taken From the evidence there IS every reason to believe that Di rctorS Acheson Rivers and Strandbery acted in good faith in an honest endeavor to protect the creditors and stockholders of the company.
 The rights of labOrerS, part of whom hal filed lien and the remainder of whom did not do so because their claims were secured by mortgage, will always be protected If it Is within the power of the court so to do
 Tt does not appear that the officers of the corporation usurped their authority as such officers The evidence shows that their acts come under the head of good business judgment for the benefit of the corporation, end the court will not invaldate the con tract"
 Wibores vs Byers
 Judge Bunnell has rendered also his de cison in the case of Martin Wibories vs Earl Byers, a case of some importance as dealng with the question of attorneys fees The court holds that no commissioners court or district court in Alaska can tax at torneys' fees as costs in any civil case ex- cept where specially provided by law or agreement of the parties
 In a suit brought in the commissioners court by Wiborles against Byers the jury found for the defendant, and the commis- sioner, in taxing the costs, awarded a $50 attorneys fee to Byers. In his decision Judge Bunnell says
 ''lt certainly was not the intention of congress to invest the United States cons missoners. as ex officio justices of the peace, with power of allowing an attor- ney's fee by way of indemnity to be taxed as costs, except in those cases where the statute itself makes special provision"
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Oil Lake Near Point Barrow

A Nome dispatch of August 3l states that a man named Van Nalin who arrived there on the steamer Bear from Wainwright re ports having found lake of lght-colored oil with density between Wainwright and Point Barrow He secured photographs of the scene showing large lake and a heavy flow of oil in channels two feet deep in some places The news has caused great excite ment in Nome Wainwright Is on the Arc tic ocean southwest of Point Barrow, and the lake Is in section little known to pros pectOrS
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
EASY TO MAKE FORTUNE
 SAYS PEGGY MULROONEY

A San Francisco newspaper of August 2G contains the following:
 T sigh for new worIs to conquer. Alex ander of Macedonia
 And so does Miss Margaret (''Peggy"I Mulrooney, famous woman banker of Alaska, who IS at the Hotel St. Francis, With unlimited joy of living and sub stantlal bank account, she IS here to see the exposition
 When she was l9 years old, Miss Mul- rooney returned from her boarding school 'ln Parls. Said she to her sister. the present Countess Carboneau: T have seen Europe and 1t was good What shall we do now 2''
 We'll, let's make our fortunes" was the ready answer
 At that time several energetic gentlemen were making fortunes rapidly in the frozen North. Ihelr prowess and adaptability in discovering "paystreaks" amazed the world So the sisters Murooney joined the genera! rush, with the elder sister as president, while Miss Peggy became cashier and secretary,
 The bank was at Dome Creek, the cente, of many goldbearing creeks. The miners brought their ''pokes" of gold dust to the bank, where Miss Peggy weighed the ore. elous metal and took charge of it. Hand some commissions were paid and the insti- tuition fourished exceedingly. During the Arctic winter of Alaska, when mining was at standstili the sisters loaned out money like any other bank at regular Alaska bank ing interest
 Tt sure was easy money" says beautiful Peggy Mulrooney, and she smiles at the rec o1lection: Then. when she and her siste, had made their pile" they disposed of thelr bank and bought an apple ranch at North Yakima, state of Washington.
 Miss Mulrooney still has the restlessness which drove her to Alaska as girl of l9 Today she is still on the right side of 30 "l intend to go to South Africa some day" she says.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

ter months. The Guggenheims will have and man who is in position to know, but who does not wish his identity disclosed, says that he knows that the capitalists would like to get foothold in the new camp fl opportunity presents itself. Within q short time it IS expected that more authentic in formation and details will be learned as to the identity of the Guggenheim representa- tive and as to bis plans
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Demand Eight-Hour Day on Road

A resolution demanding the enforcement of the eight hour work day and the employ ment of American citizens on all government work was passed by the Seattle Central La bor council on August 25. The council claims that violations of the eight hour work day have been committed in the pre- paratory work being done by the Alaska engineering commission, and that foreigners have been given preference on government work
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Work on Idifarod Trail

The Seward Gateway of September l says that Anton Eide will leave on the Mariposa for knik to wind up the work on the Will low creek road and take the gang from that place to Kern creek, where work will be commenced on the Iditarod mail trail Four teen or fifteen men will be employed. Mir. Eide will also arrange for some work made necessary by forest fires between Susitna and hnik He will return by way of Sunrise
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
ALASKA
Shipping Antimony Ore

