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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
REPORTED TOLOVANA FIND
 NOT HIGHLY THOUGHT OF

At intervals during the past few weeks there have been in circulation stores o1 rich strike having been made ln the lolo- yana district, about 125 miles from Far banks, and while nothing definite has been given out the report has evidently created considerable interest It is stated that the citizens of Fairbanks are subscribing toward a fund for the purpose of building road or trail into the district and this glves some basis for the rumors.
 It has been generally known that for several months past much prospecting mas been going on in the Tolovana country. Late last fall an lncipient stampede was started from Fairbanks, and lurld stores were telegrapbed to newspapers Outside of a remarkably rich strike having been made. However, Fairbanks papers as late as March 1 made no mention of anything ln the na- ture of pay having been found, although there were good indications,
 The Tolovana empties into the Panama about midway between Nenana and Hot Springs. One of its tributaries IS Chatamka creek. and the name of the stream where the strike is alleged to have been made IS I;vengood creek. The country being pros pected extends northward from the Tolo- yan3 to Mike Hess creek, which emptes into the Yukon few miles above Rampant.
 The Fairbanks Citizen of March l con tained the following
 "The latest report obtalnable was to the effect that two returned stampeders state that pav, going S1 to he square foot ot bedrock, had been found at the mouth ot Gertrude creek, a tributary of Lvengood, coming in on the left limit, at 4 above dis coverv. Other reports received earlier ln the week were that prospects had been found at the mouth of Gertrude, but that there was no pay there The dehn1tlon Of q pavstreak, therefore seems to be mat ter of degree. It is about fifty feet to bed rock at the mouth of Gertrude.
 "The same conditions are sad to prevail as regards the operations Of the Hudson brothers on Mo- above discovery, Llven- pood creek, and the work being carried on on No. above, but the majority Of the reports concur in saying that there IS pay on both of those claims. Co No. Z below, Livengood, Marsh & Mcqueen have reached q depth of 116 feet with their shaft. 1t was thought that they would assuredly reach bedrock in the first 100 feet, but the present depth shows no sign ot solid formation of any kind. However, the pros poets are still hopeful"
 At that time the Fairbanks newspapers, in spite of the reports sent Outside, seemed to be of the opinion that there was near nav" there, although nothing warranted a stampede
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
FEASIBILITY OF AEROPLANE
 FOR MAIL AND EXPRESS

The lack of mail service connecting ldlt- arod with the outside world during the past month has brought to the front once more discussion of means for overcoming the long interval between the cessation of de hveries over the winter mail route and the commencement of delivery by the summer or water route.
 With the lack of roads and even trails in this portion of Interior Alaska, 1t has been taken for granted heretofore that this condition was one which must be borne with patience as unavoidable. But there are two enterprsing young men in the dis trict who have other views. It IS learned that for some time past they have been in correspondence with the manufacturers of aeroplanes with a view to putting on a line of aerial carriers between this city and Seward The distance to be traverSed, the weather conditions, the amount of traffic to be expected and other details have been gone into and it has been definitely decided that the plan is entirely feasible.
 At first glance it would appear that an airship journey of some two hundred and fifty miles, over mountain ranges, and through a country which is practically un-
 
 ture, and especially so in the winter sea son, when the thermometer is likely to in dicate a temperature of from 40 to 50 de grees below zero at rare intervals. But 1t is pointed out that the journey could be made in from five to six hours, and that the country over which the flight would be made would provide plenty of opportunity for safe landings in case they were neces sary.
 It is stated that machines could be fur nished at comparatively low cost which besides carrying one or two passengers, could carry mail or consignments of express mat ter, and that frequent flights could be made
 It seems not unlikely that an attempt will be made in the near future to form a company for the purpose of testing the feasl- bility of the plan. The advantages to be gained by reducing the time of mail de livery between the seaboard and ldltarod from approximately four weeks, as now, to a few hours, must be apparent to all
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

