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YOLIJME IX. , LENOIR, 1ST. C, JULY 20, 1907. NO. 1)4.
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LL1TEK rSuM ALASKA.
Editor Lenoir News: I remem
ber well the first edition of the
Lenoir News, and must say that
it has progressed nicely under its
Editor and if I am not mistaken,
the founder of the paper. The
News and Topic were certainly
, welcome visitors to me in- the far
Northland last summer and I will
be glad when the first copies
reach me thia-summer. In writing
the News I will describe briefly
my second voyage on the Ohio to
Alaska and will als give a few dots
on the frozen North.
The Ohio sailed on June 1st at
11 a. m., just one year to an hour
from the time of its sailing last
year. It was followed the same day
by the Victoria, Pennsylvania and
Umntilla, all carrying full cargoes
and a list of three thousand pas
sengers. There was a great crowd
assembled on the wharf to see her
off as she was the first to sail for
Nome. There was a large list of
lady passengers that took passage,
and many mining men from Butte
Montana, and Goldiield Nevada.
The first-class rates to Nome on all
the boats are $05, $75 and 1100,
the accomodations on all three
rates are the same. The difference
in price simply being the difference
in location of berths. The first
sailing of boats to Nome will carry
6000 passengers and 40,000 tons of
freight. Some of the boats will
carry very little freight, while
others will carry as much as 7000
tons. In all there will be twelve
boats on the Seattle and Nome run
and three from San Francisco
which will matte only one trip to
Nome. Most of the boats from
Seattle well make six trips while
others will make only four or five
trips. The President and Iroquo
ise are the two new boats added to
the Nome fleet. They both came
around the Horn, the President
from New York, the latter from
the Great Lakes, Chicago. The
President is fine large boat and
broke all records from Ban Fran
cjfsoo to Seattle for fast time. It
was billed to sail on the 4th and
will carry 7B0 passengers. It is
frredicted by many that it will
brake ill former records to Nome
for fast time, but at this writing it
hasn't yet arrived but is expected
tils afternoon. The Ohio, Victo
Ha and Umatilla are the only
boats yet arrived. The Victoria
gained fourteen hours on the Ohio
arriving in Nome seven hours a
head of her.
The Ohio had a rough time of it
for the last three days getting into
heavy ice while the Victoria miss
ed the heaviest of it. There was
very little sea sickness. The son
shown nicely most of the way and
the passengers seemed to enjoy
themselves very much at a chance
of getting to promenade upper
deck. The sea being calm gave the
. passengers a chance to see many
whales in the North Pacific, which
could be seen in all directions
sporting water high up. Before
arriving at Dutch Harbor, the
Captain sighted a dark object three
v or four miles off, and looking
through big glasses he remarked
to the boys "A dead whale" so he
steered his ship to the whale which
was very tittle Out Of his way: it
was the largest whale I ever saw.
Soma of the boys said it was ialf
as large as the Ohio and almost as
wide, but I would judge that it
was" about 60 fee long and about
, 20 feet wide.
On the morning of the 6t day
we were in Bering JJea. The air
was very ' c&fllyV too cokt o be on
y upper decttery long lime,
! anclrt lis lo fogi i ll we IbM
not t4 ittf yards ileadof thltaip
so the captain cut down the Ohio
to half speed.
On the morning of the 7th day,
it was still colder and foggy mist
had frozen all over the ship's rig
ging, so the Captain was now fully
aware that he would encounter
with heavy ice, so he steered his
ship for St Lawrence Island, which
is off the coast of Bering Sea,
about 200 miles from Nome. His
Object was for protection in case
he had to encounter with heavy
ice.
On the morning of the 8th day
we were off St. Lawrence Island,
about seven miles from shore and
also in the heaviest ice that we
have been in yet. We could see
large icebergs far ahead of us, and
large quantities of ice around St.
Lawrence that looked to be twenty
or thirty feet high. It appeared
to me that St. Lawrence Island
was headquarters for heavy ice.
