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The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
EVERYBODY IS BOOSTING FUR
 THE INTERIOR
COMMERCIAL CLUB RECEIVES COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT
 CONDITIONS HERE.

The Fairbanks Commercial club is in recent receipt of several letters and telegrams relative to various things of interest in interior Alaska All of them ars boosts in their way, showing that everybody and every organization who can do so is try. ing to assist us, particularly in the matter of the starting of work on the railroad between Nenana and Fairbanks. The communications were read at a meeting of the executive board of the Commercial club held last Monday afternoon.
 The first communication was from J. l.. McPherson, manager of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce. It speaks for it self and is as follows:
 Seattle, Dec. 24 Fairbanks Commercial Club
 Alaska bureau heartily endorses your request for the hasty con struction of the government railroad
 
 from Fairbanks to Nenana coal fields We are forwarding a resolution to Secretary Lane, accompanied by five-page statement of facts.
 ALASKA BUREAU.
 PATTERSON, Manager" Other communications from Thorn as Riggs, Jr., member Of the Alaskan Engineering commission; Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane; H. A. Myers, private secretary t0 Secretary Lane; w. NJ. Wright, ad- jutant general of the war department, and George E. Hardy, executive secretary of the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
 MT. Riggs letter was one of thinks for the resolution passed by the Commercial club asking that he be retained here He also said that he is highly pleased with the show ing made in recent governmental tests of Nenana coal and asked that data on the tungsten mine at the head of Gilmore creek be collected and forwarded to him.
 Secretary Lanes letter was in re- gard to MT, Riggs. It speaks for itself and is as follows:
 Washington, Dec. i, 1915. Mr. Wallace Catacait, s eretary, Fairbanks Commercial Club, Fair banks, Alaska
 Dear MT. Cathcart; l have your note of November 10th, enclosing a resolution of the Fairbanks Com mercial club relative to MT Thomas Riggs, Jr, and am very glad indeed to know of your good opinion of him.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
PURELY PERSONAL.

PlCk-DeaconeSs Mabel Pick. who has been in charge of the Episcopal mission at Panama Crossing for the past several years, left last week for her home in England
 COLLINS S-Hon. E. B Collins, wife and daughter of Fox. spent DOT tton of the Christmas holidays in Fairbanks.
 ROBERTS-Joe Roberts, the upper Fairbanks creek merchant. was city visitor during the holidays
 COPELAND-Al Copeland is a re cent arrival in town from the Tolo- yana country, where he has been prospecting.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

opponents.
 After he had wiped Abe Attel out of his path there wasn't anything else for him to do in the way of conquering Kilbane, great little fighter, king of class that provides no foe He is unfortunate that he is not heavy enough to fight the lightweights.
 This suspension by the Wisconsin Boxing Commission is the straw that breaks the camel's back. In fact, 1t wouldn't surprise one bit to see him retire In disgust Johnny Ertle, the little fistic kewpie who won the title from Kid Williams on foul, made great impres sion on the New York fans when he trimmed Abe Friedman, cx- amateur bantam champion. in ten rounds. Most of the wiseaCres around the ring declared that John ny was really the man to succeed Williams who has unquestionab bly, begun to slow up.
 Ertle is a powerful little fellow and should hold the title as long as he keeps away from Williams. There are those who believe that Williams was short-changed in that encounter and that he will certain ly defeat Ertle for the title in longer bout.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

ment purposes a sum of money, say s2O,OOO. The amount needed may
 .. les 1T more The owner pr owners arrange with soma individual of standing or the trust department of some bank, for that individual or
 bank to act as trustee for the in vestors. The investors are the per
 sons who advance or loan the money needed The trustee Is given a fifty-year assignment for certain percentage 10 per cent-of the mined and shipped Under the trust agreement with the trustee or bank the investors are first paid back their money and thereafter receive
 as a permanent income, or for so | long as the mine endures, a certain
 and fixed percentage of the net
 shelter returns prorated monthly or quarterly to the investors on the basis of the amount in dollars ad-
 vanced or loaned by each.
 The owners control the mine ab- solutely, and manage it unhamper- ed. They share the met profits"
 of operation. It is up to them to see that there are net profits. If
 the management Is good and the
 mine mertorious they profit immed- lately The investors do not have to rely on the appearance of net
 profits for their returns. From ev-
 cry ton of ore shipped they receive
 direct from the shelter through their trustee or bank definite
 and fixed return. If the mine is
 rich they reap rich returns propor-
 ionately.-Chitina Leader
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
I anana Lodge
 Has New Officers

