The Alaska daily empire. [volume], October 25, 1915, Page 2, Image 2

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LAKE BENNETT
MINERS STRIKE
RICH QUARTZ
SKAOWAY, Oct. 22.?Fred Story,
superintendent of the Silver Queen
and Ruby Silver Mining Company, in
the Lake Bennett district, brought
Into Skagway with him on his last
trip out from the Interior a small sack
of samples of molyblendlte ore from
two parallel veins, one eighteen in
ches in width and the other six in
ches, that has been discovered about
a year ago. but never were prospect
ed until this fall, when they were
relocated and recorded by Mr. Story
and his two partners. Paddy McLaugh
lin and Dan MacDonald. both old tim
ers in the Lake Bennet country. The
ledges are true fissure veins and the
ore contains High values in molyblen
dlte. They are located about six
miles from the railroad, east of Pa
rey. and four miles east of the Sil
ver Queen and Ruby Silver mines.
The ore Is a beautiful white Quartz
and the leads are enclosed in well
defined walls of granite.
The ore is so rich In the mineral
and the price of the refined product
so high at the present time owing
to tho war, that Mr. Story informs
up immediate steps will be taken to
operate the property on a small scale
at first, but with the possibility that
shipments will be increased mater
ially at an early date. Mr. Story has
strong hopes of being able to ship
several tons within the next thirty
days.
According to Mr. Story the refined
product is now worth $4 a pound in
the London. England, markets, for
military and naval supply purposes.?
(Skagway Alaskan.)
SYNDICATE WANTS
ALL CLEARY CREEK
FAIRBANKS'?Luther C. Hess, the
vice-president of the Fairbanks First
National Bank, is trying to secure op
tions to purchase all the creek and
first tier bench claims on Cleary creek.
It is reported that he is meeting
with good success and is believed to
represent a big syndicate, possibly
the Canadian-Yukon, a Guggenheim
syndicate. He states that if the deal
is consummated a ditch will be built
to bring water from the Chatnalka
river, to hydraulic the bench claims
after the creek bed has been worked
by dredges.
Hess expects to secure options on
every foot of tho ground and will
leave for the outside at an early date.
Clcary creek has proved to be one of
the richest creeks over discovered In
the north, and has produced more
than $23,000,000 to date. Most of
the richest claims have been worked
out and few miners are making more
than expenses although there are sev
eral hundred men omployed on the
creek claims each summer.?(News
Miner.)
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WHITEHORSE BOYS
LEAVE FOR FRONT
WHITEHORSE, Oct. 22.?Tho first
all-Whltehor8o contingent to enlist tor
war with the Allies In Europe left this
morning for Victoria to enter training.
They are:
J. L. Smith, corporal In charge: Al.
Cronln. Alex Pover. Norman Ryder.
Geo. Chapman, Robt. Holborn, Jack
Hyde, Jack Graham. Henry Royal,
Chas. Wall. Red Brown. W. Burdon.
All of the above have passed Dr.
Clarke's examination and will enroll
with one of the various contingents
on reaching Victoria. As few others
who desired to go were not able to
pa9s the required physical examina
tion.
Tuesday night the boys were given
a royal sendoff by the Moose of
Whltohorse when Isaac Taylor was
chairman and toastmaster and when
refreshments?a regular supper?were
served and a limited amount of the
extract of hops was on tap. The chair
man. Robt. Lowo. Goo. Curtlss. Chas.
Elsenhauer and others made speeches
others sang, told stories or played In
struments and woe to him who could
do none of these things. The affair
lasted until midnight and was a rare
compliment to the boys In whose hon
or it was given.?(Whltehorse Star.)
CREW OF PLAGUE SHIP
IS SENT TO HOSPITAL
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SEATTLE, Oct. 26.?All of the men
aboard the Peruvian barkentlno Stel
la, except Capt. Santo Mallo and the
cook, have been placed In tho United
States marine hosplfii- vYhlle Capt.
Santo Malle and tl * ok arc afflicted
with tho disease, they are able to be
about, and will be given medical treat
ment aboard the vessel.
Sailors from here were placed In
charge of the barkentine and are do
ing the work which has been neglect
ed since the plague put in its appoar
ance.
The Stella will be towed to Dia
mond Point tomorrow for fumigation
and cleaning.? (Seattle Post-Intelll
gencer.)
A complete line of exquisite new em*
broidery cottons, new designs In
stamped linens.
