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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
HOT SPRINGS OF ALASKA
REGIONS WHERE BOILING WATER BUBBLES THROUGH PREHISTORIC ICE

winter trail from Fairbanks to Tanana, and
are just about 100 miles across country from
the northern terminus of the railway Uncle
Sam is now building. They lie about three
miles from the banks of the Tanana river,
and upon landing / was able to get hay
wagon to carry me across to the town near
the springs. There is fairly good corduroy
road covered with sawdust and muck that
crosses the lowlands and goes up to the
springs. This land is now covered with
grass as high as my knee, with patches of
bushes running here and there through it.
Some of the grass is in tassel and the land is
sprinkled with wild flowers, white, yellow
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

temperature of IFS degrees Fahrenheit
watched Mr.. Waring, the hot springs expert,
as he tested the heat and measured the flow
He says it is hot enough to soft-boil eggs in
10 minutes.
Walking down the stream 80 or 40 feet, I
found another brook flowing into it, and sup
posed this would be of about the same tenn
perature as the one we had tested. put in
my hand. The water was icy cold The
junction OF the two streams was such that |
was able to stand on the fork and put one
hand in the hot water and the other in the
cold. While doing SO, | had a photograph
made. In stepping back to pose properly,
inadvertently put my foot zip to the ankle in
the hot creek. jerked it out quickly for
thought it was burned.
During my stay in Alaska I have met G..
d. Schofeld of Seattle, the owner of some OF
the largest springs on the Seward peninsula.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
All True

The Rev. George r. Lunn. the Socialist mayor
OF Schenectady. congratulated on his cleo
ton.
THE people have confidence in the honesty of
my partys policy he said. Our opponents
tried to put principles in false light but
the people wouldn't be fooled They knew, that
the oppositions animadversions on our princ-
pies misleading as the bachelors descip-
ton of his sisters new baby.
Asked to describe the new arrival the bach
elor replied:
I'm! Very small features. clean shaven red
faced, and Very hard drinker.'p
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

goes down only an inch or so. On the edge
of the warm land young parsnips have been
dug in March from under the snow, and all
other crops are much in advance of those
planted farther away. When the hotel was
running five acres were devoted to vege-
tables, chiefly turnips, lettuce, cabbage and
carrots, and 81 were planted in potatoes, the
yield being seven or eight tons to the acre.
A little beyond the big chicken coop 1
stopped at the foot of a hill where the
springs are. The warm water flows out at
the rate of l so gallons to the minute 1t is rs
clear as crystal, but it is steaming and that at
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

These are more wonderful than the springs
here. They are situated about 20 miles
north of Nome, at the foot of the Saw-Tooth
mountains, just about so feet above sea level.
There are number of them which boil out
of the ground at a temperature of 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit, maintaining the same heat
winter and summer. The springs form
stream called Hot creek that runs through 4
farm of 500 acres and the heat so affects the
temperature of the land that great part of
it is cultivated In my talk with Mr.. Scho-
field | asked him as to his farm at the
springs. He replied;
"We have 40 acres under cultivation, and
90 more that could be put into crops, The
whole of this hundred acres is kept warm by
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

me the hay they are now unloading from our
ship is worth 800 ton at the river and $40
ton when it gets to the mines. | remarked
that the price seemed an extravagant one.
Said Mr. Davis:
at is not high for Alaska. have known
hay selling as high as $500 a ton or at 40
cents per pound That was in the Klondikc
when the gold excitement was raging.
have sold hay here for so cents a pound, and
weighed the hay out on the grocery scales,
The latter price was received for 1000
pounds only I.got it at Gold Run, where I
pedded the hay out to packers and the men
who had saddle horses
AS we bounced up and down over the cor
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