Panama Lodge, No. 162, F. X A M, installed its officers for the year 1916 last Monday night The cere- monies in connection with the in stallation were of a very elaborate nature, an excellent program, both musical and literary, being rendered. A large crowd of Masons and their lady friends were in attendance at the installation. The ceremonies were in charge of the retiring Worshipful Master, Robert Lavery. He was presented with beautiful past masters jewel. The officers installed were:
 Worshipful Master-W. r Pinker- ton.
 Senior Warden--E. L. Sanderlin. Junior Warden-S. l.. Magnussen.
 Treasuror--Guy B. Erwin Gre elected.
 Secretary-F B. Hall (re-elected) The appointive officers named and installed were:
 Chaplain-G. H. Madara
 Marshal-R D. Menzie
 Senior Sidney Stewart. Junior Deacon-Andrew Nerland
 Tylel-P. A. Peterson.
 The musical numbers on the pro gram were rendered with Mrs. J. c. Savers, Mrs. w. F. Whitely and Sidney Stewart as accompanies The entire program was as follows; Solo-Rev. H. H. Lumpkin.
 Solo-Miss lone Jones.
 Recitation-Mrs. E. B. Collins.
 Piano Solo-Miss Clara Whit Cooley.
 Address-Rev. H. H. Lumpkin.
 Solo-Mrs. J. H. Caskey.
 Solo-W. F. Whitely
 Selection-Masonic quartette, con- sisting of E. H. Mack, Elmer San derlin, Rev. H. H. Lumpkin, and R. w. Taylor
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
STRIKE NEAR lDiTAROD
 ON HORSEFLY CREEK

IDITAROD.-F1ank Dawson, An gus Mcclellan and Lars Olson. whose departure from this city with dog teams and supplies on Thursday, October 28, resulted in the organiza- ton of a miniature stampede. re turned to the city, having located At intervals during the week others of the Stampeders have returned, and all have the same story to tell They report that pay has been es- tablisled On fully 5000 feet of the creek, but no figures as to values are given. The pup extends but a short distance and, according to ac- counts of tl;c returning stampeders, the creek and benches had been llberally staked.
 c. R. Cameron, of Flat City, and partner Jimmy Brewer were the first to arrive on the scene follow ing the original party. and they staked claims including No. l below discovery.
 The new strike, if it result in anything of importance, will not urally be an addition to he busi- ness field O. Iditarod. It Is about a days travel from this city, the trail leaving the river a short dis tance from the Halfway house. It would not be at all surprising if more developments arose in this section, as the influx of prospectors into a region known to be mineral ized may be expected to result in
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
WINS EXPO. PRIZE.

SAN FRANCISCO.-Peter Scott added to hls worlds record win nings for the season by taking first money ($10,0G0) in the 2:10 trot at the Exposition. This brings his winnings for 1915 up to $46,3S5.
 Rod MacKenzie's Miss Perfec- ton took second money, s5,000, Spriggan third, $2,250, and Esperanza fourth, s1,500
 Peter Scott won his heats three in a row and in only one, the first, was he extended. h this heat he came up from behind in the stretch and nosed out Miss Perfection, not only winning the heat, but break Ing the track record for trotters, covering the mile in 2:07 IA
 Tom Murphy's driving of Peter Scott was a feature of each heat. Spriggan might have figured second but for having been put back to last place for interference with Flee tric Patch in the initial heat In this mixup Macy. the driver of Electric Patch, was thrown to the ground but escaped with shaking up.
 Allie Lou won the trot for Swear olds (Occident Stake) with two firsts and second, and Hal Boy
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

sunk there This work was done by Gus McIsaacs and Nels Nelson
 Between twenty and thirty per sons joined in the rush to the new district and several have returned during the week All have encour- aging reports and state that the in- dications are promising enough to warrant prospecting on an exten- sive scale. Some will return in the near future with supplies, prepared to do development work. The ground is frozen and shallow.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
Maurice Ashton
 Joins Benedicts

