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Thirteen Parties Will Be It Work
In Alaska. " -
PRELIMINARY , EXAMINATIONS
-lU '-ill'
Plant Ar Now Completed for th
Continuation of These Surveys and
Investlgatlona During 1908 and the
Personnel of Parties Determined.
- The first systematic surveys and in
voilgatlon of the mineral resources
of Alaska were begun ten years ago.
Since , then toHKTniUlc, . retanoals-
aance surveys have been carried over
about 117,000 square miles and geo-
logia I reconnaissance survey -ovar.
95,00Q square IjifUa bf the total area
of Alaska 586,000 .aiiuate miles, , In
sWUlltlon. detailed topographic surveys
of 25(10 square miles and geologic
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surveys ui iuu square nines imve
been made, and the investigations of
, the water resources have covered an
area of about 35000 square miles. '
' The mere figures representing the
arcal (napping do not tell the story.
Much of the money appropriated for
the investigation of the mineral re
sources have been devoted to special
studies of mining districts. Though
the time baa not yet come when any
given mining district can be invest!-
(rated exhaustively, yet every produc
ing camp, throughout the Territory
has received at least preliminary
examination by tba 'experts 'of the.
Geological Survey, and the most im
portant have been studied in detail.
For example, the two most important
coal fields of the Controller Bay and
Matanuska territory have been map
ped and described in reports, as has
tbe Juneau gold belt. Similar work
has been done In the Nome and Pair
banks places district. ? 5
Tlans are now completed for the
continuation of these surveys and in
vestigation during 1908, the person
nel of the parties have been deter
mined, and many of the preparations
have been completed. Field opera
tions will be begun a toon as the
weather will permit. Two . of the
parties will leave Washington about
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the first of March, .and the other
will, follow during the next two
months' v "" ' ""
' Thirteen parties in all will be en
gaged in this work. Of these six
will give their time to investigation
ot geology and 'mineral " resources,
two will combine this clai of work
with some topographic surveys, three
will be enuaued in tonoeraohlc man
plug,' and two will be employed In the
InvcMigation of the water resources
of aorW of the- Important ' mining
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many thousands of homes. For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggist.
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, Work in Southeastern Alaska. .
Jft iUi if. liii. lilin'.
I e southeastern Alaska Mr, C W.
Wriulit will continue his detailed
Studies of some of the important min
ing districts of Prince of Wale Is
land, including the Kasaan Pennin
sula and Copper Mountain regions.
Tim permitting, he will also do some
work in the northern extension of the
Juneau gold belt. Mr.Wright will
leave Washington about the middle
ot .May and will spend about , four
month in the' field, v ! I
The completion of the detailed
topographic mapping of Kasaani Pe
ninsula and the mapping of the Cop
per? Mountain f mining 'district, on
Prince of Wales Island, will be under
taken by Mr. R. H. Sargent, with otie
assistant. This work wilt, be done on
the scale of 1 mile to 'the inch, with
contour intervals of 25 feet. If suf
ficient time is available, Mr Sargent
will also undertake similar work in
the Eagle River district north of
Juneau. He will begin his field work
about the first of May and continue
It as late in the fall a the weather
will permit' '
A HOLE Kl THE ROCK
The Story of an Attempted Es
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THE STORY OP STARLIGHT.
August Belmont, president of the
Jocky Club; at a dinner in New York,
said of racing:
"Racing i honestly conducted in
the main, The stories that one hears
about it are rather absurd. They are
like the story of Starlight.
"Once there was a group of sports
men who were all quite broke. They
must, however, gef? In to, the races.
And one at ' a time they presented
thcmclvcs at the paddock gate.
1 'I am the owner of Starlight,' the
first said. He was well-dressed and
imposing. They believed and passed
him in. , . s; ij '-Af
"I am Starlight's trainer,' said the
second. His red face and bluff man
ner bore out hi atory, and they ad
mitted hitn. ' ?
"The third man, small and thin,
next appeared. ; ' : to
" 'Starlight'a Jocky,' he said short
ly, and hurried through the gate.
"The fourth and last man of the
group was very shabby indeed.
" 'Well, who are you?" they said
impatiently, when he presented him
self. .
i " 'I am Starlight,' wa the meek re
ply."' '
NO REASON AT ALL
Joseph Richards, the Detroit jockey
complained on his return from Rus
sia of the fall in Jockeys' fees there.
