News of the Town
During the Week
(Prom Monday’s Dally.)
The oat crop on the City Park is
showing up fine and is being much
enjoyed by the stray horses.
The Elk’s Club are planning on a
big picnic to the end of the line in
the near future, definite announce
ment will be made later through the
columns of the Daily Times.
Chairman Wm. C. Edes, Commis
sioner F. Mears, B. H. Bamdollar and
Andrew Christensen left on the river
steamer Omineca at 5 o’clock this ev
ening for Talkeetna on a trip of in
spection.
Reports from Knik are to the ef
fect that Frank Cannon is resting
easily but is not entirely out of dan
ger.
Geo. W. Palmer, the Knik merch
ant, spent the day in Anchorage in
connection with that part of the
Lucy's cargo contracted for by
Anchorage merchants.
Bud Whitney spent the day in town
talking over old times with his nun: -
erous friends and transacting busi
ness with Anchorage merchants.
Carl Martin was in town Saturday
calling on merchants and paid The
Daily Times a pleasant call. Mr. Mar
tin is highly elated over the prospects
for a bumper crop this season.
Will Howard, better known as plain
“Bill" to his many friends, is regis
tered at the Crescent and took a trip
up the line this morning. Bill has
been in charge of one of the trams at
the Martin mine in the Willow creek
district since May and is taking a
rest before going back into that dis
trict to do the assessment work ou
his quartz claims on Archangel creek.
Judd Smith who recently purchased
a cabin from J. Barnes on 7th avenue
near C street announces that he ex- j
pecis to open up a luot-tia&s meat
market on 4th avenue in the near fu
ture.
Agent T. B. Watson reports that to
be consistent the name of the steam
er Aroline has been changed to Ad
miral Goodrich and properly re-chris
tened.
(From Tuesday’s Daily.)
A party of 12 school girls started
out bright and early this morning on
a picnic and berry picking trip on
Ship creek.
Mrs. Dolf Smith, of Matanuska
Landing, spent yesterday in Anchor
age visiting friends and shopping
with the local merchants.
Ed Kraus and “Blondie” Charelton
who run a reliable automobile trans
fer under the name of Universal
Transfer company, have established
an office on D street just back of the
Petersen pool hall.
The Admiral Goodrich—nee Aro
line—sailing from Seattle on the 9th,
will arrive in Anchorage early tomor
row morning carrying a cargo of f.76
tons of Commission freight and 20
tons for Anchorage merchants.
The six-foot winter rye that Bud
Whitney brought in as a product of
the Whitney ranch, is causing consid
erable interest at the Chamber of
Commerce where it is on exhibition in
the display window.
J. C. Wickersham left this morn
ing on a two months’ prospecting trip
up the Matanuska in the neighbor
hood of Kings river. Mr. Wicker
sham will also do the assessment
work on some valuable holdings he
has in partnership with Thurmau
Ridemour in this vicinity.
Dr. W. H. Baker, pastor of the St.
Paul church at Tacoma, is a passen
ger on the steamer Alaska and will
spend several weeks visiting his
daughter, Mrs. H. W. Stoughton, at
Moose creek.
Mrs. J. G. Watts entertained this
afternoon at her residence in honor
of Mrs. H. B. Noble, who recently ar
rived in Anchorage to join her hus
band, H. B. Noble, manager of the
telephone exchange.
secretary Kocn nas called a meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Chamber of Commerce to discuss sev
eral matters of importance dealing
with the future welfare of Anchorage
and community.
Mayor J. G. Watts advises that the
lumber to be used in the construction
of the contemplated sidewalks has
arrived and work will be commenced
on same at once.
The City and Commission teams
are busy practicing for the Sunday
game to be played at Recreation park
and the game is arousing; contiderable
interest and promises to be good.
Mayor Watts has recently let two
grubbing contracts in connection with
the city water works extension to
Dorgin and company and Wm. Saun
ders.
Esar Wilkholm sold to C. H. Pack
ard the east 50 x 50 feet of lot 1,
block 58 in the west end of town. The
deal was made by J. R. Krumm, the
real estate man.
Mrs. H. W. Stoughton, wife of Dr.
Stoughton, surgeon for the Alaskan
Engineering commission, stationed at
Moose creek, is in the city visiting
her friend Mrs. W. T. Normile for a
few days. f
The tug Daring towing the barge
William H. Smith has reached An
chorage relieving the lumber and ma
terial situation. The barge carried a
capacity cargo of Commission freight
for the most part lumber and building
material and the delayed work on the
different city and Commission build
ings will now be carried through to
an early completion.