English estimate of SIP 100000 a day. Whichever figure IS correct, 1t will be seen that the recent war loan for a little over a billion dollars will last only a few months, while the war levies collected in Beglum were sufficient only for a few weeks For instance, much has been said about the war tax of Sl00O000O on Brussels and of simi- lar taxes upon other cities. A little figuring shows clearly that according to Germany $ official estimate all these sums added to- gether would be sufficient to prolong the war only about a week.
 "On the other hand, the capture of large numbers of able-bodied male prisoners by any one country IS a factor tending to pro long the war so long as these captures are more or less evenly balanced. Such prls- cnars are 0t value not so much in handl cappng the enemy as in providing the coun try making the capture with workers for their factories and fields while their own men are at war If Germany has 1000 able bodied prisoners, these, without doubt have been put to work, to take the. place of Germans at the front, in the mines, mills and public improvements. Considering the fact that these prisoners neeu not be paid and can be fed for few cents a day, they are of much economic value Ill enabling na- tions to proIong the war. Fer this reason the status of the prisoners will be carefully considered.
 Figures show that at the present time nations containing about 1000, ,O00 900 peO- pie, or considerably over cne-half of the en- tire human race, are participating in this var. Noting the fact that about p per If this m aInS Of phTInp age, we cannot hope that the war may be ended for the lack of men on the part of any of the belligerents Nj. Leroy Beaulleu, a well-knOWn French statlstlclan, was asked whether it would be possible for any nation to carry on the war with the whole of its adult male population of military age in the field. He replied that this was done fifty years ago by Paraguay in war lasting sev eral years against the Argentine Republic i; it was accomplished again by Boers in lS99- 1902 in their war against Great Britain, and again in the recent Balkan wars. Not only are the women and prisoners the boys and girls forced into service, but the neutral na- tions also supply laborers.
 For instance, reports coming from France indicate that Spanish laborers are already working in the vineyards, while with the Baltic sea still controlled by Germany s fleet, she Is carrying on commerce with the countries on the north. Hence, M. Beauheu argues that so long as the population IS united by military ardor and national sentl- ment and regards the war as just and holy Germany cannot be reduced by starvation. Therefore we cannot look to these figures for optimistic prophecies
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
PLENTY OF OSTRICHES ARE
 OWNED IN THIS COUNTRY

The first importation of ostriches into the United States was made in 1882 from South Africa into California Several other i'm portations followed, and it was one of the later importations that brought into this country the North African or Nublan bird, captured in the province of Nubla, North Africa. The majority of birds in this coun- try today are the result of these few i'm portations of birds into California, and con .lst almost wholly of the South African breed.
 The ostriches are no longer confined to one locality, but are rapidly spreading through the South, and are being success fully kept as far north as Pennsylvania. Ostrich farms are in California, Arizona, Texas Arkansas, Florida and Pennsylvania. There are about ten farms that have more than one hundred birds each, five farms
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
HOW HILBERT HUBBARD
 PUT ONE OVER" ON WILDER

The late Marshall P Wilder, although a cripple and sadly deformed, was a genuine humorist, and in his public entertainments was fond of telling the following story in which one of the principals was Ebert Hubbard who is supposed to have been one of the victims of the recent Lusltama tragedy:
 Many jokes have been played upon me by intimate friends. 1 remember Ebert Hubbard, the well-known American jour nalst, once tCok me from Chicago to Raw York On a half-ticket When the con ductor came around and Ebert handed him the tickets, he looked at me, then at Hubbard, and said
 "How old is your son?"
 "He is 7. right enough answered Hub bard. and gazed out of the window lndlf- ferently.
 "He needs a shave" remarked the con ductor, as he punched the tickets and started on.
 Hubbard stopped the conductor. If you think the little fellow is over age he said, why don't you ask me to pay full fare for him?
 "WeH,' he said, it is like this. thought that anyone who had as much cheek as' you have should be rewarded
 "But it was carrying joke too far, l thought at the time although 1t made me chuckle afterward- Ebert walked into the dining car, tied napkin under my chin, lifted me into a high chair, and or dered a waiter to give me bowl of bread and milk, while he sat opposite and ordered fried chicken and everything nice on the bill of fare'
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
Notice of Forfeiture

