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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
JAMES KELLY
 ROOMS KOYUKUK

SEATTLE, Sept. S.-Although the Koyuluk is the northernmost mining camp in the world. and the tempera. ture sometimes drops down SO low that one cannot see the quicksilver at the bottom of the thermometer, it has some advantages. according to James Kelly. who has been there for several years, and is now @ guest at the Hotel Savoy.
 For instance, once in a while they find big nuggets in the KoyuSuk dig. gings. and occasionally they find a whole nest of them. Some time ago miner found a nugget worth S2,. 7OO, and it is quite a common thing for a crew of men to run onto lit- Gle patch of them that is worth any where from S1OO,OOO up. On Ham mond river last year some prospect ors found a whole sack full. Altogeth- CT the district cleaned up an aggre- gate of S1,50O,0OO last year. and the yield this year will be about the same or a little more. This is divid- ed in very unequal proportions among the 25O white men who habit this re- zion.
 Hard Work in the Cold
 It's kind of tough" said Kelly. You have to wait till the rivers freeze and then sink your holes through the Ice and the frozen muck below. The pay lies generally at a depth of from 100 to 15O feet.
 There is some good quartz prop erty on the Chandelar river, which is still further north, but they appear to be too far away to warrant their de- velopment. The cost of freight in that country is enough to make Q strong men tremble c. J. Marsh last year started to bring in @ quarz mill He got 1t as far as Beaver station, and then came outside to raise more money. He disappeared and nobody has heard of him since"
 The Koyukuk diggings are about 175 miles north of the Arctic Circle. -(Seattle Times.)
 Kelly passed through Juneau for the Koyukuk on the Alameda.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Commission is engaged upon tho con struction and maintenance of no less than sixty-eight projects embracing numerous small roads. as in tho Fair banks local system, these being scat. tered from the vicinity of Ketchikan north of Kotzebue Sound and from Valdez to the Koyukuk; and the per centage of Tax or Alaska Fund, pro vided Co carry forward properly this work. and to meet numerous other demands made upon the Board, is very inadequate. This condition has been fully set forth at Washington and a special recommendation and es innate was submitted to the Secre tary of War in the fall of 1915. ] an close for your information copy of the letter from the Secretary of War to Che Secretary of the Interior on this subject. The fact is the War De- partment is not responsible for pro curing the necessary appropriations for the construction of roads and trails in Alaska for its commercial develop ment unless some specific law should be enacted by Congress imposing this responsibility. and authorizing the necessary estimates. This has never been done, and your delegate has never. SO far as l know, made any at tempt to relieve the situation, until last session of Congress. when he in troduced a bin for S75OO00, and then following 1t up by writing one or more scurrilous letters into the Territory about the Road Commission. His bill received a favorable endorsement by the Road Commission. and recon mended for passage, which was ap proved by the Secretary of War, but nothing further seems to have beer done.
 l recognize the needs of your dis trict for road improvement, but dc not recognize the efficacy nor the justice of continued complaints and criticism, which frequently degener ates into abuse, of the Road Commis sion for not accomplishing the i'm possible, There has not been any ia voritism shown to Fairbanks nol consciously to any other district.
 recommend that your direct your ac tivities toward supporting the RoaC Commission in getting necessar! funds or in causing your delegate t' do SO. instead of exhausting them 1T a fruitess effort to get a road bull without money.
 wish to assure you that this lettet is not written in any spirit of resent ment, but with a desire to have thI conditions as they exist, understoo, by your community Our board will in the future, give the same carefu consideration to the needs of you district, that it has tried to give il the past along with other communl ties equally entitled to help and WI hope to be able to make Q more sub stantial allotment next season.
 W. P. RICHARDSON.
 Colonel of Infantry
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

