The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
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MCGOWAN BOOSTING.

SEATTLE. Oct. 27.-Thomas A. McGowan. the we'll known Fairbanks attorney, who has just arrived froi" the north enroute to San Francisco for medical treatment. talks in glow ing terms O the future of Alaska In discussing the outlook today. MT, McGowan declared that ninety per cent of the territory is unprospec,ed and the richest paystreaks undis- covered The railroad, he said. would help lot to develop the country. and undoubtedly would hasten the finding of new and rich gold fields
 DAWSON BOYS KILLED
 DAWSON. Oct. 2S.-A telegram received from Gerald Grestock, 0. -.,: Strathcona's horse. now In Flanders, reports that Jack Watt. of Dawson. was killed by a stray bul let striking his cheek and coming out of the back of his head. He was looking over the parapet just as he Germans started to vacate their trenches. He was buried under the Union Jack with a cross and wire netting above. Watt and Grestock were the first Klondikers to leave here for the front. immediately af- ter war was declared. Watt leaves widowed mother in England. of whom he was the sole support. Klondikers have been spontaneously supporting her since he enlisted. Grestock also wires that he heard in London that Charley Phillips. formerly mounted policeman. who left last March and enlisted for East African service, was killed there. Phillips was in the same com pany as Hart, the chief of the Daw- son fire brigade. now in Africa He has three br thers in the c ,r's- mental armies. Watt and Phillips are the first men from Yukon so far to be killed in the war
 STAGES RUNNING.
 DAWSON, Oct 28-All of the steamers engaged on the upper riv- CT have now been tied up for the season and the mail stages ha started the service. The first stage left Dawson for the Outside a week ago and the second starts tomorrow As soon as the Yukon crossing freezes over there will be several stages each way weekly, all of them drawn by horses.
 PLENTY OF MEAT.
 LA " DUN, OCI. LS.- HOuSduuS OI caribou are browsing on the hills ten or fifteen miles west of Dawson on the glacier trail. Hundreds of people are out getting their winter meat supply and the bullets are flying ir all directions, reminding one of the Dardanelles bombardment. Each hunt CT is getting all the law allows. which Is five.
 STEAM PLANT BURNS.
 DAWSON Oct. 29.-The Canadian Klondike Mining company's large steam generating plant, used for driving dredges and heating the company's shops, offices and general works, burned to the ground this afternoon. The battery of three large water-cooled tubular boilers was in service at the time, each carrying one hundred and forty pounds of steam, and the roof Of the boiler house was ignited from sparks
 rvpp ng tt t rom tue hish slacks There was first class pumping plant, with several hydrants and plenty of hose on the premises, but it is understood the pumps refused to work at the critical time when the fire was starting. The flames soon spread over the pump room and the entire structure was in flames in few minutes. A four hundred XIV turbine Westinghouse engine, which was running also, went through the fire and was probably ruined. The engine was famous as being the one which was used to drive the light plant at the St Louis expo stion just before 1t was sold to the company. It is impossible 70 compute the losses as yet, as no inventory has been made. The dredges will continue running with water power