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HERE'S TO THE ELECTION RE
TURNS.
It is the eve of the battle of the
ballots following the battle of words
Any last shots that may be Qred to
day along the line In the word con
test will probably have littk' effect.
The line-up is complete and there Is
nothing to do but to register the re
sult of the skirmish. The impossibil
ity of framing an opinion is not lim
ited to this distant wilderness. The
indications are certainly with Taft
by a large majority but the guesses
still range frotu a landslide either
way to a "close contest with either
man likely to win." The bettln Is
still three to one in favor of Taft
in New York. The momentous ques
tion is to be decided by nightfall to
morrow night.
The Alaskan is convinced that the
election of Tafc means more to the
district o( Alaska than it does to any
state of the bunch ? and it means
much to all of them.
Mr. Taft as secretary of war has
been the real power, the instrumen
above all others, in furthering the
work of the Alaska road commission
It was Mr. Taft whom Major Rich
ardson relied upon to urge the neces
sity of the great work before con
gress and in securing the appropria
tton as one of the demands of the
war department.
He has given evidence that h?
feels it to be "up to him" to do for
Alaska as much at least as he has
done for the Philippines. He has
done much for the Philippines
Among other things he secured for
the Philippines aid from the govern
ment for the building of railroads.
He is in entire sympathy with such
a project for Alaska. As president
he would be in much better position
than before to brim; this thing about
And th?-re is nothing to compare in
importance for the development of
Alaska to this. Alaska is governed
by Washington. This is why the
election of Mr. Taft is more import
ant to this district than it is to any
one state Then here's to the elec
tion returns ? may they spell the
name of Taft.
CORDOVA ON THE JURY
While District Attorney Crossley U
investigating the election frauds a<
Cordova through the machinery of thi
grand jury it might be we'l also for
him to investigate the methods bj
which of the 23 men compo ing the
grand ju'y 11 of them come from Cor
dova. and of the 2f> men composing the
petit jury, 14 of them coire from Cor
dova; and of the entire nnmber but om
went from Katalla. and he the "orig
inal Corson man" of that place. Met
who were in Cordova on the day of the
election say that any remonstrance
? gains., the methods so openly employ
ed ;here was as openly laughed at. It
Is up to Mr. Crossley to show them thai
It is not a laughing matter.
ONLY ALASKANS.
There were only half a dozen pas
sengers came north on the Pennsyl
vania. The geese are now (lying
south. Early in the spring they will
all take their flight north again. The
Alaska elections should be held on
national election day, then only Alas
kans could vote. ? Cordova Alaskan.
Exactly. But let's see. The work
on the railroad shuts down on the
10th. It would still be a little early
for " only Alaskans" at Cordova,
would'nt it?
MEMORY.
MY mind lets so a thousand things,
Llko dates of wars and deaths
of kings.
And yet recalls the very hour?
'Twas noon by yonder village
tower.
And on the last blue noon In May?
The wind came briskly up this way.
Crisping the brook beside the road;
Then, pausing here, set down Its load
Of pin* scents and shook listlessly
Two petals from that wild rose tree.
?Thomas Bailey Aldrtcb.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Nov. I,
190$, la as follow*
Temperature time observat'n. 20 above
M&x.temp.preceding 24 hours 23 above
Vlln " " " " .19 above
Mean " " " " 22 ?bove
Barometer 29.70
Strong north wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whltehorse 8 below; Hootalinqua,22
below; Big Salmon, 24 be!ow; Yukon
Crossing, 14 below: Selkirk 22 helow;
Coffee Creek, 3d below; Stewart, 30
below; Og-lvie, 30 below ; Dawson, 23
below.
Stone implements used by some
prehistoric people of this region have
just been unearthed at the present
Moosehide Indian village. a mile be
low Dawson. The find was made
last week by Peter Thompson, a
Moosehide Indian, while digging six
feet beneath the surface, to make a
cellar. Twenty stone pieces, most of
them shaped into arrow or spear
heads, were uncovered on a spot a
few feet square. With them was
found what undoubtedly was a stone
hammer. The Indians are puzzled.
"My great grand-papa maybe make
'em; maybe make 'em thousand
years ago." says Isaac. Then his
beady black eyes pop and twinkle
with the feeling and emotion which
he would like to throw into intelligi
ble Knglish but which he has not
the power to command. ? Dawson
News.
STRUCK II ON
HE KUSKOKWIM
After* a score of years of persist
ent prospecting, placer gold in pay
ing quantities has at last been
struck on the Kuskokwim. and Nome
is on the verge of a stampede Un
like of which lias not been seen
since the earliest days of the camp,
says a Nome dispatch
The new strike was reported here
a few days ago by Duncan McDonell,
one of thr best known prospectors in
the north, who has been working
through the Kuskokwim country for
more than two years past.