Worked models on exhibition at
Mrs. Albert Berry"s, 317 Seward St.,
phone 340. Mtf
HALLOWE'EN POST CARDS
Something Different
At JUNEAU DRUG COMPANY.
Phone 250.
EMBROIDERY and stamping to or
der at Miss Wahlgrea's Needlecraft
Shop, opposite Doran's Drag Store. ??
Suits pressed, 75c.; Suits Cleaned
and pressed, $2.#.
THANE STEAM LAUNDRY.
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Bridge Work, per tooth ~.$8.00
Gold Filling $2.50 up
Porcelain Filllnga .$3.00 up
All Work Guaranteed
PROMPTNESS, THOROUGHNESS
and Despatch In All Our Method#.
Open Evenings for People Who Work.
DR. E. J. HALFORD, Propr.
Seward Bldg. Phone 193
U. OF W. BUILDING
MAY BE SAVED ,
BY AID X-RAYS .
SEATTLE?The Application of the
X-Rays, tho passage of an electric
current and tho injection of chemical
solutions an experiments for the pre
servation of the giant natural col- 1
umns in the forestry building on the i
University of Washington campus
aro suggested by Doan Hugo Winken
werdor, of tho college of forestry. The
pillars aro fir trees, which wero put
in place Just as they came from the i
forest, with tho bark still on them.
Their condition has been found by bor
ing and examination to be serious
from internal decay due to the lnclos
ure of moisture.
Built in 1909.
In the forestry building, which was
constructed for tho Alaska-Yukon-Pa
cific Expos.' lion by the State of Wash
ington in 1909, thcro aro 12i> main
columns frtm thirty-eight to fifty-four
feet in height and from five to bIx
feet to six and one-half feet in diame
ter. One, the only hemlock in the
building, has been practically eaten
away, and its condition led to tho ex
amination of several others, two of
which were discovered to bo in bad
state and two others slightly decayed.
Only One Hemlock
Prof. E. O. Eastwood of tho dopart
mont of mechanical engineering, has
suggested that tho hemlock may be
replaced with a ro-inforced concrete
pillar, around which bark might be
fastened. Other plans call for the
substitution cut in sections, or quar
tered lengthwise. An entire column
could not be handled. The preser
vation of the other pillars which are
not yet to far decayed,_howevor, pre
sents another column.
Dean Wlckenwerder. who left yes.
torday morning for San Francisco to
attend tho Joint convention of tho So
ciety of American Foresters and the
American Logging Congress, will con
sult United States forest experts in
Portland as to methods employed in
meeting a similar situation In the
preservation of the forestry building
erected for the Lewis and Clarke ex
position.?(Seattle Post Intelligencer.)
BELEVEDERE ENDS
EVENTFUL CRUISE j
SEATTLE, Oct. 20.?After a sev
en months' trading, whaling and wal
rus hunting cruise which carried her
along the Siberian coast, far Into the
Arctic and to Nome, tho steam whal
ing schooner Belevedero, Capt. A. P.
Jochtmsen, reached Scattlo last even
ing with a cargo of furs, walrus hides
and whale oil.
The Belevedero sailed from Seattlo
at 7 p. m. March 17th. arrived at Pet
ropavlovsk on April 18 and at Nome
on September 25. She called at Una
laska for bunker supplies on her way
to Seattle.
During the summer the Belevedero
was nearly wreck In a terrific storm
In Kamchatka Bay, on tho Siberian
coast, and four members of her crew
lost their lives. Heavy seas swept
the decks of the vessel, flooded tho
engine room and other parts of the
vessel, almost causing her to founder.
After lying at anchor in the storm
for two days six men put out for the
shore in a row boat, which was cap
sired and four of her crew? George
Labester, Antone Roderick, John Do
mingo and a Russian, name unknown
?wero drowned.
Olaf Swcnscn, second officer of the
vessel, who was a member of the
Stefansson rescue party last year, and
Chief Engineer J. T. Clayton swam
ashore.
Of Stefansson Fleet
The Belevedere was a member of
the original Stefansson fleet two
years ago. She carried supplies from
Nome to Herschel Island In 1913-1914
and was frozen In that winter. Sho
arrived In Seattle safely from tho
Arctic In the fall of 1914.
Capt. A. P. Jochlmsen, master of
the Belevdcre, was In charge of the
schooner King and Wlnge when that
vessel rescued the survivors of the
Stefansson party from Wrangoll Isl
and during the summer of 1914, The
vessel Is owned by tho Hlbbard-Stew_
art Company, of Seattle. She Is one
of the famous old whalers of the
North Atlantic, having been built at
Bath, Me., In 1880.?(Seattle Post In
telligencer.)