"Of course' they give you reasons
for this fall," he aid. "People al
ways have their reasons, their more
or less ridiculous reasons. It's like
Detroit fish man. Once a relative of
mine went to this man to get some
fish, and found that they were selling
very high.1 She complained and the
man'-snldr ; :(;)
" 'Fish is dear, ma'am; oh, yes, very
dear. You see, it' getting so scarce
on account of all these here aqua
riums.'' ''''ni; -'i--
TWO LEGAL ONES. ;
Senator Galllnger, lunching in the
Sonate restaurant, said fit a new and
unsophisticated ; young office-seeker;
t,"He reminds me of a witness in a
damage suit in Newport. This wit
ness, a farm hand,- when he was cal
led to give his. testimony, said excit
edly and earnestly,, as: he, took his
place in the box: u
I " 'Which side am I on?' "
' Senator Aldrich smiled. ! .
, '.'An ignorant? uninformed chap he
is," said he. "As Ignorant and unin
formed as a cross-examiner I once
heard in Providence in a perjury case.
BURROWING OUT OF PRISON.
The Wenderfut tMrei Work That Cen.
vlet ftealff Perfermad In the Teeth of
Constant and lyitematle Supervision
' by Hle'-Jaifera. 3
' Ambrose Itoalff wa undergoing
life aontence on the towering rock of
Gibraltar for acultllng bis snip fyr tit
mi !of fM ?!Mart)ac nionoyl Jht
governor told the atory of Itealtre at
tempt to encaper-.' j j f
"That fellow led roving life
daredevil that obeyed, every Impulse,
good or bad. . A.nd yet for three whole
yean i rouno nun p. uiouui prwouer,
At first be waa employed ae carpen
ter, and a little later we put him on
the harbor work. But euddesJy to
Hi! wild nature came an nnquencba
ble thirst for freedom. ; At that time
Itealff waa la charge of all the labor-
era' pick baudlea and whoelbnrrowa In
tbe Itosla fltiart-r." where be was in-
VtaJU-d to a little lean-to aheci egnlnst
a hollow In the mlgbty cliff. ' Every
report put before me extolled the
man' good behavior.
Well, every afternoon at 4 tbe work
ing party of convict would form up
and return , to tbe prison which, ae
you know, contains eome of the tough-
eat character ot both east and west
nA. to offlcef would go to Eealff
ehed to unlock him and bring htm
along with the fast
"But thla afternoon tbe door wa
opened la vain. Itealff waa not there.
And yet twenty minute previously be
had been aeen through the little win
dow when visited by tbe chief warder.
Ha had even answered to ble neroe as
heatood planing at hi bench in a dark
recet,' He war gone, how w' where
not a ioul knew! TJnmieetlonablv the
I1 abed was locked on the outside, and
tbe Jock' bad not been tampered with.
'And there -appeared no other exit ex
cept the door, nothing but solid rock.
Tbe little shanty waa ransacked, emp
tied, but without result
'"Could the man, I wondered, have
discovered some accret recess T Ton
know the whole rock is fairly honey
combed with holes, both natural and
artificial, like Cruyere cheese. Alarmed
at the results each an escape would
have on tbe morale of my dangerous
gangs, I had tore he brought and per
sonally examined every nook and cran
ny of tbe cliff against which the ahed
waa built Then my beat officer went
over It all with hammer and crowbar.
But no, nothing but solid rock. Now
for the floor. It waa JeveJ and fairly
smooth, Just covered In places with a
little loose shingle. '""
"'Bring me a bucket of water I
cried with sudden inspiration. When it
came, I threw It carefully put and we
all watched. "More and morel We
fairly inundated tbe floor and shouted
with excitement ae we saw it ebb al
most a awlftly as we poured.1-' t ; i
i "Mere absorption was . impossible.
Tbe rock waa not porous. There mnst
be a cave or tunnel below. The man
hunt waa growing hotter now. Relent
lessly we traced the ebbing streams to
a dark and distant corner, where I had
to get down on all fours to crawl un
der a massive rock shelf. Hers the
last trickle disappeared. .
"Like a flash our crowbars were at
work, and, lo, a big block was pried
up, revealing a dark gulf below. I ap
proached it cautiously. 'Now, RealflV
I cried sternly, 'it's all npl We've got
your v ,
"There waa no reply. My chief
warder poked a pole down and found
a depth of eight feet He and two
giant subordinates got out their re
volvers, seised lanterns and awnng
themselves in -t as ticklish a Job as
routing out a wounded tiger from his
lair. We above waited long and
breathlessly.- Suddenly a faint shout
traveled up to us, followed by sounds
of a desperate struggle in the cavern.
By and by back they came, with Realff
aecurely handcuffed. Lowering ropes,
we hauled blin up, battered, but amll
Ing." ' ;: ' ; !"
