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STAMPEDE IS ON
TO THE CASSLAR
Wrangell, May 11.— With the
breaking up of the ice in tin1
Stikine River yesterday three
boatloads of prospectors started
today for Telegraph Creek, from
where they will travel by autoin !
obile to Rease Lake, within a
few miles of the new Cassiar
gold territory. The vessels took
in 150 tons of freight, including
caterpillar tractors, auto trucks,
horses and oxen.
Practically all of the prosp.
ectors are old sourdoughs. Wran
gell has become the center of
great activity with this new
gold rush to the interior.
Canadian and American cus
toms officials have made arran
gements to expedite passage of
the stampeders over the inter
national boundary, as the field
is on th# British Columbia side
of the line.
The photographer from an
eastern news company is here
filming preparations, which have
attracted much attention in in in
mg' ci. des.
Seven customs officers are
now here representing thd Uir
ited States and Canada. The Am
erican representatives are S. F.
E. Bronson, stationed here; W. J.
Keed oi Seattle, M. S. Whittier
of Juneau anu F. F. Vandewall
ofSkigway.
Saturday two parties were
scheduled to go to the Cassiar
in addition to the slampeders
They will study possibilities of
commencing dredge operations.
The proportion of greenhorns
among the stainpeders is notice
ably snirtll, as practically all are;
old-timers. No disorder has oec
urred in connection with their
arrival here.'
Alter this week the sidled tile
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on the river will be a boat up
the.Srikine every 80 hours.
Valdez Miner
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Greater Prosperity
Through Greater Foreign Trade”
is the slogan of the National For,
eign Trade Council which will
hold its Twelfth Annual Session ;
in Seattle, June 24, 25 and 26.'
Tin* Chairman of the Convention
Committee is Wm Pigott, for
many years identified with the'
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and who
is actively interested in the dev
olopment of the Northland. The
Council will bring to the Coast |
a gathering of the most repres
entative business men of the
country, some of whom will jour
ney to Alaska.
Governor Scott C. Bone 1
emphasizes the importance of!
I
the Convention in the following j
statement:
“The National Foreign j
Trade Council of the United I
States is a body composed of
tinancial, industrial and comm
ercial leaders of the nation,
whose purpose Is the develop
ment and advancement of for
eign trade. The future of this!
Territory, in large degree, will
be promoted by the opening of
foreign markets for the vast
|
surplus products which may be
economically produced from nat!
ural resources, the gradual dev1
elopment of which is already j
contributing to foreign trade.,
The sessions of the Council will j
be replete with instructive disc
ussions and suggestions touch
ing the problems of new mark
ets, shipping, salesmanship, adv
enising, standardization of meth
ods, etc. Recognizing the advan i
tages of the promulgation of the j
continued on page 4
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