So now the Captain puts to sea
knowing that he would be tied up
in the ice if he didn't. So he puts
on a full head of steam and the
Ohio plows through the heavy ice
all day making ilow time. In
fact, we were in ice all the way to
Nome arriving there at midnight
of the 9th day . The Captain made
a mistake in sailing for the Island
as the ice drifted across Bering Sea
with the current of the Yukon
River coming in contact with the
heavy ice out of the Arctic Regions.
Ice broke up in the upper Yukon
River on May 10th, and it broke
up at St. Michael at the mouth of
the Yukon River, on May 25th
the earliest period ever known.
Many people thought that she
would not encounter with any ice
at all as it broke up so early, but
it now seems that the ice in place of
going through Bering Sea drifted
towards Nome and the Bering
Strait, and it will probably be the
first of July before it is entirely
out.
On srritihg it Nome, I small
pox was hoisted ori the Ohio
created jbiti in excitement among
the passehters'j ncl tSHbbdy was
afraid Ihif f.e Would be quaran
tined. M anr ier4 ex
amined by the Nome Doctors and
pronounced trt fiealth? condition
with the exception of one man who
had been sick for several days.
All passengers were landed on the
beach at 6:00 o'clock on the morn
ing of the 10th. Fite:hundred of
Nome people stood on the beach
to welcome us. The streets of
Nome were almost as crowded as
they were last year, as
a good many people have already
come down from Fairbanks and
Yukon River points, and besides,
3000 or more spent the winter in
Nome. There are eight or ten
boats to arrive carrying passeng
ers, and it is predicted now that
10,000 or more people from the
ouside will visit Nome. Nome
people are getting alarmed at the
unexpected rush and fear that they
can't accommodate the people.
There are many sights to be seen
in Nome that attracts the atten
tention of the outsider, there is
15,000,000 in Gold Bullion on
display in the Nome banks which
is the spring clean up so far. The
spring clean-up is $2,000,000 short
on account of a ninty-day strike
among the miners. The miners
got 14.00 a day in winter time and
they struok for $5.00 but haven't
gained the strike yet.
The Wild Goose Mining Co. has
erecfed 1 tank building which is
the finest buildinir in Nome, and
have on display fi 000,000 wtlcfi
their clean-op fhH Iprinj. This
'cni pan y will IMS II ,000, CM ot
other shipment on some other
boat. .The Pioneer, Miocure and
several other Mining Companies
have all made large clean-ups this
spring and the out-put of gold is
expected to far outreach that of
last year. There was several rich
strikes made this winter. Gold
has been discovered on the 4th
Beach line which promises to be
the richest of them all, as every
beach line gets richer, and people
are now beginning to think that
the Nome district will be the great
mining district for years to come.
Among other sights to be seen
in Nome is the great display of fine
furs. There are large stores in
Nome and furs are hanging up in
the stores as thick as leaf tobacco
hangs in tobacco barns in North
Carolina. Furs are very cheap in
Nome and many people buy them
by the wholesale. Another sight
to be seen is the large Alaska dog.
They have as much hair on them
as a Rocky Mountain sheep has
wool, and are a very smart and
peaceful dog hardly ever see a
fight among them. The general
value of a dog is about $50. I
knew a mail carrier last summer
that owned fourteen dogs and he
valued them at $1000. They are
very useful in winter time as they
are used in hauling freight and
supplies out to the mines. A team
of six dogs can draw one ton easy.
A wireless message received
from the President this afternoon
states that she is tied up in heavy
ice 200 miles from Nome and that
one of her propeller blades is broken
The captain states that the heavy
ice is moving southward. Anoth
er wireless message from Solomon
states that the Ohio struck an ice
floe, ten miles from shore and tore
a fearful hole in her bow. Three
passengers meet watery graves and
all passengers are panic stricken
and presume the Ohio in a sinking
condition. Another message re
ceived from the Ohio states that
her bow is under water resting on
bottom of Solomon Bay . It is very
doubtful if the Onio will be on the
Nome run any more this summer.