According to McDonell, the pay has
been tapped on the Tulisak river, a
tributary to the Kuskokwim. and the
earliest days of Dawson ar?- recalled
by the richness of the new strike.
Fifty and sixty dollars to the pan is
being rocked out every day and the
lucky ones whq are now in the dis
trict are hardly stopping tor sleep, so
eager are they to take advantage of
the few days that intervene before
the ice ties tip the water.
That the news of the strike on the
Tulisak will flood the Kuskokwim
with prospectors as soon as the
freeze-up comes is a foregone conclu
sion, for the reason that it lies with
in comparatively easy reach of three
established camps. Prospectors from
Fairbanks can reach it over a good
trail by way of Kantishna river and
over a low divide through the Alaska
coast range, which separates the
Kuskokwim headquarters from those
of the Kantishna. The new camp of
the Innoko has a good trail forty-five
miles long across the divide to Mc
Grath. a station on the Kuskokwim
river about 500 miles up from its
mouth, and Nome is also close at
hand.
Mining men who know McDonell
place great faith 'n his report for
the reason that they consider his
word his bond.
Subscribe for The Alaskan.
1
3 ALL ALASKA IN A LINE OR TWO |
1 The giant new ditch of the Yukon
Hold company will begin to pour tin
waters of Twelvemlle river on the
gravels of Lovett gulch, on the right
limit ot the famous old Bonanza
creek, the first thing next spring.
Recent arrivals from the Kouga
rok state that a strike of considera
ble importance has been made by
parties about five miles below Bain's |
roadhouso, on tho Kougarok river.
No gold was ever found in that sec
tion before.
* * *
Some bright, new spots have been j
found on the Koyukuk, and more
people are now in that country than
at any time since 1008, according to
Commissioner Moran, of the Kobuk,
who has recently been there. One
oouple. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, two
[ of the pioneers of that camp, went j
outside recently with gold dust val
ued at $17.00(1.
* * *
The government wireless under con
struction to Point Whiteshed, using a
large tteo for the present, is success
fully seniiug and receiving messages
and reports working with steamers
passing up and t'own the coast and
receives messages as far south as San ^
Francisco ajd as tar north as Nome.
1 1 is expected the station will be com
peted by the middle of next month.?
Cordovu AU-kan.
CORDOVA MEN i
| ON THE Ml
Bv one of those turns of fate, the
why and the wherefore thereof be
ing, perhaps some apparent, both the
grand and petit juries that will meet
at Valdez October 1 !?. will be domin
ated by men from Cordova. Of the
grand Jurors <'leveu are from ' ?
dova, and in the petit jury panel 1 1
of the 25 were from Cordova. < 1
course there is uolhiiiv. signifi mhi i
this in view of the election fraud
reported there on August II? C.
Sinclair, the original Corson man. is
the sole representative of Katalla. j
and he is on the grand jury. Ka
talla Herald.
A Modern.
"I met a Helen on tho street.
Ah. Troy's was ne'er so fair and sweetl
"I saw a Venus In the car?
A sun where Venus was a star.
"I talked with Pallas yesterday.
Those ancient Greeks? what loro had
they!"
"Lucky discoverer!" cried i.
"And passed you all theso marvols
by?"
Aye. for the wlfo to whom I cam#
Homo puts their wit and charms to
?haine!"
?Cleveland Leader.
Her Wish.
A Baltimore man tells of receiving a
unique note acknowledging a wedding
present sent bv hliu on the occasion of
the marriage of his chum.
"Voitr lovely etching was received,"
wrote the bride, "and gives us both
pleasure. It Is now in the parlor hang
ing above the piano, where we hope to
see you very soon and as often as you
find It agreeable."? Harper's Weekly.
After Vacation.
My glovos aro all worn at tho Anger tips; 1
The scams nro all strained askew; I
I cannot number tho tiny rips.
And of buttons I'vo lost a few.
But 1 draw them on with a glanco of
pride?
They have served me. oh, long and '
well?
And u hand all unfruckled Is safo InBldo
When I peel off the tattered shell.
?Now York Times. ,
Unconscious.
"Tour frleud Woodby left somo
verses with me today that were very
atntislng," said the editor.
"You don't say! I didn't think he
was a humorous poet."
"Neither does he."? Houston I'ost.
What She Kept.
"Summer maiden, ero we part
Give, oh. glvo me back my heart!"
"Why, of course," sho said, "sure
thing.
All I caro for Is tho ring."
?Los Angeles Times.
Proverbs.
Shear the sheep, but don't flay them.
?Latin Proverb.
Fly the pleasures which bite tomor- '
row.? German Proverb.
Those that are quick to decide are !
unsafe.? Greek Proverb.
Do what you kuow and you will
know what to do.? French Proverb.
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