HETCH HETCHY CLOSED
SAN FRANCISCO?The entiro land
grant that San Francisco requested
from tho United States govornment
for use in the Hetch Hetchy water
supply project has now been with
drawn. according to advices received
hero today. The last of the grants
was In three sections, lying in tho
Hetch HOtch.v reserve and was re
cently ordered by President Wilson
taken from the list of open territory.
KAISER'? SON IS INQAfiED
AMSTERDAM, (via London.)? The
Berliner Anzeiger announces the en
gagement of Prince Joachim, young
est son of Emperor William, and Prin
cess Marie Augustine, daughter of
Prince Edward of Anhalt. The prln
cess was 17 years old last June, The
prince is 25 years old.
>FPIO*fi OF EMDEN
ESCAPES SINGAPORE
on)?The arrival In Germany of Lieu
onant Commander Juliuu Lautorbach
vho was executive officer of the Ger
nan cruiser Emden, la announced by
ho Overseas Nows Agoncy. Lleuten
int Lauterbach was taken prisoner In
he famous Emden was destroyed by
he Australian cruiser Sydney. He
vas taken to Singapore, but gained
lis liberty as a result of the mutiny
>f Indian troops there. With three
lativos he put to Hea In a canoe from
Singapore and reach Sumatra after
leven days. Thence he made hio way
.0 Java, Manila and Shanghai. From
Shanghai ho took passage for tho
United States under an assumod
lame, reaching San Francisco Aug
ist 17. How ho made his way from
San Francisco to Germany has not
neen disclosed.
SOME FACTS ON i
ROADBUILDINGj
In the oarllest historical records we 1
have mention of road building. Hero* I
dltus tells of a great Egyptian road on
which were employed 100,000 men for I
ten years. This road was built of I
massive stone blocks 10 feet deep and i
was lined along Its oidos with temples :
and statues. There runs a great im- 1
menso highway through India along 1
which tho life and traffic of the na- <
tlon has passed slnco remote times.
Tho anclont Peruvians had a wonder- <
ful system of roads connecting all tho ]
principal parts of tho Empire.
Tho Romans wore tho greatest road i
builders among tho ancients. Their -I
first great road was from Rome to I
Capau, 142 miles, begun about 312 B. J
C. It was called tho Applan Way and :
was later extended to Brunduslum, a
total distance of 360 mllos. Tho con
struction was very massive as was 1
tho cn36 of all the Roman roads, the
bottom and top courses being of large
flat stones and the intervening cours
es of smaller stones laid in mortar.
This road was said to have been In
good condition 800 years after it was I
built When Rom6 was at the height
of her glory under Augustus, no less
than 29 great military roads radiated
from the ctty, extending to every part
of tho vast empire. These roads are
estimated to have had a total length
of 50,000 miles. Tho Romans built
and Improved many roads throughout
what is now Prance, although the
present road system was really found- 1
ed by Napoleon and is perhaps the
most perfect system in existence. The
roads of France aggregato more than
500,000 miles and the system was
highly skilled supervision In every
grade of road work. The basis of tho
y*t*m is the School of road* and o
ir'.'i? ? on* of the flno*t technical
hool* in the vorld. The Roman* al
o extended their road building Into
Irltain.
In 1849 the toll systom was adopted
n England and In 1838 no less than
100. turnpike trusts wero in oxlstence.
'he cost of collecting the tolls, how
irer, often nearly equaled tho In
ome and In 1878 all tolls were abol
shod. The first toll road In the
Jnlted 8tates was the Lancaster Pike
?'jLwpen Philadelphia and Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, 62^ miles, authorized
n 1792. Congress, on March 29th,
.800, appropriated 830,000 toward the
lunroy and construction of a road
ending from Cumberland, Maryland,
o the Ohio river, near Steubenvllle.