Jack Leach has made a shipment of be tween twenty and twenty five tons of anti mony ore from his property on Eva creek, in the Fairbanks district. This IS the first shipment made from the Leach property, but the operator expects to make at least one more before the end of the season.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Guggenhems at Fairbanks

According to a rumor which is being cir culated in Fairbanks, the Guggenhelms have representative in the Fairbanks district at the present time who is Investigating the Tolovana district for them. On Mike Hess creek and its tributaries 1t IS said there are expected to be some hydraulic and c'red1ing propositions which may interest them, and an investigation of these will be made by their representative during the win
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
Cannery Men Summoned

On complaints made by Deputy Game Warden Ericsson some of the cannerymen to the westward have been summoned for trial at Valdez on September fl, says the Seward Gateway of August p. Commis- sioner Ball of the fisheries department has just passed through Seward and served d subpoena on MT Ericsson couple of days ago at Roosevelt Other witnesses also have beeD summoned
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
ROOSEVELT HAS BUM LAMP

WASHINGTON, Sept 24-Former Presi dent Roosevelt is afflicted with cataract of the left eye, and must undergo an op- eTatlon.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

Nice, delicious casabas just received.
 Crowley < Porte,
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

Assessment Work Blank. at PIouees
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

The Boas Clothing Store at Flat. Prices reasonable
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02

If you are in need of anything in our line, sec us. Two stcres-Flat and idtarod.
 Boas the clothier.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
San Diego's Accident Results In
the Death Of -Four Men
on Board.
NINE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Accident is Said to Be Due to-
low Water AS No Endur-
ailce Runs Are Made.
ssy sssee,Arrp PRESS,

ON BOARD THE q. s. s. SAN
DIEGO, LA PAz, MEXICO, by WIRE
less to San Diego, Calf, Jan. 22.-
Boiit men were killed and nine ser
icnsly injured Thursday afternoon on
board the armored cruiser, San Diego,
when q boiler tube blew out after q
steanling trialsof four hours had been
comple leted.
The Dead.
OSCAR Wyatt, OF Elcentro, Calf
Ambus .. Hardee, Joplin, Mo.
iliiaul r. Elliott, Brooklyn, n. Y.
clifford A. Western, Davenport,
Calif.
All were fremen.
The Injured.
Benjamin n. Tucker, R. B. Glidden,
Darrell i. yarnado, William II. Miller,
Ernest A. Ledwith and Charles w.
Peterson, all; firemen; George Ohm,
water tender; e. A. Shippi, a seaman; !;
and Patrick A. Merriman, coal
passer "
Immediately after the accident the
cruiser left for Gilaynlas, where she
arrived at 2 o'clock this morning. The
San Diego is the flagship Of the Pa
ctic feet and Is under command OF
Captain A. Fl. Robertson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
GRIFEIIH FUNERAL
Will Be Held at the
Warne Undertaking Com
pany's Mortuary Chanel.

Funeral services over the body Of
Charles s. Griffith, aged is years. a
we'll known farmer Of the county
who died at 3 $50 O'Clock Thursday
afternoon In a local hospital from
10 fractured skull which he received
Wednesday afternoon when a team
of horses he was driving frightened.
Iat a we'll driller on Main street near
Chestnut and ran away throwing him
from the wagon, will he held az 10
o'clock Saturday morning in the
Warne Undertaking C6mpany's.
n,ortuaryr chapel. The Iiev. W. C.
Taylor win conduct the servicas and
the burial will be in the Masonic.
cemetery. 81
| Mr.. Griffith resided on Hugh Jar
vis's farm a mile south Of the city.
and had been to a mill in the West
End OF the city getting some sup
plies and was on his way home when
the horses frightened. When he was
thrown from the wagon his head
struck the pavement first, rendering
him unconscious. A son VIII was ON
the wagon with him, jumped OF. and
had his father removed to a local
hospital. where an examination re-
Eyealed that his slkiIi was fractured.
The deceased man Is survived by
his widow; tnfee daugnters and SIX
sons. The daughters are Mrs. j. r.
Reynolds. who resides In Virginia; !;
Mrs. II. L. Foxel1 and Mrs. o. p.
Putnam. The sons are Alex, E. W..
A. j.. R. L., G. 8. and Freddie, all
living in Harrison county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
RUSSIANS TWENTY MILES
FROM CIR IAN FIR ON TIER
M. Liitt1e efeld Reports
on the old Debt Case
Recommending Amount Deter.
mined by Supreme Court Be
Reduced S., ,410, 900.