and red, whose names | know not There
are Nova Scotia apples growing on some of
the bushes, and, as we came to the hills, we
saw notwithstanding wild.
Nearing the town we drove over cordu-
roy bridge, crossing a creek that flows into
the Tanana, and stopped at the postoftice,
which is a wire cage inside galvanized iron
store building belonging to the Northern
Commercial company. We were now in A
town of several hundred inhabitants The
houses are mostly log cabins and three
American flags, floating from high poles
above them, showed the patriotism of the
inhabitants. Not Ear from the postoffice was
the ruins of hotel which was winter and
sumiRer resort until it was burned a short
time ago. The hotel had great bathing and
swimming tanks and its ruins show that it
was of considerable extent. 1t was built OF
logs and cost, it is said, more than $4,000.
Today there is only one bathing tank left.
This is covered by cabin, and the water in
side is brought through all iron pipe from
the springs which flow out Of the hills about
a half mile away. tested the bath with =
thermometer and it was just ia degrees
Fahrenheit. 1t was hot enough to paint my
skin scarlet when jumped in.
Leaving the ruins | walked over the hills
to visit the springs. passing through farm
OF 800 acres on the way The road is
through an oats field which has now perhaps
50 acres ready for cutting. In the center OF
this field is large dollhouse that was erected
to supply the hotel and the mines with Gu
cumbers. tomatoes and other vegetables.
The dollhouse is low glass building, run
ming up and down the side Of the hill. 1t
curves at the middle like sway back horse.
Its area is about one-fourth of an acre. All
along the path to the springs there are wild
raspberry bushes, which just now are loaded
with luscious ripe fruit. picked several
handfuls and ate them as we walked along.
Coming to the steaming brook that flows
from the spring we passed chicken and hog
shed about 400 feet in length. 1t is vacant
now from the burning of the hotel, but when
business was booming its owner kept there
$50 hens, so ducks and 20 pigs. He had also
rs horses and eight cows and bull. The
sheds were cut out of the hill from which the
spring comes. The ground is SO hot that it
kept the poultry and other stock in comfort
throughout the winter, and that without the
stoves necessary to other parts of Alaska.
The water changes the temperature of the
land of almost the whole farm. The ada
cent hill slopes are natura hotbed Snow
falling OH the warm ground thaws SO rapidly
that the surface is seldom white for more
than couple of days at time, and the frost
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

the springs and the hot water under the
ground. If you dig down anywhere inside
this tract you will find hot earth, and the
lower you go the hotter it gets At depth
OF SIX feet you cannot hold the earth in your
hands There seems to be strata Of hot
water under the whole hundred acres. On
the other hand the land outside that area IS
frozen solid to a depth the extent of which
no one knows 1t is vat of hot water or
rather hot earth in basin of ice"
What do you grow?
We raise potatoes, rutabagas, beets. car
rots, turnips, satisfy and the finest of celery
We grow kale, cabbage and all sorts of root
crops. We have green peas but beans will
not mature. | have fine asparagus bed,
and as for mushrooms, grow them as big
around as a dinner plate, and as tender as
any in the world. We also raise lettuce and
radishes. have beardless barley and oats
and also one kind of wheat, which natures"
do you make hotbeds?" | asked.
We have glass greenhouse SO feet long
and 10 feet WIDE built above one of the hot
springs. The hot water furnishes the heat,
and no matter if the thermometer goes to 80
freezing within. The plants grow in the hot
house all winter and in the summer we have
cucumbers, tomatoes and watermelons. We
also raise lettuce, young onions and other
green stuff We have tree onion, that
grows we'll 1t does not lie in the ground,
but grows on the branches of tree, II or II
inches high"
| asked Mr.. Schofeld whether many peo-
pie came to visit the springs. He xepled:
eyes, we have hotel there that accom-
modates 80 and the people come in from
Nome and all parts of the Seward peninsula.
Our best season is inthe winter The people
come on sleds drawn by dogs, and you can
sometimes see as many as 400 dogs there at
one time 1t usually takes two DAYS to make
the trip in the winter, but it can be done in
one day in the summer by going over the
railway track with the Pup-mobile, car
drawn by dogs, which takes you within six
miles of the springs You see, the waters
there are of various kinds, and they are good
for different diseases We have springs that
seem to be sure cure for rheumatism We
have one, known as the Iron Spring, whose
waters seem to contain little else, and in the
main spring we have a combination of iron,
sulphur, lithia and magnesia that is especial
ly valuable
Riding back to the river on the hay wagon
| sat beside Tom Davis, farmer who does
teaming from here to the mines. He tells
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

