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The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
Borello Funeral
 Held on Thursday

With a goodly number of the friends of the deceased in attend ance, the funeral of Paul Borrello, the Italian who died last week at St Joseph's hospital from heart trouble, was held last Thursday morning. Pursuant to the last wish es of MT. Borrel1o, no minister at tended at the ceremonies, the fun eral address being delivered by George W Pennington Miss Ln- Han Hill oftciatod at the piano, rendering music appropriate to the occasion.
 Those who bore the body of their friend to its last resting pla"e in the Fairbanks cemetery were 8. B, Tallarico, l., Peca, Paul Leoni, Joe Ftronze, Frank Mussano and George Martin.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
THOUSAND TONS OF
 ORE TO BE SHIPPED.

F. D. Reiter, manager of the Alaska Mines corporation, of FidalgO Bay, reports that everything is in shape to begin the construction of the company's wharves and ore bunkers, and that it will soon be in shape for handling ore.
 On the last trip of the Admiral Evans she brought a pile driver outfit from Katalla to Fidalgo Bay. The outfit is rev, having been taken to the oil city during railroad con struction days, but was never used
 MT. Reiter states that his company is employing force of twenty-siE men, twenty of whom are employed in development work and about the mine, and six on the wharf cOnstruc- tion work. Lars Holland is in charge of the construction work.
 During the development work more than one thousand tons of ore has been taken out, and will be shipped to the Tacoma smelter as soon as the wharf and bunkers are ready for handling the ore Cordova Times.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
WINTER MINING BEING
 DONE AT NOME

NOME-Nome just now is expert encing a revival of winter prospect ing and mining, and the activity is unusual Arrivals from Dexter Divide report that much work is proceeding and that several parties are hoisting pay from claims around the place where the strike was made last spring Amongst those in the Brown, who made the rich strike last winter. Others operating there are Murray and Rose. the Rowan bro thers, Henniner X Co.,, Richter and Bolster, Moses and Warter Taylor and Partners, Dan Connolly and brothers. Many are taking out win ter dumps, and the rest are pros, pecting and trying to line up the pay.
 The output for the Nome camp this year was just about three mil lion dollars, and the customs office record of arrivals and departures show that the population this winter is about two hundred and fifty more than it was last year.
 Several blizzards and a great snowfall have piled high the drifts much earlier than in any other win ter in the camps history. About hundred people are at the scene are leaving daily for it. It is a fairly good low grade placer camp.
 Since the last boat went out ii exists there, owing to the purchases made by the French government for the war
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31

showing that entities it to be classed with the pay creeks.
 On the Smokehouse associatcn c. K, Snow and Hugh McCray have three holes down about 80 feet with pay in all of them. None of the holes were bedrocked, yet pans run Is and 20 cents and the dirt was growing better with depth.
 Next below the Smokehouse asso- citation Fred Swanson and partner have two or three holes showing practically the same values as those obtained by Snow and McCray.
 Both the parties had been keep ing the find quiet until after the first of the year.
 Fourth of July creek is a trlbu- tary of the Salatna river next above Spruce, the creek which had been put in the pay class last summer. There had been no adequate pros pecting on Fourth of July creek until last fall. The creek is approximately seven miles long. The fine showing made will undoubtedly be the means of starting great deal of active prospecting in that section
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
RUBY MINERS
 ORGANIZING
 LABOR UNION
HUNTED MINE WORKERS OF LONG" TO DEMAND A
 REGULAR WAGE

Word has been received in Fair banks of the organizing of a miners union on Long creek, in the Ruby district. known as The United Mine tion was perfected at a meeting held at Long on January ?. The rames of the officers of the organi- zation were not given in the com munication received here.
 The organization was perfected with the following resolutions:
 Resolved the union shall be known as The United Mine Workers of Long.
 Resolved the members of the union sign an agreement not to work for less than B per day and board
 Resolved-That a committee be appointed to get those of the miners who were not at the meeting and all new corners to sign the agree ment.
 The letter received here states that the wage question on Long creek is the bone of contention between the miners and operators on that stream. It does not say that the laborers have been receiving less than the usual wage, but intimates that to be a fact And 1t further states that the resolutions passed at the meeting were the result of the determination of the miners as to what measures would be tgkOr in regard to wages now and during the coming mining season.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
Municipal Fa hers
 Hold Busy Meeting