(Prom Wednesday's Daily.)
There was a kink in the cable today
between Sitka and Seattle which the
cableship Bunu$de repaired.
John Zug, of the Alaska Road com
mission, has returned from a trip of
inspection to the Cache creek district.
Through J. R. Krumm, the real es
tate man, Eser Wilkholm has sold the
west 50 by 90 feet of lot 1 in block 58
to Geo. H. McMahon.
Mrs. J. G. Watts entertained yes
terday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
W. T. Normile, who leaves for Port
land, Oregon, in a few days.
Parsons and Walkenshaw, the ship
builders, have moved their ship yards
from the foot of 4th avenue to
Chester creek where they have estab
lishd ways.
Mrs. Leopold David and child are
leaving for the outside on one of the
next steamers to be gone several
w'eeks visiting relatives and friends.
Judge David will accompany them as
far as Valdez, returning to Anchor
age in a few days.
Out of courtesy to the Alaska La
bor union Jack Robarts has postponed
his usual Saturday night dance, so
that there will be no competition to
the big affair that the labor union
boys have advertised for next Satur
day night, and a notice to this effect
appears elsewhere in this paper.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
Helen Edith McIntosh, the young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc
Intosh, is visiting with Mrs. Dolf
Smith at Matanuska Landing this
week.
The steamer Aroline which will be
re-christened the Admiral Goodrich;
arrived in port last evening at 6:00
o’clock p. m., and sailed for Seattle at
3 o’clock this afternoon.
The Universal Transfer company
have erected a sign board at the
corner of Fourth and D streets on
which is posted the schedule of the
Fred Lillyman, superintendent of
steamers of both lines,
the employment bureau of the Alas
IV Cl 11 Ull^lUCCllllg WllllIUOOlUll) 1 vy U1 VO
that he can use 50 additional men as
section hands and extra gang labor
ers.
Encouraging reports come from
Knik in regard to the condition of
Frank Cannon and the latest is that
he is able to sit up and is allowed to
see his friends for a short time each 1
day. 1
The Shonbeck Ford automobile ]
agency received another shipment of (
automobiles on the Aroline and de- 1
livered one to the lumber firm of Me- ,
Nally & Maitland and one to W. Pet
erson.
H. Seidenverg leaves on the steam- '
er Alaska for Seattle, Portland and 1
eastern cities to purchase the fall '
and winter stock for Seidenverg &
Freyd and will return to Anchorage
about the first of September.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
Wm. Greer, of The Daily Times *
leaves tonight on the Hazel B No. 2 (
for Talkeetna and river points in the 1
interest of this paper.
The river boat Hazel B No. 2 sails ‘
tonight for Talkeetna and intermedi
ate points with a full capacity cargo '
and a large number of passengers. 1
Ed Bensel, an old-time miner of ‘
these parts, is visiting in Anchorage 1
after spending the past two months :
at the Dr. Schaleben mine in the Wil- '
low creek district.
J. R. Krumm and Henry Martens 1
have soM to Mrs. Frances Martens 1
the east half of lot 4 in block 46 ;
through the agency of J. R. Krumm, 1
the real estate man. 1
The Anchorage Realty company ■
have moved into their neat new office
on the north side of 4th avenue be- '
tween C and D streets and are busy ]
listing and selling Anchorage real es- <
tate. 1
In an old-fashioned ball game the <
kid team beat a conglomeration of <
has-beens and cripples yesterday aft
ernoon at Recreation park, and as a ;
result there has been an unusual de- (
mand for arnica and witch hazel. i
Martin Larsen, who has been em
ployed at the Gold Bullion mine in
the Willow creek district in the ca
pacity of a hard rock miner, came
down from the hills yesterday and
will spend several days in Anchorage
visiting inenas.
The balance of the pipe for the
water works extensions amounting to
15,000 feet, arrived on the Admiral
Goodrich and Mayor Watts advises
that it will be necessary for anyone
desiring further extension of the
waterworks system to get their pe
tition before the city administration
immediately.
E. T. McNally, of the firm of Mc
Nally and Maitland, came over from
the station today to receive his new
Ford automobile recently > purchased
from the Shonbeck agency. Mr. Mc
Nally will leave tonight for the Sta
tion and a trip to McDougal and Tal
keetna to look those points over with
a view to establishing branch stores.
(From Friday’s Daily.)