argument md reason for special ap- propriations being mado by tho mili- tary committees Of Congress for Military and Post Roads" in Alaska.
 The bridge across the Cinema river at Fairbanks is now included, very properly. it is believed. as a last link in that road, and a special effort was made by me at the last session of Con gross Co get tho appropriation increas- ed to cover this construction and for replacing the bridge at Nome. destroy ed by flood. This may have caused you to think Fairbanks specially fa- vored The Fairbanks local district has about seventy-two miles of wagon road constructed during the early his- tory of that camp. but our Board has been able to allot very little for their upkeep for several years, large ly on account of the demands made upon the funds by the new camps of iditarod and Ruby. and as a result they have fallen into quite bad shape. The board made a small allotment for their repair early in the season. and it was expected that the Forestry fund would complete their repair and with this and the Circle road practic- ally out Of the way, more substantial work could be done at Ruby and else where next season. We gave careful consideration to these conditions in making the present allotment of funds and although. as stated above. the Fourth division is getting more than it's proportionate share of the entire fund. while contributing very little to the tax fund our Board does not distribute its tax fund according to the districts or Judicial divisions were collected. but ondeaovors Co allot it equitably and according to the needs of the different districts. as far as the fund will go. It based upon a ratio of population it is believed that your district is receiving a full share of all funds available. The allotment at Circle City was made to finally complete the road under construction long before the Ruby district was discovered.
 The allotment for the Tolovana road is to help open up a new camp. and is supported by a voluntary sub scription of half the amount by the citizens of the district
 I remind you that a winter road was built from Ruby to the creeks shortly after the discovery there. at O cost for location and obstruction Of over S17O0OOO. approximately the same as now being spent on the Tolo- vana winter road. but without ;he aid of subscription from your district un- til later, if I remember correctly when S500.00 was subscribed for the exten. sion of the road Co Poorman and Grip pie City. I wish to remind you also that our board has been deprived by your legislature of aid formerly giv- en by local road tax without making provision to replace it. The Road
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
Got Him at Last.

Old Eben was walking along the street one morning and one of his arms was in a sling Mrs. Horton who had often employed the old fel low for odd jobs happened to meet him and asked.
 Why, Eben, have you met with an accident?"
 'Yes, ma'am." replied Eben. 'T did rse done up now, fer sho'l You see, arm in de sling, ma'am, don't you
 "Yes, Eben," said the woman. sym. pathetically, what has happened'"
 Well, ma'am." the old colored man answered, 'Tu be n years ole mex harvest. done see lots ob trubble in my day, ma'am. but by der grace CT God l miss de- kuklux an miss de whitecaps, ma'am an now, ma'am. here in my ole age dem waxinators kotched mew-(New York Times)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Wake up! When the Alaska furni- tire company advertises a sale for Friday and Saturday 1t means just what 1t says. Remember. every thing in the house at X off Friday, Saturday and Monday. Bring your mail order catalogue and compare prices. am prepared to meet any price ini the country. F. W. ODon- nell-Alaska Furniture Co., 9-1O-2t
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT.
g. A. H. A.
ssrIaI Nd. OtsOs

Notice ls hereby given that c. w. Fries @ citizen of the United States, over the age of 21 years, whose post office address is Juneau. Alaska, be- Ing entitled to the benefits of Sec. 2306 of the revised statutes of the United States, and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States non-mineral survey No. HI situate on the Northeast shore of Gastineau Channel, one and three-qua-ter miles southeast of Juneau in the Territory of Alaska, and more particularly de- cribed as follows. to-wit:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1 at mean
 high tide of the Northeast shore
 of Gastineau Channel. cor. not
 set, wit cor. @ stone set in
 ground marked S. III W.C.1
 bears north 26 ks dist: U.SLM.
 No. from true cor. No. 1 this
 survey bears S. 55' 54' ". 53.76
 chs dist; thence North from true
 cor. No. 1, 113 chs. to cor. No. 2,
 a stone set in ground marked S.
 1111-C2; thence East 14.O3 chs. to
 cor. No. 8, an iron pipe set in
 ground marked S. III C-3;
 thence South 1909 chs. to road;
 12.67 chs. to cor. No. 4 cor. not
 set wit. cor O stone in place
 marked S. HI W.C-4 bears North
 56 llzB. dist; Cor. No. 1 Avalanche
 lode s. 989 bears g. 40' 05' 30" D.
 24.OS chs. dist; thence from true
 Cor. No. meandering beach of
 Gastineau Channel at line of mean
 high tide (1) N. 39' 34 W. 2.23
 chs. (2) N. 57s 19' W. 2.92 chs.
 (S) N. 34' 52' W. 211 chs. (4) N. 6O'
 47' W. 2.74 chs. (5) N. 42' 34' W.
 1.97 chs. co N. 47o 46' W. 5.55 chs.
 CD West no chs. to true cor.
 No. 1, the place of beginning.
 Area S.98 acres. Variation at all
 corners 32' OO' E. Latitude 5S' IT
 N Longitude 134' 22' W.
 As additional to original homestead entries of John R. Copeland and Eliza Green, widow of James Green, de- ceased, HE. No. 541 and 7S9 at Lit tie Rock, Arkansas and New Orleans, respectively, and dated March o. 1867 and May q, 1869. respectively.
 And all persons claiming adversely any portion of the above described tract of land are required to file with .he Register and Receiver of the United States Land office at Juneau. Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, lnder oath, during Che period of pub ication or within 30 days thereafter, pr they will be barred by the provis- Ions of the statute.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