While the regular session of the city council last Monday night wa routine in most respects, there were several important matters of new business discussed and some of them dispatched. The chief quea- tions talked over related to the schools, the epidemic of rats and the gasoline question: Further dis cussion on the tax matter was also taken up on account of several errors which were made. but every thing is now settled.
 The gasoline question was dis cusscd al con:idorablo length. hw it was eventually put up to the fire committee. It seems that praC tically all of the tailors of Fair banks are using gasoline in which to wash clothes, which is contrary to o~o of the city ordinances. Thj" ordinance seems unfair to some of the councilmen
 The December account rendered by City Clerk Buckley showed a big deficit in city finances. However all but about $6,0OO of the deficit has been wiped out by the tax re turns of the past month.
 A request from the school board for $1,7O55O for the salaries of the teachers, which will become due before the next council meeting was read. After some discussion the warrant was ordered drawn, but it will be held by the city clerk until such time as the request for money is signed by more than one member of the school board and an itemized account rendered, a
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
Antone Benton, Tom Rosetad, John

Antone Benton, Tom Rosetad, John rtevcns and A. j. Louggren reached town from the coast last week.
 Donald Herring, the son of MT and Mrs. Ed Hellng, celebrated his fifth birthday last week with a party to a number of his young friends.
 The Fairbanks baseball club is endeavoring to get new suits for next seasons play, several Outside houses supplying them for advertls- ing purposes having been written to. It is also planned to arrange a series of games between Fairbanks, Fort Gibbon, Dawson and Brooks.
 Commissioner J. c. Dehn, Of Tanana, has notified the district attorneys office of the finding in a cabin 30 miles below Panama, of the frozen body of George Kaga, a Jap anese. He will hold an inquest.
 MT. and Mrs. w. K. Kierulff, the latter formerly Miss Hazel Deiser, f this city, are located in Nevada for the winter, according to word received here.
 McGown & Youle, who formerly conducted the Model cafe, on First avenue, are planning to open res taurant in the Rappolt bakery building, on Second avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. Ali Ekeland, Of Chatanika, are the proud parents of a boy, born last Monday morning at St. Joseph's hospital.
 Deputy Marshal Jack Mccormack, of Nulato, will not come to Fair banks at the present time, as was expected, owing to the extreme cold weather.
 A. J. Godske, of the N. c. Co. force, has received word of the death of his mother in Chicago The burial took place at St. Paul Wednesday, according to the wire re- ceived by Mir Godske.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
Local News Items

Ruby, according to information re- ceived at the marshal's office. h. structions as to what to do with him have been asked by the Ruby officials, as the man is penniless.
 Andrew Bredlie was the victim of a surprise last Monday night, the occasion being his birthday. A num- Der of his friends dropped in dur ing the evening.
 Tom Dickinson and Ed Bartlett are recent arrivals in town from the Tolovana country, having come in over the new Happy trail.
 Lieut.. Joseph Mehaffey, of the Alaska Road commission, has left Seward for Iditarod, according to word received here. He is due to arrive in Fairbanks the latter part of next month.
 Tom McGowan wires that, while he is able to be around, his recoV- cry is not complete. Therefore he IS uudDle lO Sldlt lllt ueiIN oi iii'' probable return north
 R. s. Steel, H. D. Ingram and Mrs. H. J. Patterson were the ar irving passengers on Wednesdays $ stage from the coast.
 Roy Frankhouser, the Olnes res taurant man, was the host to a party of friends last Wednesday evening.
 The Chatanika Minstrel company has decided to hold it's minstrei show on the evening of Febru- ary T instead of the fourteenth, as originally intended.
 John L. McGinn expects to arrive in Fairbanks some time in March according to letters received here.
 John Schaarle, the gardener, re- turned during the past week from business trip to the Tolovana country.
 Miss Edith Waite plans to return
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
AnotherLicenseSvstem

