HOT SPRINGS POST
Vol. M
Published Every Saturday at Hot Springs, Alaska,
Mr OEO M ARBUCKLE
No. 1
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WHOLESALE STAKING
Another case of wholesale staking, which shows thf
necessity of the abolition of the association claim and thf
rig*ht of staking mining ground by power of attorney, wa^
illustrated in Fairbanks last week when a party numbering
possibly half a dozen filed location notices of 23 associatioi
claims on the Nenana river, which cover territory a mil<
wide and over six miles long.
This is not by any means the largest area of grouw
that has been staked and recorded at one time by a smal
number of persons, and is only cited because it is the mos^
recent happening of the kind. In fact, it is only a short
time since 28 miles of a creek was blanketed by anothei
party who spent nine days doing the work. '
These cases occur almost every week and the frequent*)
of large numbers of locations are growing greater witi
alarming rapidity.
The parties doing the staking are in no way to blame.
The law giving them the right is there, and the man wht
thinks that he is on a paying creek and does not locate on
or more association claims is very hard to find. It is onh
human nature that a man should stake all he can if lv
thinks he will be the gainer thereby, and as all men ar*
here for the sole purpose of bettering their financial cond;
tions, they are not going to overlook any chances to ge’
into the millionaire class if they can.
But it is the public at large who suffer from this whole
sale staking. If a man so desires he can stake an*entir
creek and that stream is his for a whole year, closed to th;
efforts of prospectors who may desire to go upon it ii
search for gold.
The iniquity of this law has long been recognized b\
all the people of Aleska and they are, almost to a man, op
posed to its continuance on the statute books, and j ust wh\
it is allowed to remain there is a mystery. If that law wer<
repealed it would be the greatest boon Alaska ever received,
and the development of the country would be much mort
rapid in the next two years than it will be in the coming
ten under present conditions.
WADA’8 RETURN.
This week there passed through Hot Springs on hie
way to Fairbanks the little Jap named Wada, who is well
known throughout the length and breadth of Alaska as ite
most famous musher.
Wada’s greatest claim to fame is the fact that he wae
the first man who brought the news of the Fairbanks
strike to Dawson, from whence it was given to the world
On his arrival in Dawson he spoke of the new camp in
such glowing terms that a stampede immediately started
for the new diggings.
When the crowd arrived at Fairbanks they did not
find the gold so plentiful nor so easy to get as they had
supposed they would and some of the more hot-headed ones
were inclined to do violence to the little brown man who
was responsible for their taking what they supposed was a
wild goose chase.
Now after a six years absence, during which time the
Tanana country has produced nearly $60,000,000 in gold,
the little man is returning to the camp from which he was
virtually driven by a few of the disgruntled ones.
Wada says it is a great source of satisfaction to find
that the camp has turned out as he thought it would, and
while he was not benefited one cent from the growth, the
• vindication of his reports if» more to him than a rich man’s
would have been.
To this little man, more than to any other single per
son in Fairbanks, is due the rapid development of that city,
as he was the man who carried the tidings which resulted
in the great influx of people, thus advancing its growth at
least one year.
Wada’s return is much in the nature of a triumph and
it is only right that the people, who by their hasty judg
ment prevented him frum gaining wealth which would have
been his had he been allowed to remain, should show him
the honor and distinction to which he is due.
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
February 12th of this year will be the 100th anniver
sary of the humble birth of Abraham Lincoln, probably the
greatest President the United States has ever known, who
was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, in 1809.
Throughout the whole country this day, known as
“Lincoln Day,” will be celebrated in a fitting manner
which will tend to give the people a better insight into the
noble character of the martyred President, as well as a bet
ter history of the great emancipator.
Of all the great men in history none are of a more
lovable nature or of greater character than Abraham Lin
coin. A perusal of the life and works of this man causes
one to be lost in admiration of the noble soul who guided
our country’s destinies during the hburs of its greatest trial.