If she can be raised she will have
to be patched up and taken to the
ship yards at Seattle which will
take some time to repair her.
I will have to bring may letter
to a close as my time is limited and
as the old saying in Nome, every
hour lost means a dollar. I hope
to be able to write several letters
yet to the News as I have many
things to tell about Alaska.
The News Friend,
James T. Deal.
Victo:
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Nearly all old-fashiohed Cough
Syrups are constipation, especially
those that contain opiates. They
don't act just right. Kennedy's Lax
ative Cough Syrup contains no opi
ates. It drive the cold out of the
system by gently moving the bowels.
Contains Honey and Tar and tastes
nearly as good as maple syrup. Chil
dren like it. 8old by J. E. 8hell, Dr.
Kent and Granite Falls Drug Co.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
The painters employed by the
Southern railway at Spencer struck
Friday for 30 cents a day more
wages.
Anglo Saxon : Passengers on a
northbound train Sunday morning,
after passing Pee Dee river bridge,
on the Richmond county side, were
astonished to see a man and his
wife at work on their farm. The
old man was chopping corn while
the old lady was planting peas.
Van Breese, aged IS years, son
of Maj. W. E. Breese and brother
of Senator Breese, of Transylvania
county, was run over by a train at
Brevard Friday and died from the
injuries, it is said that Young
Breese was running to the train to
mail some letters; that as he reach
ed the train with the engine still in
motion, he slipped beneath the
wheels and loth legs were cut off.
Saturday as freight train No.
108, from Charlotte to Winston -Salem,
was crossing the trestle over
the Yadkin river a cross tie placed
between two ties and leaning to
wards the train was discovered by
the engineer He applied the brakes
and reversed the engine, stopping it
just as it ran against the tie. It is
believed that if it had not been
discovered the train would have
been dumped into the river. It is
thoucht the tie was put there to
wreck the train
Before the editors get home from
Morehead City we see results of
their visit, as witnesseth following
from a Morehead correspondent:
"J. H. Alexander, editor of the
Lexington North State, was fishing
on the new bridge draw, yesterday
morning, and had the misfortune
to drop his eye-glasses in the chan
nel . After fishing for half an hour,
and bemoaning his luck of not be
ing able to see, he pulled out
perch that had his eye-glasses
across its nose. One side of the
nose serine of the glasses had
caught in the fish's eye."
Adjutant General T. R. Robert
son has issued the general order for
the movement of the First North
Carolina regiment to Camp Glenn
Morehead, for the annual target
practice. All the companies to
this regiment will start from their
home stations during the afternoon
oi August 8. arriving at Camp
Glenn early On the morning ol
Augest 9 . Tirget practice will be
gin as soon as the camp is establiS
hed and continue five days on
the State range. Then the regi
ment will start for the Jamestown
exposition, arriving there on the
morning of the 14th over the Nor
folk and Southern, remaining with
the othei State troops there for the
remaining three days of North
Carolina week.
Q.W.F. HARPER. Pres. J.H. BEALL, Cuhler. W.A. SHELL, A-Cishler. C.E. RABB, Teller.
against money losses through fire or robbery by placing your money
safely in bank. Safeguard yourself against twice
paying bills and have a legal receipt tor every
cent paid out by carrying a checking account.
Safeguard yourself against poverty in old age by
building up a competency (luring the working
period ol your life. Save a small portion of every
dollar earned, place it in the keeping of this
strong bank and you may trust the accumulation
to safeguard you against all kinds of financial troubles.
ASSETS AND RESPONSIBILITY OVER $300,000.
Farmers Institute.
The annual Farmers Institute
for Caldwell County will be held
at Lenoir Wednesday, August 21,
1907. There will be two or three
speakers present from the State
Department of Agriculture in ao
diflon to the local speilre.