An Arctic Farm Kept Warm by Natural Hot
Water Plant One Hundred Hot Acres in an Ice
Bed. Pigpens and Stables Warmed by Nature.
Hothouse Farms on the Tanana-A Visit to the
Baker Hot Springs The Winter Resorts Of
Southeastern Alaska
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
Copyright 1916. by Frank G. Carpenter)
BAKER HOT SPRINGS, Tanana River

OF springs in Alaska! Boil
ing water bubbling out of
the beds of glaciers! Steam
rising from the earth on the
edge of prehistoric ice sew
eral hundred feet deep!
Cra1J;,,or L,+be -, ,o+,,r1
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

The Baker hot springs lie OH the Tanana
river about II hours by steamer from where
it flows into the Yukon. They are on the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

AS we bounced up and down over the cor
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

and red, whose names l know not There
are Nova Scotia apples growing on some of
the bushes, and, as we came to the hills, we
saw raspberriess growing wild.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-22
ANSWERS HUGHES
ON 8-HOUR BILL
Sen. Reed Declares If Nominee
Had His Way Nation Would
Now Be EnguIfed.

SPRINGFIELD, H.. Sept 2z.-
United states sen. James a. Reed
OF Missouri. In a speech here Thurs
day. at state democratic rally re-
piled TO the attacks Of Charles r.
Hughes on the Adamsou railroad
Jaw. declaring that Hughes general
Iy had Supported the railroads and
mat III Hughes had had his way
we would have been at this moment
engulfed IN a catastrophe SO enorm-
GUS as 20 appeal the imagination"
Sen. Reed charged Nr. Hughes
with declaring Gin substance and eff
-. fect that union labor like "a high
Uay-man with a pistol. approached
congress and compelled IL 20 enact
an eight hOu: law. and that con-
-ress in cowardly and trucking
manner surrendered the dignity Of
he nation to the unlawful and viol-
snt demand OF labor"
Cites Hughes Record.
Sen. Reed then cited instances in
which Mr.. Hughes. he said. when
governor OF New York had vetoed a
two cent fare bill. "a full crew bill
and a five cent streetcar fare bill.
After reading Mr. Hughes state
ment that the Adamson law does
not provide an eight hour day but
regulates wages. sen. Reed charges
that the republican presidential
candidate when he deli cred this
utterance might well have been ac-
cused Of plagiarism. for the same
speech in almost Identical language
was delivered on the floor of the
nited states senate by such cham
piOns of the PEOPLE as Reed Smoot
90 Utah. JACOB GalHnger of New
Hampshire and Boise Penrose of
Pennsylvania"
He reviewed the steps leading up
to the passage Of the AdamsOn law
and declared that congress did not
WELD to the demands of either union
labor or the railroads.
Darcs Not DcnOUncc Bill.
What would Mr.. Hughes have
done If ne had been president in
this .-risis2" asked Sen. Reed.
Mr. Hughes does not dare de-
uounce the eight hour law. Ac-
cordingly ne seeks 10 avoid it by
wing that congress only provided
that the meu should receive a fun
days pay for eight hours and that
as a matter of fact the bill passed
was simply bill 70 increase the pay
Of the railroad men
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-22
G. 0. p. Movie
Film Put On
Shelf For Good

