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Show ILL WAGER A FORTUNE That Flag is Flying from Top of Mt. McKinley Fairbanks, Alaska, April 15 The committee In charge of the Fairbanks Mount McKinley expedition desires that the United States government nball detail Klgnal service men from the nearest to Mount McKinley lo innke a nip Mo the vicinity of the mountain and report whether an American Amer-ican flag Ls Hying from the summit. Thomas Lloyd, leader of the expedl-L'on expedl-L'on and who knows the great mountain moun-tain well, having lived the year through tho foothills, repeats that March is the safest month of the year for the ascent, the snow being then firm and there being no avalanches. ava-lanches. As the 9iiow begins to melt the great crevasses ipen and there are. slides of vast masses of snow. E. YV. Griffin and Captain Barnelt, of this city, will wager $100,000 with eny responsible person who doubts the truth of the report brought back by the expedition Tho summer expeditions expedi-tions now planned will verify the report re-port of Mr. Lloyd, his backers say. |