The grain crop in European Russia this year is estimated at 100000 bushels. or 446,OOO.OOO in excess of 1914 and 291 100000 in excess of the 5-year average; Russian minister of agriculture says that there will be available for export 45O,OOOOOO bush- els, consisting very largely of wheat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

IF YOU have plenty of good coal in the bin these damp days do not in- terfere with your comfort. Ladysmith coal is the best and The Juneau Trans fer Co.,, has lots of 1t. Another cargo just in. Get some today. BEST FOR HEATING BEST FOR COOKING - GOES FARTHER. S-12-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

No. ] Yakima Gem selected pota. toes. S1.s5 per sack. delivered. Kali ma peaches. $. 60 box.
 ALASKA FRUIT & PRODUCE CO., 122 Front st. Phone IA. 9-i0-3t.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
RICHARDSON DEFENDS BOARD
 IN RUBY CASE

VALDEZ. Sept 5.-The citizens of Ruby having made public a protest against the allotment of funds by the road commission for that locality with an argument for more liberal ap- propriations. the Road Commission has given out it's reply which Is as follows:
 Valdez. Alaska. July 27. 1915. Harry Cribb. Esq.
 Ruby. Alaska (Mail MelozD
 Yours of the fourteenth. Our board certainly has no intention of visiting an injustice upon your district in the matter of road appropriations. and emphaucauy denies that favoritism is being shown to Fairbanks. Very small allotments for Fairbanks local roads have been made for several years past Fairbanks is probably charged by your community with an allotment for that vicinity for the main overland trail for winter and summer travel through Alaska. The Tolovana expenditure based upon subscription by Fairbanks of oue-half the amount allotted by our board The trouble Is 8 lack of funds for Territorial road work. for which we are not responsi- bie. A statement by letter follows.
 (Signed) RICHARDSON.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
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A British foreign office statement concerning negotiations between Eng land and Germany in 1912, asserts that Germany attempted a trap to "tie her hands, but which would have left Germany free" in case of war of eith- CT country. that conditions in the proposed negotiations were unjust and grossly unfair, favoring Germany in case of any misunderstanding. The agreement would hold Great Britain relpleas to defend her friends in case of O European conflict, while Ger many had an option to help whom ever she wished The statement says 1t was the evident intention that Ger many proposed such measures with the hope of obtaining, the neutrality of England regardless of any alliance with other nations in the event of Germany becoming embroiled in a war. In the same year 1t is stated that England tried to get withdraw al of the Novelle (the bill then pend ing for the increase of the German navy), to which the German coun- sellor replied that Germany could not cease expanding her navy. Nego- tiations then came to an abrupt end with practically no binding agree ments
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
AmerIoan Leaque.

At New York-Detroit 4. New York 8 At Philadelphia-St. Louis S-9. Phil.
 adelphia A. At Washington-Washington 3, Cleve-
 land 4. At Boston-Boston 5. Chicago 4
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
Federal Leaque

At Brooklyn - Brooklyn 5-2, Pitts
 burgh Il At Kansas City - Buffalo 9, Kansas
 City O. At Chicago-Chicago 2. Baltimore 1. At St. Louis-St Louis 12, Newark 5.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
National Leaoue

At Pittsburgh-Philadelphia 8. Pitts
 burgh 2. At Chicago-Boston 8. Chicago 1. At st. Louis-St Louis 2, Brooklyn l
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