To Robert MatnSOn:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed has expended in labor and improve meuts the sum of one hundred dollars l$tO0) for the year of 1914 upon the Gold Run Group placer mining claim, sllu- atcd on Little creek, tributary of Canes creek in InnukO mining and recording dis trict, district of Alaska. Notice of location recorded in Vol 10, Page 96, Innoko Mn ing Records.
 You are further notified that if at the expiration of ninety l90) days after the last publication of this notice you fail or such expenditure, your interest in said claim viii become the property of the m ders gned, your cO-oWncr, under section 232l of the Revised statutes Of the united
 ROBERT EVANS, Co owner.
 Date of llrst publication. April t7, 1915
 Date of last publication. July 17, 1913.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
LOSSES CAUSE BY WAR

Roger W. Babson in a series of articles in the New York Sun on the economic side of the war. asserts that the war already has caused the greatest loss Tn history ever produced by war. The Crimean war and the Franco Prusslan war ot 1870 did not together cost as much as the present war had cost three months after It began. Fol lowing are points in MT. Babson's article:
 Whether the cost is $25 ,000, ,O0O per day or $50,000,000 per day IS a secondary con sideration We know that the rate ot ex- penditure, the loss of life and the economic strain are infinitely greater than anything ever known before.
 This is due not only to the vast num- bers involved and the huge artillery used, but also to expensive accouterments, such as automobiles, aeroplanes and varlous other modern inventions Moreover, the present method of fighting in trenches dug by ma chinery not only increases the cost but adds greatly to the development of rheumatism and other diseases. Terrible as all this must be, there can be no doubt that It tends toward shortening the war. Ii the armies go into winter quarters and con tinue inactive, such a move will tend to lengthen the war, but every day ot such terrible fighting as has taken place during the past must shorten its duration. In fact, study of statistics shows clearly that the belief of many that the war will last from three to five years is utterly foolish.
 Some people suggest that Germany is getting much relief financially in the tribute and supplies which it is securing from Bel gium and part of France. A study of statistics, however, quickly convinces one that this cannot amount to much. The or dnary estimate for the cost of the war to Germany varies from an official Berlin figure of S5,0O0OO0 day to semi-oficial
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

tn have more than 400 birds each, and one farm that has more than 900 birds In a there are about twenty five farms in the United States that are making g bus neSs of ostrich farming. The total aggre ga. of birds on these twenty-five farms all sunts to about 100 of which 5.655 are in Arizona.
 Approximately 490O of all the birds are pIlclling birds and give on an average one an1 one-fourth pounds of feathers to the bird which, figured at S20 d pound gives sc,,le idea of the value of the feather crop of this country Besides this, a pair of breeding birds will easily bring &35O each, and eggs for matching sell on the average of @l0 apiece Egg shells find limited market as curios at from 50 cents to Sl each.
 The most valuable feathers are the main wing feathers of the male bird, and If eE- ceI tcnally fine and the market good these may bring as high as $500 to S6CO pound. Th, average run of wing goods on the mar ke is from SS5 to S125 q pound. The fr,t plucking of feathers is taken when thu chick is from six to eight months ole. The first plucking is of little value, and on,v the main wing feathers are cut.
 Successive pluckingS take place, and ab ut every ight months after the first rluckings, the feathers being cut every SIX months and the quiils left on the blrd two moths longer at the end of which tune they are drawn. Generally the main wing feathers are cut. and the first and second ro,. of wing coverts, floss and all feathers are plucked.
 The food fed to ostrlches varies, the most common being green alfalfa, chopped alfalfa has bran milo maize, corn, oats wheat, basI.y, oil meal cottonseed meal beets, tur, nir. mangels, grape pumice, grit shells and bones. Birds will consume about four DO, pds of grain a day,
 Tie ostrich is our largest bird, unable to fly, but possessed of great speed beng caEa0e of thirty miles an hour or more, ant weighing on the average 3I5 pounds. Philadelphia Ledger.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