Scotty Watson, who has been run
ning a lodging house at the Landing,
came in last night for a few day’s
visit with Anchorage friends and
says that the people are moving
away from the Landing and locat
ing at Matanuska Junction and
Faramington Siding. He expects to
establish a road house at the Junc
tion just as soon as the lots of the
new government town are put on the
market.
John Klonos was in the city yes
terday afternoon on business con
nected with the grading contract he
has with the Alaskan Engineering
Commission. Mr. Klonos is located
at Mile 111 and is employing 18 men
on the present contract which he
says he will finish within the uext
five days.
J. H. Conway, a farmer in the Mat*
anuska valley, spent yesterday in
the cilty and brings the belated re
port of a Fourth of July picnic held
by the farmers of that vicinity gn an
island in Five Finger lake. There
were 150 farmers of the district
present, including 21 school chil
dren and the event was a'decided
success. Mr. Conway says they are
endeavoring to get a school estab
lished in his neighborhood and the
number of eligible Bchool children
justifies the movement.
Jake Young arrived in the city last
night coming from the Gold Bullion
mine in the Willow creek district
where he has been empfoyed. It will
be remembered that Mr. Young re
cently received painful injuries as a
result of a snow slide but is nearly
recovered and will remain in Anchor
age for some time improving the
property he recently acquired next to ,
the Eckmann Furniture store on the
comer of 4th and K.
C. G. Wilford returned to the city,
last night after being away for sev
eral days in the Tumagin Arm dis
trict where he has been in the inter
est of the Alaskan Engineer commis
sion. Mr. Wilford had the pleasure
of making a 45-mile hike over the 1
trail, but says it helped to put him in
shape to make the All-Anchorage
team that goes to Seward in the near
future.
The democratic delegation compos- 1
ed of Jeremiah Murphy, Tex Jones, L. :
P. Bryne, W. T. Normile, Fred Martin
and Bob Small will leave some time 1
Sunday for Seward to attend the di- !
visional convention of the Third dis- 1
fcrict, called for July 26th. 1
Mrs. F. T. Young, wife of the resi- 1
dent engineer in the Matanuska dis- <
trict, has just received a cable an
nouncing the death of her mother ]
in Bellingham. With her brother, (
Donald Spratley, she will leave on j
(he next steamer for the outside. j
NEWS HAPPENINGS :
ALASKA TOWNS!
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Judge Jennings, of the first division j
las rendered a decision to the effect i
hat all United States commissioners *
nust give defendants on a criminal
harge a trial by jury,even though at
he time of the trial the defendant 8
vaive a jury. 1
Word has been received at the gov- c
srnor’s office that Hans Roiko, a pa- 1
ient in the Momingside sanitarium, 1
lied there of valvular heart trouble. s
Te was committed to Morningsidc r
rom Fairbanks on April 15, 1914.
On her last trip south the steamer 1
'Jorth western had a cargo valued at
1750,000, consisting, of 500 tons of
oncentrates from Latouche, 1,000
ons of Kennecott ore taken on at *
Cordova, and 12,000 cases of salmon e
ilso taken on at Cordova.
The Ruby district lays claim to the
listinction that the eight hour law
>assed by the Alaska legislature is
itrictly observed throughout the dis
rict, without any attempt at evasion,
ind it is giving perfect satisfaction y
>oth to the miners and the operators.
N. C. Munson, assistant keeper at
he Five Finger lighthouse for the
>ast two years, has been promoted,
ind is to be stationed as keeper at ^
he Scotch Cap light in Bering sea,
he westernmost lighthouse in Alaska.
Jis island is visited once a year. ^
Dan McCarthy, who has been in the c
rolovana district during the greater
>art of the last year, reports that j
■onditions in the new camp are better r
han ever, and that if the operators j
:ould get plants on their property the f
ratput would be surprisingly large. s
The Cordova Times states that the c
irst trip of the season over the gov- s
;rnment road from Fairbanks to fc
Hhitiina was made on June 24 when c
lobert Sheldon arrived at the latter r
Jlace, Having made the trip in three f
lays less one hour.
l
The Nome Kennel Club, under I
ivhose auspices the famous sweep- c
stakes races are annually held, re- c
sently elected a new hoard of direc- c
:ors, composed of Mrs. Darling, Lou- *
:s Stevenson, Capt. Martin, A. S. 1
Kemp and R. S. Pollister. *
The Cordova Light & Power Co. ^
tias commenced work on the exten
sion of its water system, which is
designed to furnish the town with an
unlimited supply of water summer
ind winter. '
In a raid on the cabin of J. Os- j
?ood, Juneau police gathered in sev- j
eral men who were engaged in a .
quiet game of poker, together with ,
cards,, chips, etc. Osgood, was lined
$100 for running a gambling house. '
Richard Heimer, better known as
“Dick the Trapper,” arrived in Cor
dova, with a large bunch of furs, in
cluding the skins of six bears, 30 ]
minks, two cross foxes, two red fox- ,
es and a number of otters, lynx and (
weasels.