According to Secretary Getschow, of Phillipps, Getschow & Co.,, Chicago, a firm in which he is a stockholder
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Five second hand drop head sewing machines-every one guaranteed. From S1250 to S270O. Alaska Furni- turc Co.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Henri Coupin. doctor of science, in the Presse Dedicale, Paris, states that the recent dispatches from the eastern front aver that of 559 children born to fugitives from Galicia and Buko- wina there were 314 boys and only 245 girls. In Vienna, where usually 1OS boys are born to 100 girls, since October last there have been 14O boys to 100 girls; there has been also Q very large number of twin births. Coupln ayers that these figures need verification. The official figures in- dicate that the number of births re- corded in England and Wales during the three months ending June 30 was lowest on record; 1t was 12,973 below the number for the corresponding per tod in 1914. The number of deaths in the same period was the highest in ten years, the figures being 15,445 above that for the corresponding per iod last year. The excess of births over deaths is given at 74,515, as com pared with 1O1,9SS the same period in 1914.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

If you want to know, Task Bartlett" -(9-1-ts)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

The silver and copper coin supplies of tho Petrograd ahopmen and tram conductors were drained on Monday morning by the general presentation of paper money of large denomlna- tions. The state and private banks are said to be we'll stocked with var lous coins, and are paying it out in unlimited amounts. The officials be- lieve the action of the public was due to dissemination of false reports possibly by the agents of Russia's enemies.
 A London special says that Great Britain has practically decided to abandon tho plan to introduce con scriptlon and to adopt compromise measure, which nevertheless sums up to compulsion. The scheme Is the "quota system" which has been in force in South Africa since 1912. This scheme compels each locality to furnish a definite number of sol diers in case of war.
 -9
 Shell fire and denotation of shrap- nel are responsible for a great amount of insanity among the sol diers of the Allies. according to Dr. c. Burns Craig, of the New York Neu- rological Institute, who has been sew en months in the French hospitals.
 The London Daily Chronicles diplo- matic correspondent says that the Roumanian army which would cer- tainly cooperate with the other Bal kan states in resisting the German invasion of Serbia and Bulgaria, num- bers nearly 6OO,OOO men.
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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
PIG LEAGUE BASEBALL.
SATURDAYS GAMES.
Northwestern Leaoue

At Seattle-vancouver 8, Seattle 2.
 At Spokane-Tacoma 6, Spokane 2.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13
CONRAD W. TRIES.
United States Land Omce. Juneau,
 Alaska, July 31, 1915,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing Notice be published for the statutory period in the Alaska Daily Empire, a newspaper of general cir culation. printed at Juneau Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above described claim or survey.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

To supplement the above telegram Col. Richardson then sent the follow ing letter:
 Valdez Alaska. August 2. 1915. The President of the Board Mir. liar
 ry Cribb, Ruby, Alaska. Allotment
 for Ruby road.
 Dear Sir:
 Referring further to your telegram of July 18th. volclng the protest of the citizens Of your town against what you say is manifest injustice visited upon your district in the matter Of approp- riaticn1 for wagon road work at Ruby. invite your attention to the enclosed list of anotnents for the Fourth Ju- diciai Division This division is get ting more than It's proportionate share of available funds. and. including the overland road from the coast. not far from half o' the total fund Go be ex- pended This overland road is for the benefit oi lh, whole interior of Alaska. and. together with the Haines- Chnkat military road. constitutes the
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

"An of the nawa an tno tImo." ',
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

An lad" in The Empire reaches ev. erybody.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Negotiations for the sale to Rus sia by American cotton mills of 3OO- 900 dozen fleeced undetwear have been abandoned, owing to the inabiI- fly of the Russian government to furnish the credits desired by the manufacturers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

c. B. WALKER, Register. First publication, July Si. 1915. Last publication, September 30,
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Dr. Morton Prince, American neur- oiogist who sailed from England on the Lapland says the Allies are pre- pared for a war lasting one or two more years. and that they are confi- dent of final success. It is believed that unless Hohenzollernism is crush ed the war must be fought all over again. It is not @ question of terri tory or inlemnity. America cannot act as the part of peacemaker for a long time to come.
 A Paris cable quotes a German aviator as saying that the efficacy of French aviators has advances very greatly; they are an effectual bar 10 the German scouts by operating in squads of ten machines at a height of 1000 meters and ten more at 5000, flying in opposite direction so a Ger man scout attempting to get through is attacked from below and above sic multneously. The aviator further de- clares: We must follow their ex- ample or yield the command of the air"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