News-Times Special Service
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.-Says the
View York World. Thursday: Into
the category Of things TO be forgot
ten as quickly as possible has gone
the great drama entitled "Watchful
Waiting" which the republican com
mittee once believed would win votes
TOR Charles T.. Hughes Those
scenes enacted under Author Hal
Reds direction upon the shores of
Sheepshead Bay. those historic incl
dents SO enjoyed i'm the making by
Everett Colby of New Jersey. will
neither gladden. nor enlighten the
voting Of the general public. The
g. q. p. play has been. vulgularly
speaking canned. An eNpurgated
denatured and devitalized edition
was thrown on the screen yesterday
for some members OF the republican
committee. They found the historic
facts mentioned i'm their circular
really less interesting than the
psueda Pres't Wilson asleep at his
desk. and toning down the scene OF
the attack on the Catholic nuns had
robbed IL If any value 10 might have
first possessed. So the committeeman
agreed that for republicans Watch
ful Waiting was not a success. that
ts defects could not he overcome.
md that all things considered. the
proper place for it was the shelf. ID
they can prevent il. nothing further
viii ever be heard OF IT,. Playwright
Reid received most of mis- fee IN adj
vance"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-22
Bucks Heaters
20 Sizes
Priced From S4.85 to S49
Why Bucks Hot Blast
For Soft and Hard Coal
and Wood.

First i'm
ECONC, r DURABILITY
CONVENIENCE APPEARANCE
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market Fitted with a east iron fret
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the room in constant circulation.
A double heater. because hot air can
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They are decided specialties because
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Combustion takes place in a circle.
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Among other points of special merit
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Bottom of ash pit lower than door,
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Large bailed pan. will hold all ashes
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-22
Bucks Base Burners
are Parlor Furnaces
Bucks Double Base"
Base Burner

4 non-competitive heating machine that
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1t is a speciality. because it has double
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On account on the Double Base it has 4
hot air circulating flue system twice the size
of any other Base Burner.
The double base and double size hot air
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This causes ia to deliver double the heat
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Features which are found in all Bucks"
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Largest amount of direct radiating surface
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-22
SILHOUETTE HELD UP
Censor Feared 1t Might he Map Of
Some Fertilization.

LONDON. Sept 22-The tighten
ing Of the ceusor's grip on mail
matter dispatched from Britain 10
neutral countries was indicated
when an American woman visited
the embassy 90 ing lire what rule
she had transEresSed ny inclosing
her silhouette I'M a letter she posted
o. America. and which the censor
has returned TO her.
surely my silhouette has no miE-
tsry significance. she remarked To
an embassy attendant "But maybe
the censor thought 10 was a map
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-22

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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-27
TREES TURNED TO STONE.
Freaks Of Mature In the Pstrifisd For
ssts Of Arizona.


The petrified forest Of Arizona, really
q series Of petrifed forests. lies a short
distance south Of Adamana, on the line
Of the Santa Fe railway. There are
four forests, included In a government
reservation called Petrifed Forest Ma
tional Monument. created by presiden-
tial proclamation In 1906.
The name forest is not strictly APP
propriate, for the petrified tree trunks
are all PROSTATE and are broken into
sections. The logs are the remains OF
giant trees that grew In triassic time.
the age Of reptiles.
The trees were Of several kinds, but
most OF them were related to the Nor
folk island pine. now used for indoor
decoration. Doubtless they grew In a
nearby region and, after falling. drift
ed Down Z watercourse and lodged Ia
some eddy or sand bank Later they
were buried by sand and clay. finally
to depth OF several thousand feet
The conversion to stone was effected
by gradual replacement OF the woody
material by silica In the form called
chalcedony. deposited by underground
water. A small amount OF iron oxides
deposited at the same time has given
the brilliant and beautiful brown, vel
low and red tints which appear in
much OF the material
Some Of the tree trunks are six feet
In diameter and more than 100 feet Ia
length. In the first forest there is a
fine trunk that forms a natural bridge
over a small rayIne. the water having
first washed away the everything clay
and sand and then. following crevice
worked out the channel underneath
The length OF this log Is 10 feet and
the diameter four feet at the butt and
one and q half feet at the top.-United
States Geological Survey.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-27
PERSONAL