Word has been received in Fair banks of the marriage of Maurice Ashton, we'll known here, and Miss Ethel Arnholt, of San Francisco, The wedding took place at Copper Center Tuesday night, according to the information received here, Com missioner Smith, of that place, per forming the ceremony.
 The bride is relative of MT. and Mrs. Ringwald Blk, of Copper Center, having come north last fall. Mir Ashton. who is a machinist,
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Two new publications have re gently made their appearance on the coast and copies of their first issues have been received in Fair banks. The issues of both papers were those of December i One The FortyNinth Star" advocating statehood for Alaska, is published at Valdez by John W. Frame The other is the Weekly Alaskan" and is published at Anchorage
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
Old-T iime Business
 People Married

At quiet wedding ceremony per formed by Rev. C. G. Bruce at the Presbyterian manse last Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock. Miss Jennie O'Bryan became the bride of MT. John A. Mcintosh. The only per sons present at the wedding were the necessary witnesss, MT. Adolph Pruning and Mrs. Mary O'Bryan, mother of the bride.
 The newlyweds are well known throughout interior Alaska, both hay ing been in business here since early days. Mir. Mcintosh is the senior member of the enterprising drug firm of Mcintosh < Kubon. while the bride is the proprietress of The Little Shop, ladies fur nishings and dry goods emporium.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

was formerly employed here by the Samson Hardware company. but is now operating one of the Northern Commercial companys automobile trucks on the Chitina end of the trail to the coast
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
STRANGE kNOCKOUTS.

Two strange knockouts were writ ten into sporting history recently, The first one happened at the big international wrestling tournament.
 Tommy Draake, the champion of Holland, was trying to toss Herman Schilling, of Germany. Draake got a good hold about Schlling's mid dle and promptly went to the floor in a sitting position with Schilling in his lap. Suddenly Draake went over backwards with a jerk that brought Schilling flying over his head for what looked like a certain fall. Then d strange thing happened AS he went back, Draake's head hit the floor with reeounding whack, knocking him out completely.
 Knockout No. happened in tue varsity race between Columbia and Yale. Coombe No. ' in the blue shell, caught a crab" at the one mile mark. When the blade of the oar failed to cleave the water the handle came back against Coombe's solar plexus with such force that he was knocked out completely He crumpled into the bottom of his shell and his crew rode on to the finish line without his able assist ance, very, very much in the wake of the New York crew.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
OF A SPORTING NATURE

man in the ring. no matter how
 severely he was being beaten. Nel-
 sons career in the ring has been
 an honorable one, and he is deserv-
 ing of some return from the game
 other than by fighting himself. More
 power to you. Bat.
 While We are bidding fond
 farewell to Bat, 1t would not be amiss
 to bid the same to Ad Wolgast- Although a much younger man than Nelson, Adolf is beginning to show
 the wear and tear of long ring service. At that, we believe Nelson can take Wolgasts measure were | they ever to cone together again. Wa ho,-. something to base our con IentiOn on, too.
 A few months ago Nelson went 20 rounds with Bobby Waugh. The Bat tier lost the decision on points Three weeks later Wolgast was scheduled to go 15 rounds with this same Waugh person. But it didn't go over six, as Wolgast was dis qualified in that round for commit ting a palpable foul after repeated warnings So there is a base for comparing the merits of Nelson and Wolgast, two former lightweight champions.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

in automobiles when the pictures were taken. Among those shown were MT and Mrs, E. R. lesson. MT. and Mrs. Arthur Williams and MT. and Mrs. Luther C Hess.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
SEEING THE SIGHTS.

Cards were received in Fairbanks during the past week containing pictures of d number of Fairbanksans
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

What business are you in?" 'The film business"
 Do you manufacture ladies' gar ments or moving pictures?"
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