The Nome city council has issued ,
warnings to owners of property in ,
the restricted district at that place
not to rent dwellings to incoming
women, the object being to limit the
number of those already there.
C. W. Dietzel, chief carpenter for
the Deep Sea Salmon company, with
headquarters at Goose bay, arrived in
Anchorage on the cannery tender
Hero this morning and is stopping at
the Crescent. Mr. Dietzel reports a
phenomenal run of red salmon and
says the cannery is running to a full
capacity.
By sending their new twin screv
M. V. the Kuskokwim River to Beth
5l and other Kuskokwim ‘ rive
points, the Westward Navigatioi
[?o. has filled a long felt, want
which the shippers of that distric
were quick to take advantage of. *
With the-exception of a small con
iignment for Unalaska, the ' larg
load, eleven hundred odd tons deai
weight and measurement, which sh<
carried, was all consigned to rive
points. In this respect the Kusko
Itwim river was an agreeable sur
prise to her owners and all other
joncerned. Because of her splen
lid showing several flattering offer
;o buy or charter her at the end o
he Alaska season have already beei
nade. Up to now the owners hav<
•efused any such offers being wel
satisfied with their bargain.
The Kuskokwim River has provee
lerself a very economical vessel t(
pperate and considering the heavj
weather encountered on her trip t(
Jnalaska after leaving Ketchikai
ler average speed of 7 1-2 knoti
was all that could be desired as th<
engines were new, no attempt wai
nade to press them. She wag 0u
n the same gale that caused th<
jowerful Portland tug Samson t<
leek refuge with a much batterec
ow in Yakutat. Thus aside fron
ler other good qualities, the Kus
cokwim River has proved herself &r
(xcellent sea boat.
The first dredge shipped into the
Cuskokwim river district went ui
in this vessel. Mr. H. Riley, the
irincipal backer in the new venture
s known as one of the most experi
enced and shrewd miners in the
;reat northland and his friends are
expecting great things of the new
ompany.
The Westward Navigation Co. has
Iso contracted to bring out the first
lirect shipment of antimony ore, a
mnerai to be round in large quan
ities in this section and which, ow
ng to the war, nas obtained an un
recedented value. A rapid develop
lent of the mining of this comparer
ively new mineral, new at least to
ilaska mines, is sure to follow.
The winter catch of fur, in itself
valuable business as the Kusko
;wim river furs are famous for their
uality, will also come out on the
Cuskokwim River; likewise a ship
aent of mild cured king salmon, a
plendid fish which abounds in the
iver.
S ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER ANCHORAGE
If George 0. Brown tells it to the
eople of San Francisco in the same
nthusiastic manner he used in his in
eresting conversation while seated in
he lobby of the Hotel Parsons this
loming The Daily Times will not be
eeded to exploit the wonders of An
horage and vicinity.
“I have been going some for a good
lany years,” said Mr. Brown, “and 1
ave visited many of the frontier
ities of the states as well as the pla
er camps and towns of Alaska, in
luding Dawson and Fairbanks and I
dll say frankly and without fear ol
ispute, that this city of Anchorage
tands in a class by itself and I will
ndeavor to tell my San Francisco
riends and acquaintances why An
horage is the first city in Alaska.”
Mr. Brown is a well known and
rosperous jeweler of San Francisco,
raking a combined business and
leasure trip to Anchorage and his
avorable impression of this city
ounds good, as he is a man of vast
xperience and knows whereof he
peaks when he further said, “you
ave/ a verv beautiful citv. ideallv lo
ated and from what I have observed
lyself and gathered from my _ old
riends James O’Reilly, the man, who
3 authority on railroads, and “Billy’1
lartin, the big Willow creek mining
perator, I feel safe in saying that 1
o not believe the resources of this
ountry have been touched and you
iave the foundation and nucleus foi
naking Anchorage the most substan
ial ctiy in Alaska.”