WALTER MElsSNER is a visitor
from Manhattan.
MRS. P. v. ROvNIANEK Of Ori.
zaba is spending few days in this
city.
c. T. LAWS. a mining man OF
Lcvelock, was an arrival this morn.
ing.
GEORGE POLKINGHoRNE re-.
turned this morning from a visit 10
Goldfield.
LOUIS AMUNDSEN left this morn
ing for San Francisco. where he win
remain until after the new year.
CHARLES HUBER. deputy state
mine inspector, returned this morning
from an official visit to Carson City.
II. M. TOOK is here from Goldfield
MRS. c. b. PHILLIPS and daugh.
ter of Manhattan are stopping at the
Mizpah.
WIN. A. BURR, sales manager for
the Nevada Engineering Supply com.
pany, was an arrival this morning
from Reno.
MISS BLANCH GOLDEN, who had
been visiting Goldfield friends over
Christmas, returned to Tonopah on
this mornings train.
WILLIAM MCDONALD left this
morning for Grass Valley. where he
VIII spend the winter. Mrs. Melon
aid will follow in few days.
J. w. MAsHBURN left this morn.
ing for Nina. where he will supervise
work upon a number of mining
claims which he has held for several
years.
F. B. MECHLING was passenger
this morning from Goldfield to Carson
City. where he will attend meeting
OF the public service commission on
December 20. The meeting deals
with the disnantllng OF the Rhyolite
system.
X. A. NEWELL. deputy sheriff OF
Kern county. California, left this
morning for Goldfield. from where
he will take back two alleged auto
thieves. II was Sheriff Newelrs first
visit to Tonopah. but he met mum.
Der OF friends from southern Nevada
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-27

MANHATTAN
Manhattan Consolidated .01
White Caps ..-.-...--..-.....-.. IS
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-27
SHOW GIVEN At
| BUTLER TONIGHT

Despite the fact that the electricity
is still enjoying its Christmas vaca-
ton. there viii be two shows given
at the usual hours at the Butler the
alter tonight. The program will con.
sist of Charles Dickens masterpiece,
the Christmas carol, featuring old
Scrooge. the miser. who heart sud
denly melts in view of the Yuletide
There will also be Pathe produc
ton entitled THE Fear of Poverty
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-27
TOPPING IcEBERcS.
They May Account For Ships That
Vanish and Leave Ne Trace.

They May Account For ships That
Vanish and Leave Ne Trace.
Admittedly the worst danger menac-
Ing transatlantic travellers In modern
days. with steamers Of such speed us
are plying on the Atlantic. Is that Of
collision with an iceberg In dense
fog.
Most probably some ships that van
ish are sent to the bottom by the over
turning OF bergs from the impact Of
collision. The corrosive action of salt
water on the submerged mass. with
the play Of the sun on the exposed
portion, often produces such delicate
ly balanced berg that the touch Of
mans hand will upset 1t. Often New
f0undland fishermen cutting fragments
from bergs TO pack round their bait or
catch Of Ash are destroyed by the huge
masses rolling right over, sending men
and boats to the bottom IN q NINA
ture maelstrOm.
Imagine then the result when pow
erful ocean steamer, travelling at the
rate OF twenty to twenty five knots an
hour, hurls her vast bulk against a
rampant Of Ice which suddenly looms
up. through the fog right across the
route she must go. II is too late to
stop her, no change Of helm will bring
her clear; those ON board can only
pray that the berg will stand firm
against the shock. II so, the ship may
escape with a battered bow, but II the
berg upsets 1t IL easy to understand
the appalling consequences OF n thou
sand tons Of weight falling on u ship
or smashing in her underbody as It
swings up beneath her.--American Re-
view Of Reviews.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-27
Do your location work on a seat
at the Airdome on New Years night.
Adv. D27.3t
Fishskin TartSrs.

The skin Of the fish does not suggest
itself as a suitable material for the
making Of clothes, yet 1t Is used for
this purpose by tribe Of Tartars In
Manchuria. They inhabit the banks
Of the Peony river and live by fishing
and hunting. During the past 100
years they have become nearly extinct
owing to the invasion OF their domain
by agricultural Chinese. They are
known as Flshskin Tartars The fish
they use is the tamara, a species Of
salmon. Both the flesh and the skin
Of the fish are supposed to possess
wonderful heat giving properties.