The clerk of court has made an rouncement to the effect that, eN- cepting saloon licenses, all licenses will be due on July l of each year This arrangement is being made in order that the work of handling the license moneys may be expedited.
 Heretofore the plan has been to allow all licensees to take out new licenses at all times of the year All cid licenses will now expire on Juno 30.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
General Mining News

panys mines, on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, have been steady producers for several years. The Granby smelters are now producing at the rate Of 42,000,O00 pounds of blister copper annually. The Anyox mine employs an average of nine hundred men during the entire year.
 In d recent statement to the stock holders of the Granby COmp-ly, Frank NJ Sylvester stated that thc Midas mine was in shape to pro duce but that no ore had been shipped owing to the scarcity of ore carrying boats. The capacity of the shelter at AnyoX has been increas- ed and i. is expected that shipments will be made regularly from the Midas beginning next spring. Tho company employs one steamer and il is reported that the purchase of another boat is contemplated in or der to convey the Midas ore to :he shelter.
 The company is said to be en- couraging the development of cop per properties in Southeastern Alas ka and north British Columbia, and are dealing liberally with prospec- tors.
 The development of other copper properties in this district on an ex- smelter to be established at or near Valdez at no very distant date Valdez Miner.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
MUCH ORE IN SIGHT
 AT THE MIDAS MINE.

AT THE MIDAS MINE.
 That the Midas copper mine, on Solomon gulch, across the bay from Valdez, will be one of the biggest copper producers in Alaska is the belief of those who are qualified to speak with authority. The prop erty is owned by the Granby Smelt- ing Co.,. of New England and East ern capitalists.
 The Midas was taken over by the Granby company nearly two years ago, when they paid local residents $123 900 for the property. Since taking over the property the Granby company has spent another $2O0,00C in equipping it with an aerial tram. ore bunkers, mine buildings, and in development work. The tram is about five and half miles in length and it conveys the ore from the mine to the ore bunkers on the beach.
 During the past year a consider able force of miners were kept busy doing development work, and it is reported that about two hundred thousand tons of ore has been blocked out About two thousand feet of tunnel has been driven and a depth of 800 feet below the sur face showings gained. Some of the ore returns values as high as 10 per cent, but is not expected to average that grade. The values have been found to increase with depth.
 The Granby Smelling company is one of the big copper producing
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31

pumps and zinc boxes. Zinc shay ings are used as a means of pre- cipitating the gold and an extraction of S5 per cent is maintained
 It is the purpose of the manage ment to actively start operations al the mine the coming spring. and the property on obtaining full ca pacity will employ two hundred men The mine proper is known as the Apollo. and is located on Unga Island Times
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31

requested of the board some time ago by the council
 One of the councilmen reported at the meeting that the city is beinr overrun with wharf rats. Many have been killed and captured, but it i5 feared that they will become a pest unless the city takes action The matter was referred to the health committee with power to act
 The city will bury William Sta plcs, the oldtimer who died several weeks ago. That is, the council voted to make up the difference hatwocn tho expense of his burial r-' the money which can be raised among his friends.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
WOULD MAKE BOXING
 CENTER OF NEW HAVEN.