Mr. Brown expressed himself as
leing amazed at the rapid develop
nent of the city and the splendic
vork that is being done on the rail
oad and spoke enthusiastically in re
rard to the energy and progressiv*
ipirit shown by Anchorage business
nen and the competent of the mei
n charge of the work that is being
Lccomplished by the Alaskan Engi
leering commission.
*0 BOAT IS FOUND
TO REPLACE DORv*
Alex McDonald, agent for the Alas
ca Steamship company, has receive*
idvices that the company is nnabl
jo charter a boat to take the place o
;he Dora on the westward run fo
ruly. Passengers who started wes
in the last trip can remain here am
?o west in August on their origins
ticket, or will be returned to Seattl
jr the point on which they board*?
the company boat. The Dora will b
repaired in time to go west Augus
20th.—Seward Post.
Bud Whitney is in town today fror
bis ranch and is wearing his specula!
ive grin, the speculative part of i
being the result of his inclination t
purchase a Ford car, which he will us
in carrying on his business.
75-FOOT LEDGE
. EKLUTNA RIVER
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, accom
panied by My*. G. W. Wentworth,
returned yesterday from a trip over
the government railroad and all re
port a very pleasant time in connec
tion witn the trip which was made
' primarily to inspect some mining
• property, in which Mr. Smith is in
r terested.
i This property is located on the
banks of the Eklutna river about one
t mile from the railroad track and the
property is now being developed on
. account of the surface indications
5 that showed up on the 75-foot ledge;
i the assays of the different tests
5 show values ranging from $4 to $24
• per ton and Mr. Smith feels confi
. dent that they are justified in going
. ahead with further development.
} Mr. Smith wa's loud in his praise
. of the work being done by the A4as
5 kan Engineering Commission and as
f he has been prominently connected
, with several of the more important
. rail roads of the country is in>a po
l sition to judge when he makes the
statement that in all of his experi
I enee he has seen nothing to surpass
( the class of work of the government
, road and spoke particularly of the
( courtesy of the officials.
Mr. Smith said that a man was us
, ually a stranger in his own country
, and that this was certainly true in
, his case as he had no conception of
the progress of the railroad building
, nor of the wonderful opportunities
( that the Matanuska valley afforded
in the way of farming and that too
much could not be said or written
in regard to the Matanuska farms.
BISHOP ROWE TO
VISIT ANCHORAGE
The Right Reverend Peter Trimble
Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, who is visit
ing Juneau for several days, is with
out doubt one of the best known and
most popular men in Alaska. After
an experience of some years in mis
sionary work among the Indians in
northern Michigan, the bishop was
appointed missionary bishop of Alas
ka twenty years ago last November,
and has thus seen Alaska develop
from an almost unknown land, and, in
his earlier journeys traveled on foot
and by dog team for thousands of
miles before there were the present
trails and steamboat routes. Often
among the first to get into a new
camp, he planted missions or hospi
tals to succor and minister to the
newcomers and their families.
From southeastern Alaska to and
beyond the Arctic Circle and along
the Yukon the bishop has planted the
ensign of the cross, and, with his
band of faithful women and men, has
had no little part in holding up the
higher standards of life and minister
ing to the souls and bodies of those
who have flocked to the northland in
search of fortune, as well as to the
native population which, in many
cases look to him as friend and father
in God.
The bishop has three times refused
the offer to be transferred to other
less ardupus missionary fields, and he
would indeed be missed by a host of
friends.
The bishop expressed himself as
surprised and most interested in the
wonderful changes and development
in and around Juneau during the last
few years, and also pleased with the
interest shown by the people in the
church's work.
The bishop will shortly leave foi
the Tanana and expects to come out
via Cordova and visit Anchorage.—
Juneau Dispatch.
MARTEN TRAPPERS MUST
PROTECT THEMSELVES
Secretary of Commerce W. C. Red
field has issued a circular which says
that in view of the prohibition upon
the killing of martens in Alaska prior
to November 15, 1921, the department
of commerce requires that all persons
having marten pelts on hand in that
territory which they propose to re
tain after November 15, 1916, shall
before November 15, 1916, furnish the
commissioner of fisheries, Washing
ton, D. C., an affidavit setting forth
the number of skins and other perti
nent facts, in the following form:
I, the undersigned, being
duly sworn, depose and say that I
have in my possession
marten pelts, every one of which
is prime and was taken legally in
open season, which I propose to
retain in the territory of Alaska
until after November 15, 1916.
