Douglas Island news., 1918-03-22

war win end ono or these fine days and mining win take ou new inn
 pctus that win place it once more iu Che fore where it belongs When .that day comes there win be uu uu- nrcccdcutcd demand for mining property chat is known Go contain mineral and it is for Che purpose |of finding out ot comparatively lit- Iue cos. just what so-c3lIcl mining
 property or mining claims contain mineral iu paying quantity that the
 Stroller is now completing arrange
 mcuts
 To be explicit. che Stroller has arranged for importing to this oom- |muuiy au Egyptian cloiryoymt who admits chat she never made but one mistake m her Ifc. and that was when she selected her second hus- |baud some years after wrapping No. ! u mummy cloth.
 The lady. with whom Che Stroller has been iu secret communication for % number of months. has been advised by Che latter Co arrive here during che latter part of thc com !. ing summer by which time. it is
 confidently believed. the greater por-
 r.ou of Che snow win have disap- nearcd Co such au extent that she Vu bc able Go get out and take a eursory Dvbatcyer chat mcausl view of Che mining properties she win be asked Co pass upon. Anyhow, she says It Is not necessary Go acc uauy sec thc property before pass ue ou Its worth. but that she cam
 usually decide by a few minutes private conversation with che pros Dcctor and by examining his loca-
 uou notice.
 It Is a conservative estimate that
 more than hat che men iu this part of Alaska own mining claims and it Is a much more conservative
 imatc that not one of them n every dozen has any exact kuowl- edge of thc contents ot his claims. fo say nothing of not possessing tHe means for having them iutclli- gently prospcctcd. Every summer many ol these men shoulder % pick.
 shovel and few pounds of rusty
 bacon and disappear into thc hills
 for month or more and come back looking like che proycrbial wild man
 from Boruco.
 How much more comfortable it
 would bc for these same prospcctors.
 n.erI of subicctius themselves Go
 ma roes. chilling rains and other
 .rrror of pack mules Co drop into
 comfortable oGicc plank down two dollars ou desk before a dark eyed Egyptian woman and learn |aI about their claims In fifteen min |utcs possibly twenty? Even when he goes Co Che hills Co prospect his claim bc .s apt to put hole or a dozen holes down m thc wrong places. while 8Il bc win bc required to put down when hc cousults Che stroIcrs friend win bc two dollars. . He won't even have Co don working ! clothes Co find out an there Is Co | know about his claim
 In her letter to thc Strorc- this | IrcycaIcr of things hidden and m-
 seen became quite confidential and otherwise worked ou his sympathetic mature Co such am extent that he granted her request that he send ! her Che priice of a ticket from scot- ! |uc and this accounts for his inc fercst i'm her coming Shc said she had spent thc first 22 years Of her |Ufe m Che land of Che pyramid and hanging gardens. but that after having seen her hubaud carefully wathed and laid away Co dry. she came to Amcrcia and roved with a |baud of her own people for a period of five years. that she quit the Gypsy |band to marry a farmer In Kansas. Ibut that being a helpmcet Of a tillcr l of Che soil was not conEeniaI Go her | disposition. She said she just could not take an interest In teaching
 young calves to drink from a bucket Ior In picking geese. She also said |that she Ioft No. between spring
 seeding and 8 a. m. and that if she had stayed fifteen minutes longer ! hc would have been digging her in Che back with his elbow and asking |U she iutcucded Co sleep an day ! Her third venture was with a herb
 doctor but she says it lasted only !. three weeks Four other wives
 showed mp and he took a trip for This health
 "Oh. Sir" she says In her letter.
 "do not think me dcNc OF bcart- Hess. An the time ! have been iu | America my heart has been with Ithe mummy back In Che land where ! Pharaoh's daughter bathel amidst the bullrushcs. and you may assure Ia1 the claim owners of your com- muuity who wish to peep at what lis in store for them that | win have Inc designs on them other than Co collect my usual fee. which is two dollars per peep"
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