t.'I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Reporting
as a special master named by the sn-
preme court to review the Virginia;
West Virginia debt suit Charles II
Ldttlefield today recommended that
the two states share itte common as.
sets as of January 4, 1861, and that
West Virginia be liable for interest on
sicxl proportion OF the debt from that
'sate until it is paid.
The court already had held tina,
West virginia's share OF the principal
debt OF $33, 900, 900 should be 81, 1872.
900 but West Virginia about "a yeal
ago laid claims to joint assets OF the
two states. Virginia, on the other
hand, claimed interest from West vir;
ginia. tx
The report was regarded as work
ing a radical change IN the litigation
Mr.. Littlefield reported that out oi
s14. 900, 900 assets considered In his
report West Virginia would be: en-
titled TO $3,410, 900. In that connec-
ton, however, he called the courts
attention to testimony that West vif-
ginia had received credits from the
mother. state, the amo,int Of which dc
placed at $54t 900.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
LARGE CROWD
Hears Evangelist L0tz Preacl,
a Powerful Sermon, on
Change of Hear.

Great interest continues to be
manifested In the revival meetings
being held at the Central .hristian
church and last igtt a crowd that
filed the spacious church heard
Evangelist a. r. Lutz preach one OF
his strongest sermons ON Change
Of Heart.
The Rev. w. NJ. Long, pastor Of
the church, and the evangelist are
very much grafitied at the interest
being shown. All Who have heard
the Rev. Mr.. Lutz unite in saying
that he is one Of the most forceful
speakers ever heard here.
Since the meetings began on Sum
day night last, twenty-one persons
have accepted the evangelist's invi-
.tation to come into the church. z
Tonight his subject Will be THE
Greed That Needs No Revision. Z,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
SALE: OF N'H.!|S|:!KEY |:
That Made Man Drink Enough
to Fight Charged against
Wounded One.

Upon a charge Of selling whiskey
contrary to the provisions Of the
Yost prohibition law, John Lee, a
Haywood negro has been held for
the action Of the next grand jury by
Magistrate w. e. Starcher and has
been released under bail Of $1,000:
Lee Is the negro who alleges that
he was cut with a knife in recent
drunken fight at Haywood by John
Patterson, another negro, who Sis Z
prisoner in the county jail awaiting
action of the next grand jury under
a charge Of felonions assault. BE was
committed to the jail by Magistrate
c. J.. Watkins. Of Shinnston. In
Iyestigation Of the case by u. n. Ten
iney. special prohibition officsr,
convinced him that Lee sold the whis-
key that made the men drunk at the
time the fight occurred and the Of
ticer swore ont q warrant against
him, VI,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
While to1the Morthea tlof Lipno
Germans Have Evacuated
Skempe Region.
PLAN OFFENSIVE THRUST
Turks Claim to Have Arrested
the Russian Advance in
the Carpathians.

LONDON, Jan. 20 News dispatches
referring to the situation in Poland
set forth that north OF the Visual in
the vicinity Of Lipno Russian advance
guards are within twenty miles OF
the German frontier while to the
northeast the Germans have eyacu-
ated Skempe which is about twenty
i've miles from the Prusstan border
southeast Of Thorn. II the Russians
follow up their success at Skempe
and continue their forward movement
dt will give them an unboken front
dangerously near the German terri
tory. The western allies are watcfl-
Ing this region just now with great
interest and dispatches from Petro-
grad say the Russians are pinninR
high hopes on their offensive thrust
near the German lines. Elsewhere
they are planning merely to hold
their own, barring, of course, the adj
vance through Transylrania. The
iAustrians appear not to have been
crushed by their reverses In B,iko-
wdna Tor the tRussians themselves re-
Ter to the attempted Austrian offens-
I've. Other news dispatches tell OF
the movement Of Austrian reinforce
ments aimed to check the Russian ad-
vance.
In the western arena OF the war
the battle at Soissons still ranks as
the only great conflict during many
weeks past There has been fighting
at many points but a trench and "a
few yards there is all that either side
has Rlinad Tf fIaF q a,.y,,o a - ,.is,,.s a. 7