N--N%1 year, and his feat stamped him as one of the greatest tacticians in the game.
 Moran's contract expired on Octo- any club in the two major leagues While it is inconcelvable that the owners of the Phils would affront the fons by letting the only man who ever captured a pennant fo1 the Phillies slip away. the leisurely policy the owners have adopted in regard to his reappointment is a matter of some concern.
 Of course, Moran will not manage the Phils in 1916 for the same money he received in 1915 or any ''''-,~ 'n-o it. He worked for nominal salary this year, and the stockholders, who were enriched to the extent of s71,00O in the worlds series alone because of Morans generalship and ability, will have to come across with an adequate salary to hold him.
 Moran has every fan in the city at his feet and is in the position of naming his own terms. To be turned down by the club would mean the ruin of the Phils. In this respect it might be apropos to say that Moran was never the first choice of the club as the sue cessor of Charles DoCin. Hans l.o- bert was first appointed, but num- Der of the leading players mutinied and declared they would play under nobody except Moran.
 The club saw the players meant business, so Moran received the aD pointment instead of Lobert, and then went in and won the only pen nant the Phils have captured ip thirty-three years.
 Poor lawn Kilbane, Wasn't it
 hard going enough without being set down by that Wisconsin Boxing Commission? The bane of Johnnys life has been the hunt for suitable
The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

Poor lawn Kilbane. Wasn't it hard going enough without being set down by that Wisconsin Boxing Commission? The bane of Johnny s life has been the hunt for suitable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
Fit the Command

From the Kansas City Star.
 Alkali Ike is dead He died with his boots on, as befitted man of his brave and strenuous character. It happened in a little silver mining town in Nevada Since his arrival, several weeks before the residents had been on tenterhooks No one knew what he would do next His stunts were as varied as they some times were deadly-and life insurance was at premium. The nerves of all of them being so strained. it was dan- gerous and significant fact that they should all carry their guns where they were handiest<
 Alkali Ike decided that as nothing new had been done in the town for "A hours, 1t was up to him. So he went to the Metropolitan hotel, and went up to a room on the second (top) floor. Going to the windw he stuck his head out and shouted:
 ''Firer'
 And everybody did. A pleasant time was had by all at the funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
Man-of-W Log


 From London Ideas.
 Science and wireless telegraphy have made a modern man-o'-war's log-book very different from the picturesque jour nals of older days, wherein credulous captains notified the existence of sea- serpents or sighted mermaids ''a-comb- ing of their hair.''
 The log-books of those days were not mere technical records of facts. There was room for the play Of nautical imagi- nation, as in the case of warship which was provided with uneatabIe provisions, and which suffered especially from the unpalatable bread of dishonest con tractor. It is tradition in the navy that the log-book records that the entire ships company had a vision of the devil thrusting the contractor down the crater Iof burning mountain, and, solaced by this consoling sight. were able to cevour their bread with gladness.
 Inaccuracies frequently crept into old logs: two Thursdays would be noted in one week, or the eccentricty took the form of skipping a day altogether. This occurred when ships travelled round the world and omitted to adjust the date when crossing the Pacific.
 A visiting warship once found a bitter feud between the English and American residents on a group of islands in the Pacific ocean; some settlers had landed from the east and some from the west, and the difference in time had set them quarreling as to the day and the month. Of course day should have been dropped by the settlers coming from the east when they crossed the 180th meridian.
 Up to the beginning of last century the navy had 8 peculiar method of marking time; the nautical day began and ended at noon, instead of at midnight, as on land The surrender of this method marks great boundary line between the old and new log-books.
 The meteorological conditions used only to be vaguely indicated; Tight airs. = moderate and cloudy were items sand wiched between Punished James flaw kins, A. B. ''24 lashes for drunkenness {" ''three strange sails sighted ''chased and captured French privateer Marie : By the way, 'lashings for drunkenness used to be one of the most frequent en- tries.
 Minuteness and accuracy are the att tributes of machinery; the engine room register is really the log-book of our hattleships of today, though it has never adopted the old world title The officer of the watch who controls the vast whir- ring machines in the engine room records like a doctor their progress, their diet and liquids, their pulse rate, their breath ings, their symptoms of fatigue or de- cay The occurrences he notes are never more than four hours old when he re- ports them.
 Say 400 of Fl. NJ. ships are in commits sion at the present moment; 400 pencils are busy recording the doings, in the air the sea and under the sea, which come within their ken. They tell exactly where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
Unpopular Taxes