, It is only fitting and proper that this anniversary
which is the century mark of his birth should be observed
> in Hot Springs as well as in other cities. On that date the
| people of this camp should arrange some entertainment in
which Lincoln’s characteristic greatness can be shown, and
many of his very humorous anecdotes told—of which there
, are sufficient to afford many an evening’s entertainment. It
would be very desirable if the Arctic Brotherhood, which is
the only social organization in the city, would take this
matter up and give the people a chance to become better
acquainted with President Lincoln,
The highest courts of France have decided that undraped fig
ures of females on the stage will no longer be tolerated in the
•ities of France, and, the law having now been well defined, the
proprietors of theaters who are responsible for the outrage on the
public morals have been notified that they will be sentenced to
hard labor, without the option of a fine, if they persist in their
presentation.
THE WEEK
A deliberate attempt to murder the Shah of Persia was made
his week, according to advices received from Teheran. The as
sassins were masked in the garb of monks, and approaching quite
c lose to the Shah, when they fired four or five shots, none of which
fook effect, however
The defense in the case of the Hains brothers will have an op
portunity of showing that Capt. Peter C. Hains is insane if they
iesire to do so, Judge Crane having overruled a motion to exclude
mch testimony. The court also decided to admit as evidence a
vritten confession of Mrs. Hains, which shows that the relations
-etween herself and Annis were of uch a criminal nature as to al
nost justify the drastic action taken by the Hains brothers in seek
ng redress for the wrongs done them.
Two masked men held up and robbed Michael Martin, treas
irer of Sanborn county, South Dakota, at Sioux Palls, last week,
»nd made good their escape. The robbery was committed in broad
lay light. Posses were immediately organized to pursue the bold
pandits.
On the advice of President Samuel Gompers, it is said that the
-suance of the newspaper organ of the American Federation of
Labor will be immediately discontinued until such time as the cases
pending against Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison are finally dis.
>osed of. It was through the publication of notices in the paper
hat the case of violating the injunction of the supreme court of
he District of Columbia was brought about, and Mr. Gompers sees
10 use for the coutinuance of the paper if liberty of expression is
to be taken away from those in change of its policy.
The residents of Virginia City, Montana, were thrown into a
panic on December 31 when an earthquake struck the town, and
did enough damage to seriously disturb the equanimity of the peo
ple living there. The most solid buildings of the town are of
orick construction and suffered the worst—many of the walls being
jracked by the force of the disturbance.
February 18th will wituess a gathering of international impor
tance when representatives of many nations will meet at the White
House, on the invitation of President Roosevelt, to discuss the
question of conserving the natural resources of their different
countries. It is hoped to compile much valuable data for use in the
campaign for the conservation of the natural lecources of the
United States, which is shortly to be brought to the attention of
congress.
Claudianes, the young Greek accused of dynamiting the home
of ex-Supervisor James Gallagher, in San Francisco, was found
guilty of the crime, and has been sentenced to imprisonment for
life.
The men accused of the murder of former United States Sena
tor Carmack of Tennessee, this week made another ineffectual at
tempt to secure their release on bail, Colonel Cooper and his son
Robin appearing before Judge Hart with an application that they
be allowed to furnish bondsmen, but their plea was not allowed by
the court, and they must remain in jail until such time as their case
is disposed of by a grand jury.
The presence in Pittsburg of Francis J. Heney has given rise
to the rumor that he is to undertake the prosecution of the Pitts
burg graft cases as soon ps he is finished with the cases of a simi
lar nature in San Francisco, but Mr. Heney most emphatically de
nies that he had any intention of so doing, declaring that his labors
in San Francisco would keep him busy for some time to come, and
urging, at the same time, that not a minute be lost in bringing the
Pittsburg grafters to the bar of justice.
Choice farming land of an area of 7,500,000 acres, in the vicin
ity of the Colorado Southern railway, which has recently been
merged by agents who have been working on the project for some
time past, has just passed into the ownership of James J. Hill, of
the Great Northern railroad, and will be at once put under irriga
tion and opened up to settlement. The deal is the greatest trans
action in land ever recorded in the United States, and Mr. Hill and
his associates paid the round sum of $75,000,000 for their new hold
ings.