Tim institutes are for a free
nd'tfifdrmaliiicussioft of every-
diy farm problems and fio farmers
caSi attend and take pari in these
discussion! without receitln more
than enough benefit to pay for the
time spin!
i Ql people at daily nU
kidney and . Jaladdef
Tueasaads
fet iDff with itidnev
troubles-dsngetyil t ailments' that
ih best ttatody for backache, weak
ildntrs. lnflamatlon of the bladder.
Jhslt action, is prompt and. lore. A
Mi's treatment for Kt. Bold by J.
B. Shell. Dr. Keat And Granite Falls
Drug Co. i
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The Right Name.
popular
Mr. August Bnerpe. tne popu
overseer of the poor, at Fort Madl
son, la. says: "Dr. King's New Life
Pills, are rijrntly named: the act
more agreeably , do more good and
make one feel better than any other
laxative." Guaranteed to cure bili
ousness and constipation. 35c at J.
E. Shell's drug store.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
reproduces from the Pennsylvania
Magazine for July, 1776, the first
publication of the Declaration of
Independence. What newspapers
there were at the time, or publica
tions known as newspapers, seem
to have had no appreciation of its
lews value. Even the magazine
did not boast of its scoop.
Take the Postmaster's Word for It.
ilt.F.'U. flamlln. postmaster at
Chertytale, Ind., keeps also a stock
of general merchandise and patent
medicine. He tars: "Chamberlain's
Colla. Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme-
4f j standard fctie jn iU Hat. t It
averfJirtoi cite . asthfaetios; aod
.witnou
Kan
eo tiki bardlt atTora to t
It." tot kl4 i J.JL BhU, Dr.
ind ttranita Falls Drag Co.
M.M. Courtney's
Otdinar y And
Extraordinary.
LITTLE THINGS IT LITTLE PIES.
Needle Books, 1 paper Cold Eye Needles and 7
large needles extra, 5c; Hair Pins lc package; Dress
Pins 2 papers for 5c; Hair pin Cabinets 5c; Aluminum
and Shell Hair Pins; Black and White Hooks and
Eyes; Black and White Voil and Hat Pins; "Hold
Fast" skirt Fasteners; Dress Shields, many kinds;
Hose Supporters; Lead Pencils, lc each and up;
Writing Tablets; Beads; Talcum Powder 5, 10 and
20c; Tooth Brushes 10 to 25c; Hair Brushes 15 to 50c;
Side and Back Combs in latest shapes; Fans 3, 5, 10,
20 and 25c and up; Belt Buckles; Ladies Embroider
ed Linen Collars; White Embroidered Belts and many
other kinds; 12 yards Bias seam Covering 10c; Val
enciennes Laces 3c the yd. up to 15c the yd; Round
thread Laces; Narrow and wide Black Silk Laces;
Oriental and Spanish Silk Laces 3 inches to 8 inches
wide; White and Black Footing; Silk finish Crochet
Cotton all colors 5c; White and Black Ruching; Nar
row and Wide Velvet Ribbons; Narrow Taffetta and
8atin Taffetta Ribbons at 1, 3, 4 and 6c the yard;
Ladies, Misses and infante Hosiery in white, black
and tan; Lisle thread and Lace effects; 200 Carpet
samples one yard square in good patterns; Peri, Lusta;
Shoe Laces all kinds; Wide Laces for oxfords ties;
Pocket Knives many kinds 5c and up,' Jardinieres;
Jelly Glasses and Fruit Jars; Hammocks, &c. &c. &c.
We have the reputation of offering to the trade
the largest variety of 6taple and fancy notions, in
cluding many things out of the ordinary. See us
when yon want things, the uewest and best things at
lowest prices.
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For the next 30 days I will sell my entire
stick of Bicycles at cost and below cost, as
? follows.: ; ..
338 Bicycled rioiVfbr $25.00
$30 BlcyfcJtSMi fiW for 23.50
$38 iBIcyclea ticjw for 31.5Q
A good stock Of Second Hand Wheels below
cost, from 11.60 to H4.75. Come quick and
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