There is a concerted movement afoot to make New Haven, Conn.,, the real fighting center in the east Twenty round decision bouts are permitted there The town is al most midway between Boston and New York and convenient to many of the larger towns in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
 Philip J. Smith, chief of police
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31

There is a growing feeling on the coast that some steps should be taken toward rectifying these con ditions. and it is not at all unlikely that the question will be brought up by the Pacific coast representa- tives at some future meeting of the union. insofar as it relates to track and field athletics.
 A TRIO OF STARS.
 The official batting averages of the National league show three men as among those who won excep- tional honors in the parent organiza- ton in the 1915 season. "Gabby' Crayath. the Quakers' mighty slug ger. who hit 2S5. led in total bases with 266. easily topped the home run hitters with 24 and was best in scoring runs with S9. Scoops Carey. of the Pirates, was the leading base stealer with 36. Not much of a record when compared with that of Ty Cobb, the Ameri- cans sensational sack pilferer, but still not bad for the National, con- sidering that Johnny Evers, a play CT feared by all pitchers when on bases. made but seven steals. Bob Fisher, of the Cubs, headed tue list of sacrifice hitters win 42.
 JOHNNY POE KILLED IN FRANCE
 That Johnny Poe, accredited in football history as the hardest line hitting halfback Princeton ever knew, was one of the British sol, diers killed when the famous Black Watch regiment practically was an initiated in the battle of Loos, on September 25. became known in this country recently through a let ter received by his brother s. John son Poe, a lawyer of Baltimore, from a captain in the decimated or ganization. Poe, always in the fore front of any adventure which he undertook. was among those who led the attack, and he was one of those who fell in the first desperate charge The Black Watch left its trenches 4.000 strong the morning of the battle, but at o'clock that evening less than 800 answered the roll call. In the attack at Loos the battalion to which the writer of the letter was attached lost IS officers and 680 men. leaving but three officers and 83 men. q must say" he wrote. the men behaved marvelously we'll They were cheer ing, laughing and joking as they went, and though the enemy's ma chine guns got to work at once and our men began to drop. they never wavered for one single second. There was no unnecessary charging; they kept touch in distance and marched solidly, and charged only when a real advantage was to be gained. That magnificent effort Of the Black Watch must stand out as a won derful example of bravery and self sacrifice when the history of this great war is written.' After leav- ing college Poe. who was a great nephew of Edgar Allen Poe, fought in almost every war In this coun- try and South America, and in the intervening periods was a filibuster, gold miner in Nevada and Alaska, and worker in the oil fields of Cali fornia "Old Nassau" may well be proud of Johnny Poe, hero among heroes, both on the gridiron and tho f;ald of batt1a
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31
CYANIDE PLANT AT
 UNGA COMPLETED.

T. R. Brown, president and gen eral manager of the Delarp Devel- opment company, at Unga, was in Cordova yesterday on his way to San Francisco. He stated that the cyanide mill constructed for the purpose of treating 100000 tons of mill tailings from the old Apollo mill. which average three dollars per ton in gross value, has been completed and placed in operation. The cyanide mill was compelled to shut down a month earlier this sea son than usual, due to cold weather freezing the water supply. The cy-
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31

The Dawson News tells of the keljing, by Feel river Indians, of a mountain sleep much resembling a caribou, in that it was blaak in color on the back and was shaped more like a caribou than sheep It has the usual large sheep head.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-28
SECRETARIES DISCUSS
RECENT VIlLISTA RAD
ion from Carranza on Chihuahua
Fight-6eii is Upheld.

Washington, Sept. 25f-Seeretaries
Lansing and Baker have discussed va
rious phases OF Mexican affairs, in
Guiding the renewed activity of Villa
and the possibility of his again becom-
ing a military factor. While awaiting
official versions from the Carranza gov
eminent of the fight at Chihuahua City
a week ago, officials said that the re-
port of Brigadier General Bell at Ell
Paso was the most reliable yet re-
ceived.
81 believe Villa is alive" said Ma
jor General Scott, chief of staff. 1--WE
have had numerous reports of circum-
stances corroborating such belief"
General Scott said he would not ask
General Bell the source of his informa-
ton regarding the Chihuahua City
fighting and he had no reason to be-
lieve it was lot reliable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-28
HUGHES, WEARIED BY TRIP
TALKS IN H0ARSE WHISPER
Nominee Ends Busiest Day at South
Bend, Ind, Almost Minus
His Voice.