Negotiations are now under way looking for a match between
Abe Attell and Australian Johnny Sommers, and there appears to
be every prospect that that the articles of agreement will be signed
by Attell and Sommers’ managers within a week. Attell has no
desire to go to England where there is a match in sight for him
with Jimmy Driscoll, the best man in bis class in the United King
dom.
Tom Longboat, the victor over Dorando in the Marathon race
recently run in Madison Square garden, New York, is shortly to
wed a beauty of the Mohawk tribe of Canadian Indians. The only
obstacle to the wedding, a religious difference between the two,
has been removed.
United States Senator Piles of Washington is actively cam
paigning for the immediate construction of a lighthouse on Hinch
enbrook island for the protection of vessels engaged in the Alaskan
trade, and he will introduce measures providing for the establish
ment of many other aids to navigation in the same waters.
JOHN HUNTER JACK O'HARA
The Northern
SULLIVAN CITY
Haa Reopened In Jim Drummond’s Discovery Roadhouse
Entire New Stock of WkieUJprTaiiilligars
What Hamshaw
Says of Quartz
Clarence M. Hamshaw, a mining en
gineer who has just returned to the
States from an extended visit in
Alaska, when interviewed said:
“The region I passed through on the
Tanana has quartz that will make it one
of the richest in the country some day.
The Bonnifield country is making the
best showing for the reason that more
miners, that is hard rock men, have
gone in there. There can be no ques
tion that in the future these districts
will be the mecca for hundreds of min
ers looking for quartz.
■ “In these districts too. are great op
portunities for oig hydraulic mines.
Old high river channels that have
from 200 to 400 feet of gravel carrying
gold can be found for a stretch of more
tean 100 miles. I don’t mean to say
that this ground has prospects, but
there are colors in every foot of it,
and with transportation to facilitate
the equipment and working of these
areas on a big scale there certainly
must follow the development into a
very rich country of what is now a
wilderness.
“In regard to the quartz, the work
now going on will prove its worth in
several places. What is surprising to
me is the number of surface showings
made of free-milling ore of high grade.
They are not stringers, and the forma
tion is one which makes the prospect
worthy of the attention of miner and
capitalist alike. Besides, I saw low
grade specimens, ranging in value
from $8 to $15, taken from croppings
that will alone make the country rich
if the prospects develop into mines.”—
Seward Gateway.
Wood Cutters
May be Liable
Hereafter people who cut timber on
the public domain without first acquir
ing a permit, are trespassers and
such are liable to prosecution. In
speaking of this matter yesterday S.
M. Stoner, special timber agent said:
“In the past people who were cut
ting timber on the government lard
were trespassers, but in view of the
fact that there was no legal way by
which they might acquire that tim
ber, the government and its agents
were not disposed to act with severity,
providing the one who did the cutting
was disposed to do the right thing.
Now, however, id view of the fact that
there are means available whereby one
who so desires may procure timber of
the public domain, those who may
hereafter out timber without first ac
quiring a permit will be liable to have
the timber seized by the marshal and
to proceedings under the law govern
ing tresspass.”—Tanaua Tribune.
Meeting an old friend at a convention,
Casey asked him where ho lived and
what be was doing. “I’m living in New
York and trying to make an honest liv
ing,” was the answer. “Will, ye’s
should do all roight there,” said Casey.
“Ye’s will hev very little opposition.”
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD — Camp
Hot Springs No. 24 meets every Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock in hall over
Traeger’s store. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
B. A. Meyers, C. A. Davidson,
Recorder. Arctic Chief.
MAIL SCHEDULE
Arrives from Fairbanks Saturday p. m,
Arrives from Tanana Sunday p* m.
Departs for Fairbanks Monday a. m.
Departs for Tanana Monday a. m.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Fairbanks, Aka.
Office: First Ave. and Cushman St.
JAS. BLODGET,
Freighting
AND
General Teaming
Prices Reasonable,
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Leave Orders at Morrison’s
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