Since the commencement of the European war there have been 19 ex- plosions and fires in government ar senals and in powder factories, and plants engaged on war contracts in the United States. and one in Can ada. with Q total of S4 deaths and in- iuries number 22.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-13

is making 100000 six-inch shells. vnl- ued at S64O.OOO for the United States government. and the German govern ment, like the Allies is purchasing munitions of war in the American market.
 The French government is consid- ering the confiscation of part of the s2O.OOO,OOO seQuestered German prop erty in France as n reprisal of the German action in taking property in Germany of French citizens for sub- scription to the war loan.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-30
HAWKINS
From the Hawkins Reporter
c. L. Peck was down fr

From the Hawkins Reporter
c. L. Peck was down from Ken
nan Thursday experimenting the in.
stallation of new switchboard in
the Hawkins central.
The school census just taken show
306 children Of school age as against
276 last year, an increase of eleven
per cent. Pretty good indication of
the growth in the town.
P. H. Flatley, road master of the
500 Line, was in town Monday con-
ferring with the committee and with
town officials in reference to a num-
Der Of improvements to be made on
the right of way near the depot. The
park proposition is going through and
work was begun on Thursday. The
town is replacing the culvert across
Main street, north of the side track,
just off the right of way. The old
ditch leading to the culvert is to be
filled up and the street widened in
the approach to the depot
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-30
About USING "the Soft PedaW

The News-Budget believes it is
the province of the newspaper to
print the news impartially, shield
ing neither friend nor foe. If any
body wants to withhold patronage
from the News-Budget because We
intend to treat all alike, we will
have to make the best of it, but
anyone who adopts that course will
thereby stamp himself as un-Amer-
lean and sadly lacking in manhood.
1t might be the path of least re-
sistance and to the greatest financial
returns to suppress any piece of
news that might involve disagree
ably anyone of prominence, but when
we get ready to adopt that policy We
will quit the newspaper business.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-30

A new road is to be opened from
Mr. Sanness' to Mr. Wicks' place
this fall. The contractors are John
Diamond, John King, Pete Sanness
and VIM Kelley. 1t is to be opened
by the 18th of October.
Island Lake
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Burpee visited
at hurry on Saturday. They were
accompanied by Myrtle Burpee.
Messrs. Hodgdon and Dolan have
just finished a very successful drive
Of Chain Lakes. They put 12,000,-
900 feet of logs afloat in the Chip
peWa river.
An Indian war dance is being held
at Sand Lake this week by the
Winnebagos. Over hundred OF
them from Black River are on
their way to the reservation to pay
their annual visit to the ChippeWas.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-30
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Items from our files of this week in 1895:
Apoilonia

ApoIIonia
o. S. Hurlburt spent Sunday with
his family at Cameron.
There were 83 tickets sold here
for the noon train last Friday.
Thos. Crawford has the contract
for remodeling the schoolhouse
T. B. Otis has his house complet-
ed and is moving in this week.
1t is now being reported that
Cleveland will run for the third
term with Senator Villas as his mate.
James MCGEE, of Weyerhauser was
taking the census here last Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. E. W. Hill and two children,
Roy ana Max, returned from Plum
City, Wis, Tuesday afternoon.
F. P. Stevens is getting material
on hand for logging purposes. He
expects TO put in a full winter.
E. w Hill made a business trip
to Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire
on Wednesday, returning the next
day.
j. E. Stanley was in town on
Wednesday evening to purchase
lumber for his new dwelling at
Bruce
Mrs. Lucy Pease left a radish at
this office on Thursday that meas
ured nearly fourteen inches. She
said it was only sample.
M. c. Hill will open a blacksmith
shop in Tyman's addition as soon
as he can build shop. He is a
first-class horse sheer and forgeman
Warner
The Flambeau drive is hung up
at Little Falls.
Miss Ella Corbett went to Bruce
Tuesday to take music lesson of
Mrs. Circuit.
George COthers, Lee Phetteplace
and Nate Hand started for the har-
vest fields of North Dakota Tuesday