This was the beginning of tho famous
Cumberland Pike. It was not finished
mtU 1888, and the total amount ap- J
jropriated was nearly $7,000,000. The <
Irnt section to 'Wheeling cost about -
119,000 per mile. After the steam 4
-allway became the principal means 4
>f transportation road building goner- 4
illy was nogtocted (n the Uhltod 4
3tates for more than a generation, 4
xnd only In recent years, due In large
measure to the development of the
utomobllo, has the groat value of
roods come to be appreciated again,
[n 1904 the total outlay for roads In
the United States was approximately
179,000,000. Ten years later, 1914,
:he aggregate expenditure was nearly
1225,000,000. The small state of Con- 0
necticut expended from February, 1
!f>13, to October, 1914, 16,700,000, and c
In the State of New Ymk tho approp- ^
rlnttons for 1014. were more than |19,
>00,000. 8
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Vj Vorj CUUUU J UCtniD iui ibo uviwr
ppment and tor the happiness of Its r
people good roads. Alaska has scarce- '
ly made a beginning. When tho Al
Liska Road Commission came Into ex
istence In 1905, the Territory was al
most entirely without the semblance
of a road throughout Its vast area of 1
nearly 500,000 square miles. Travel
was mostly confined to open water
ways, and over their frozen courses In '
the winter. Travel across country
In summer, generally speaking was 1
possible on foot or with pack horses, '
difficult always, by reason of the 1
swamp character of the ground from (
the melting snows, and surface thaw
ing. and frequently dangerous on ac- 1
count of numerous swift and deep '
streams, fed by the Ice-cold waters (
of mountain glaciers. It Is duo to
those physical conditions more than
anything else that Alaska has re- I
malned so long an undeveloped and an
almost unknown country.
In the great plains country of the j
Middle West and Northwest, travel
across country was generally safe and
easy without road or trail, and devel- .
opment naturally followed the con
struction of trunk lines of railroad,
and a similar development, It ban
been predicted, will take place In Al- i
aska. Here, however, the conditions ,
are entirely different and no rapid or
general- development can follow the
construction of numerous wagon roads
and trails as feeders. Alaska also
has a wonderful system of waterways,
both coastal and Interior, and as the
Territory develops, the demand will
be for numerous short roads between
the deep-sea channels of the Coast
and between the navigable streams
of the interior, with certain trunk road
systems leading from the Interior to
the coast
The Valdez-Falrbanks road Is the
drat of theso . trunk lines to bo laid
out and It will always be the most
Important When It shall be further
Improved to the condition when ve
hicles of all kinds, wagons, trucks, and
automobiles may pass at will over It
confidence of making time without
let or hindrance, for business or for
jleosore, throughout the endless sum
mer days of the Northern latitude,'
then will Its great value be appreciat
ed, especially by Valdex.
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HALOWE'EN NOVELTIES.
Al outeMe price*. .The largest as.
?ortmont In town. Come early?Ju
neau Drug Co. 'Phono &S-0. 10-18-tf
DREAM Theatre!
MONDAY and TUE8DAY
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| Vaudeville, Bob Baney In Fancy 33
Buck and Wing Dancing. ?>
PICTURES <>
"The Coeoon and tho Buttorfly"
?an American 2-reeler, featur- < J
! Ing Vivian Rich. 33
; "Every Man Has His Price,''? * *
drama. < >
"All at Seat" Keystone comedy. < J
10c and 15c 3'
3 Coming: "Tho Squaw Man," by 3!
? tho Famous Players, next Frl- <?
day, Saturday and Sunday? 33
3 10c and 15c, '*
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I- AMONG THE THEATRES. ?
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GERMANIA.
ramou8 World Film Corporation Fea
ture, Sunday and Monday.
"Germania," 6-act special World
pllm Corporation at the Grand theatre
n Sunday and Monday. It Is the his
ory of the Gorman Revolution and the
oalltlon of the powers of Europe, a
Teat European historical play. Cast
>y an all-star actor, hundreds In the
cones.
Don't miss the 11th Strand War
lews tonight In 1000 feet, actual
icenes from the front.
AT THE ORPHEUM.
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N THE HILLS OF OLD KENTUCKY
A special 2-part feature by the I.u
>in company showing beautiful neon
c effects.
"The World Before Your Eyes In
he Hearst-Sollg Weekly" showing tho
lose Carnival In Portland and Horse
'acing at San Francisco; marine war
>vcnts.
Threo good comcdlos by tho Vltg
?aaph and Patho and Essany, complet
ed a bill that packed the "House of
3ood Shows." ???
Your wife likes flowers; dont over
ook the flower sale at Winter & Pond.
Anybody can fish If they go to
3ritt's Pharmacy. 22-tf
Miss Charon's steam heated rooms,
110 and up. 9-24-lm
Best by test of wear and ser
vice our $3.50 Boyer at. B. M.
BEHRENDS CO. 25-tf
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