Japanese government was no better than the average tricky tradesman. To this there was no reply except a smile. 1 they have been entirely satisfactory to me and I believe fair minded Americans will rest content in them as l did and do With great earneStness he said: But remember that the articles of our alliance with Great Britain stanI.'
 At first 1 did not fully grasp the signif- canoe of this simple reply, for he added :: 'I cannot say any more than that now. and no Japanese official can say any more."
 And then !t flashed upon me that he had given me the most convincing reply possi- ble. because. as will be plain to anyone con versant with the ultimatum to Germany with the articles of alliance with Great Brit ain, with the statements made in connection with these two papers, and with the sub sequent statements and assurances given to the United States, the phrase (to make 1t shorD, The alliance stands" or the phrase
 as l like to put it, The ultlmatum stands" covers the whole question, for either involves and implies the maintenance of the great fundamental principle of Japan's for eign policy namely the peace of the Orient, DSAAA territorally and governmentally. The phrase, The articles of alliance stand" seemed to Viscount Chinda of such vital, iar-reaching significance and import that he took occasion to repeat it once more in a different connection in relation to the going down into the South seas of Japan to help hunt out and destroy the German war vessels that had escaped in the darkness from the harbor of Tsingtau. | Thus the ambassador has brought us back to that which abides in these times of whiffiing winds of suspicion, shifting sands of surmse and batfiing currents of doubt. We should have naught but thanks and re newed trust in what may be, what ought to be, sheet anchor to our faith, the pro tecting shadow of great rock to our con l fidence-the terms of alliance between Eng land and Japan,
 | It is time that Americans take the same attitude toward the Japanese with regard l to their promises or statements or prOteS- sions that we demanded that others should take toward us when we took Cuba and the Philippines The Japanese have shown us that they have had no suspicion of our good faith under similar circumstances. During
 
 thirteen years after 1 never heard a word of suspicion, much less of doubt that we did not intend to do as we promised. On the contrary, the attitude of the intelligent, worth while people in Japan was voiced by Viscount Chinda when he said to me: We have never had anything but approval in your taking of the Philippines. We have never had any objections to it because we knew that you are people, government, that did not believe in military aggression. Therefore we felt safe that you would not use the Philippine islands as base for mill tary aggrandzement against the Japanese or
 any other Eastern people"
 l submit that we ought to be at least as
 generous in our trust of Japan as this state ment shows that Japan has been in her trust
 of us
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

The large warehouse at the corner of Second and Black streets, owned by H.. Boas was sold last week to Tom McMahon who has had the building torn down and removed to Flat City, where it will be re- constructed and used as a place to house goods to supply Toms popular prunery
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22
HERE AND HEREAFTER

The Tatler tells the story of an old Sctoch' man whose wit was edged with pesslmlsm One morning he met at her gate nelghoor whose husband was seriously i'll.
 "And hoo's yer husband this morning Mrs Tamson ?" he asked, solicitously.
 "Oh, he's awful bad! The doctor sao his temperature has gone to loo.
 Nae, nae, you've made a mistake Sandy's temperature could never be as $ muckle as 150-at least, no in this world he added, as an afterthought. Youths Companion.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

The Hudson bay traffic is expanding constantly. The number of vessels enter ing that water last year was greater than every before.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

The consumption of eggs in the Philip pine islands is remarkably large. There are no statistics from which to compute the number of chickens annually raised in the islands but the total IS great Throughout the country remote from the larger port cities, chickens and eggs form consider able portion of the diet ot the people who can afford more than rice and fish
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

IT. the Arabian desert the sirocco. or sand storm, often digs pits 200 feet deep, scat ter,rg the sand for miles around,
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

The worlds production of pig iron in 1913 was estimated at 75, ,500 00O tons.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

Visit our new store at Flat.
 Boas the Clother.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails s2 can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-05-22

N. c. Go. Soie Agents for Alaska
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-26
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-26
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-26
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-26
&uiebao.

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genen Sonntag ibren 92iten @eburts,
tog, in Observation-Disclosures @eiunb.
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ter. 3afhreid,e Gadbarn un6 6retn-
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%fiinoen, INN Der @reiia, 5t gratll-
Tieren.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-26
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