South Bend, Ind, Sept. 25.-Charles
E. Hughes reached South Bend at the
flag end of his busiest day, almost
minus his voice, which he spent in IL
speeches along the way. He talked to
his audience here at times in a hoarse
whisper. Utterly wearied, travel stain
ed, worn by the days exactions, which
included shaking thousands of Indiana
hands, the nominee faced a large au-
dience here for his chief speech of the
day.
When he reached South Bend last
night, Mr.. Hughes went at once to
the meeting place-his train was half
an hour late-and there discussed the
Adamson law, the Mexican situation.
the protective tariff policy, prepared
ness, Americanism, protection of Am
erican rights and extravaganza of ad-
ministration methods.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-28
WANT 1000 900 BOYS IN
MILITARY CAMPS IN 1917
National Committee Is Formed to
Have Charge Of New Prepared
ness Movement.

New York, Sept. 25.-An effort will
be made to enrollal ,000, 900 boys in
the United States in the military train
ing movement by next spring, it was
announced here.
A national committee is being
formed to have charge of the work.
Among those who have accepted men,
bership on the committee are Major
General Leonard Wood, in command
of the department of the East, and
Rear Admiral N. r. Usher, command
ant of the New York navy yard.
The announcement came with the
close of the military training camp for
boys at Fort Hamilton. organized early
in the summer and attended by more
than 1000 New York city boys at an
expense of only 20 cents a day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-28
ORGANIZED EMPLOYEES IN viRTU-
ALLY EVERY INDUSTRY IN
METROPOLIS TO CEASE
WORK WEDNESDAY,.
VOTE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF UNIONS IS UNANIMOUS
State Organizer of American Fedora
ton of Labor Announces Determi-
nation to Call Sympathetic
WaIkout-FitzgeraId Acts for
Carmen at Meeting.

New York, Sept. %. - Organized
workers in virtually every industry in
Greater New York, have been formal.
ly called upon to cease work at 8
o'clock next Wednesday morning in
sympathy with striking traction en-
ployes. Labor leaders assert approx
mately coo, 600 men and women are
involved.
The call was embodied in resolu-
lions adopted at a conference of labor
leaders representing the federated
bodies in all the %boroughs of the city
as well as many national and interna-
tional unions.
Vote in Favor of Strike.
OF the 50 unions in the city repre-
scented, it was said some already had
voted in favor of a strike. The call,
1t was said, would be issued not only
to organized workers in New York,
but also to those in Westchester coun-
ty, in which the cities of Yonkers, New
Rochelle and Mount Vernon are situat-
ed, and would extend throughout O
wide range of industries.
Hugh Frayne, New York state or
ganizer of the American Federation of
Labor, announced the determination
to call the sympathetic walkout to a
statement.
Fitzgerald Acts for Carmen.
William B. Fitzgerald, general Or
ganizer of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street Electric Railway EN-
ployes, in charge of the traction strike,
represented the carmen at the confer
ence.
The following labor bodies were
among the others represented:
The Central Federated union, Brook
Ign Central Labor union, United He
brew Trades, Bronx Board of Business
Agents, Manhattan Building Trades
council, International Tunnel and Sub
way Constructors union, International
Machinists' Union, International Typo
graphical union, Stationary and Up
right Engineers and Firemen's union
aud the Eccentric Fremen's union.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-28
cuardsmen Drop Out on Hike.

San Antonio. Tex, Sept. 81. - One
hundred and seventy-four of the
guardsmen who left here last Satur-
day on the march to Austin, dropped
out and returned to Camp Wilson
here. They have been put into the
g~uardhouse and later will be conveyed
by motor truck to Hunter. where they
will reioin their organisation. GEN
eral Funston expressed disappoint-
ment THAI so many men lacked spirit
enough t. make the hike. All Of the
TIA win be- compelled to do the So
miles to Austin. however.