: "He faced his disappointment with
rare pluck, flashed a smile on me and
said, 'Better luck ,nex,t. time, colonel.'
i "That was the end of four long and
patient years of endeavor, ' I think he
discovered tbe pit shortly after he
was first put in the shed. - And he had
not only enlarged it with a, scrap of
Iron and the patience of another Baron
Trench,. , but he had, also extended It
laterally, no doubt hoping for ultimate
escape to the sea by the subterranean
passage. "' " ';
"But even this In any event was only
the first stage, Realffs provision went
much farther.' He had actually, built
himself a boat out , of , , nondescript
scraps of canvas,; old sacks .and odds
and ends, of timber. . It waa a marvel
of constructive skill, yet surely none
but a desperate man would think of
committing himself to the Mediter
ranean or Atlantic In such a craay
skiff a mere tiny coracle barely capa
ble of keepings man,af(oat Of course
be reinsure tnat once launched ne
would soon be picked; up by some
passing craft In the crowded strait ot
Gibraltar,' and he: had. a story ready
for hla saviors as well as provisions
for himself. Of .these last he had
abundance-chlefly n biscuit,, and salt
pork laid by , bit blttijom bis ra
tions and carried 'out dally from the
, prison1 111 such small quantities as to
elude tbe aearcn made at every parade.
"But that tbe man was able to labor
In, his. cave and. build and crovlslon
" . j .
Has just four njiore days in which to do business in
Astoria and we do riot hesitate to I lsathatudiiting
that time" people ;wiU;hvthe!ortunity-'to get
The Greatest Bargains That Have
Ever Been Offered by Any
f,Ai Sm Ui, . I ,
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tiuuse mwrea
on
Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Ladies' andf Gents', Furnish
ings, Dress Gps,iIVinimings Sheetings,
and in fact everything in the store will go at prices
that will compel the people to buy.
9 to 10 Today IVc Will Clean Up
All P. N. Corsets at 19c, 23c and 49c
All 75c and 95c Ladies' Union Suits .... . 2?c
All children's and misses' hats and caps, worth up
to $1.50, for : : " 4 lpc
All 20c Colored Oil Cloth for, . : ...... . 10c
, Be on Hand When the Doors Open
All FixtureslFor vSale at Bargain Prices
The Boston Store
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bis boat in the teeth of constant and
systematic supervision seems to me lit
tle short of marvelous." New York
Tribune. .
SAVED BY HIS TEETH.
Quick Wit of a Missionary Among
Trib. of Cannibals.
Missionaries have much to contend
with in dealing with the tribes on
some of the Islands of the, southern
Pacific, and I am reminded of an In
cident happening on a remote Island
of tho FIJI group whose tribes were
still Influenced by the savagery of
cannibalism. , A . Gorman missionary
had made excellent progress toward
the enlightenment of a tribe of sav
ages in tbe Interior when he waa tak
en III and forced to abandon his work
and aeek ; recuperation In a village
along the coast , ,,,
During his absence a native medicine
man succeeded In undoing all that the
good German father had accomplished.
The latter was warned that under tbe
circumstances It would be unsafe for
him to return to the scene of bis la
bors upon bis recovery, but he decid
ed that his duty called him there, and
upon regaining bis strength he Jour
neyed Inland to the village whose in
habitants bad gone over to the teach
ings of the medicine man.
Els reception was decidedly a warm
one, and he was Informed that unless
be made a practical demonstration of
the superiority of his teachings over
those ot the medicine man he would
be converted In abort order into food
for the hungry tribesmen. He at once
realised that his life bung upon a
alender thread and endeavored to show
to the savages by argument that their
conclusions as to bis edible qualities
were entirely erroneous and that they
should turq their, thoughts to other
kinds of food as well aa to higher sub
jects. His efforts were in vain, however,
and Just as he was about to be struck
down by the, uplifted, clubs of the chief
men In the tribe, he happily, bethought
himself of the fact that his upper teeth
were false,' Opening his month, he
hastily extracted his set flourished it
in the faces of his astounded oppo
nents, and particularly the featurea of
the medicine man, and,; replacing the
teeth as suddenly as he bad extracted
them, rebuked lhl8 charges, in, a man
ner which can, better be Imagined (nan
described.",' The tribe','1 believing that
he had performed a mlracle'ih taking
out and replacing his own teeth, drove
the medicine man from the village and
restored the missionary to his former
place aa uptlfter of their material and
spiritual destinies, Washington Star.
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PRINCIPAL, AND JANITORS.
! CHICAGO, Mar. 10. The . arrest
j . ,
and prosecution of one principal arid
jthe janitors and engineers of seven
public and private5 schools was de
manded yesterday by Acting' Build
ing Commissioner Robert Knight in a
letter to Geo. H. White, city prosecu
tor. : .- .
The demand followed a conference
held by Commissioner, Knight, Archi
tect Dwight H., Perkins of the Board
of Education and Fire Marshall
,Horan,'at which reports as to the fire
protection of Chicago schools, made
by 130 fire captains and 30 building
inspectors" w'erT reviewed, ''The''; ar
rests asked for are those of custodians
of school buildings where doors have
been found locked when pupils were
in their class and study rooms. .