["
 From Tit-Bits. ~ l Taxes on amusements, railway tickets
 taxicab fares and postage stamps, it is
 said, will be introduced in MT. McKenna's next budget proposals The suggested l taxes are novel to us, but they are not
 quite so curious as those which chancel- lors in the past have levied in order te raise revenue.
 In 1885, for instance, a tax of 2s had te be paid by parents for every little stran- ger born in England, except by people i1
 receipt of aims. The nobility and gentry found this tax very irksome for it in creased according to rank. The birth ot i duke added G30 to the revenue One of the next sources of revenue in this country and in Germany, it is stated will be the taxation of bachelors, which after all is an old idea for at one time a man in this country who reached the age of 25 was liable to pay a tax of a shilling per annum till he married. Fur tkormore, widowers without children were obliged to pay the same amount until they
 | married again, while the gentry and no.
 bility paid bigger tax in proportion tt
 1 their rank.
 1 As chancellor of the exchequer Pit
 I rendered himself very unpopular by thu extraordinary means to which he resorte6
 | in order to improve the state of the coun- | try's exchequer. He it was who first in. t, t,oduced the income tax in 179S, and he also levied one upon horses, which caused a certain farmer to use COW for the purpose of riding to and from market Even more dissatisfaction, however, was caused by Pitts increase of the window tax imposed i'll the year that the tax or babies was enforced. This window tax caused many property owners to wall WindnvvS c jr order to reduce the amount for which they were liable. In spite of this, how. ever, the tax was bringing in nearly a couple of millions when it was repealed in 1851, and the inhabited house duty substituted.
 Perhaps the most extraordinary budget proposal of all, however, was that Ot MT. Lowe, who, in order to make up for
 deficit of s2,000.O0O in 1871. suggested a tax on matches. duty of halfpenny a hundred would, it was said produce a large sum. Everybody recognized the truth of this, but the match manufact- urers would have none of it. They or ganized processions to Westminster. and the other proposal of MT. Lowe proving equally unpopular, the whole budget was withdrawn.
 This by no means exhausts the list oi novel taxes which have been imposed and one which MT. McKenna is not likel, to revive is the chimney tax of 2s pel aEnum for every chimney in England, i'm. posed in 1862. Naturally, it was as un- popular as Lowes match tax, but it was not until four years later that the tax was removed
 The raisin tax of Cromwell was prac. tically an impost on plum puddings- while it was Pitt, the arch -taxmaker, who imposed the unpopular tax of half a crown for one. five shillings each for two 10 shillings each for three or more on women servants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19

scatter it well on the plowed land, be- fore it loses in fertiizing value.
 If poultry is sent to the market dressed, save the feathers. If little care is ex- ercised in picking, the feathers can be sorted and most of them kept clean. There is demand for the clean ones, especially if they are white, in the city furnishing houses
 Poorly planned buildings engender much waste of time and energy Have your buildings so planned that the great est amount of work can be done with the least expenditure of energy. Then have a system about your work and each day follow the same routine. You VIII do the work and do it well almost an- tomatically. This is a saving of much nerve force-and few steps and a little nerve force saved each day means much then multiplied by three hundred end sixty-five.
 Thus whatever is of value in or about the poultry farm should not be thought too insignificant to save-though one need not be quite so economical as was the little girl who, having been taught never to throw away anything of value, one day mortified her mother by rushing into the house trailing dead cat by tho tail:
 Look, Mamma, she said, what T found out in the back yard! A perfectly good cat that someone mas thrown away"'
 Experts tell us there are moro than 1000 latent eggs in the normal hen. Whether or not this is correct, we need cnly concern ourselves with about TOO. and these we should aim to secure. One American hen has shown us that there is as much economic value in her as can be found. weight for weight. in any animal in the world. This is the sub feet of next weeks article by G. R. Smith, entitled. "The Meaning of s1A Eggs in 365 Days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
Charitx

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Bishop Penhurst was talking in Bos- ton about charity.
 Some charities.' he said. remind me of the old. proud, beautiful lady who, glittering with diamonds, swept forth from charity ball at dawn crossed the frosty sidewalk and en tered her huge limousine.
 "A beggar woman whined at the win dow:
 Could ye give me q trifle for cup of coffee, lady?'
 "The lady looked at the besgar re- proachfully.
 Good gracious! she said. Here you have the nerve to ask me for money when I've been tangofnE for you the whole night through! Home. James,
 And she snapped the window shut in the beggar's face indignantly"