(Signature and address must
! follow, and the same sworn to.)
i All marten pelts found in the pos
i session of any person or which may
; be shipped from Alaska, after No
vember 15, 1916, will be checked
against the affidavits in the posses
sion of the commissioner of fisheries
and all such pelts not so accounted
L for will be held as prima facie evi
dence of illegal killing of marten.
► CAPT. LATHROP TO BUILD
: NEW THEATRE AT SEWARD
r Capt. A. E. Lathrop will be an out
r going passenger on the steamer Alas
t ko. He will stop over in Seward be
i tween boats to arrange for the con
1 struction of a new theatre building at
2 ouu neighboring town. The captain
i will then proceed to Seattle to pur
z chase the furnishings for his new
t movie house and expects to return to
Anchorage in about a month.
■i Martin Strand, of the mining firm
_ of Strand & ^ed, owners of the big
t antimony mine north of Nome, left
o there on the Umatilla, with a large
e shipment of antimony ore brought tc
Nome during the past winter.
REPUBLICANS HAVE NOMINATED
TWO ANCHORAGE CANDIDATES
Valdez, July 18.—The Republi
can divisional convention re-conven
ed yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
Chas. E. Herron was made perma
nent chairman and the various com
mtitees appointed by him submitted
their reports.
George Dooley, of Cordova, was
nominated for territorial senator
and the following persons selected
as the candidates for representa
tives: Arthur Frame and E. U Be
dell, of Anchorage; Joe Murray, or
McCarthy; and William Henry, of
Seward.
Resolutions were adopted endors
ing the candidacy of Hon. James
wickersham as Delegate to pongress
from Alaska, the vote being 34 to
20. This was a great victory for the
friends of Wickersham, as the
Shackleford forces endeavored to de
feat an endorsement of the delegate,
but they were downed by the will of
the people.
There was a unanimity or opln
ioon jin reference to a direct primary
law and the measure indorsed, with
WHAT IS DOING
IN MINING GAME
Col. B. F. Millar has returned
from a trip to the interior, and re
ports having visited one of the great
est mining propositions, in point of
size, yet uncovered in Alaska. Col.
Millard had taken a bond on the
property, and has succeeded in in
teresting capitalists in the property
to the extent of sending an expert to
investigate, and with this engineer,
J. L. Fozard, who is the mining en
gineer for the Alaska Gastineau
Mining company, and Arthur Mc
Neer, Mr. Millard made the trip to
the property which is located on
Rainy creek, about 1 miles west of
Yost’s roadhouse.
me vein on tms property covers
the full width allowed by law for a
mining claim, being fully 600 feet
wide, and is uncovered and easily
traceable for a distance of more
than '2,000 feet before it is uncov
ered, and it undoubtedly extends for
a considerable distance further.
When Colonel Millard took the op
tion on the property it was stated
that it carried one and three-fourths
per cent copper and 65 cents in gold
per ton, with some silver. A gener
al average or the samples taken
while Col. Millard was at the prop
erty gave $3.10 in gold and two per
cent copper, or richer in- gold alone
than the big mines of the Treadwell,
Alaska Gastineau and other big cor
porations of southeastern Alaska.
There is an immense amount of
low grade copper ore in the Ketchi
kan district, and at the present high
price of metal these properties can
be profitably worked. Right now
ivery mine in any shape to produce
ore is working to capacity. While
■he mining industry is on a line
footing there is considerable agita
tion in Ketchikan over the diverting
>f its fish business to Prince Rupert.
Alfred B. Hes has optioned his Ari
adne group of mines at San Juan,
Colorado, to Boston parties. The
deal was arranged and the first pay
ment on the property was made re
cently by cable. The option calls for
the payment of $400,000 for the prop
erty, $75,000 of which is to be in cash
and the remainder in stock of a com
pany to to be formed to take over the
claims. The Ariadne is a patented
property, which already has more
than a mile of development, and was
a large producer prior to the drop in
the price of silver. The second pay
ment on the property is to be made in
September and the balance in pay
ments every 60 days thereafter.
Things in the Shushanna are look
ing better 'all the time, and indica
tions are that the camp will continue
to improve, according to a letter re
ceived from Grant Reid, a miner now
in that camp.
Reid says that good pay has been
struck on both Gold Run and Big
Eldorado, and both creeks are expect
ed to make a good showing. The
dump taken out by E. R. Behling, at
the junction of Poorman’s gulch and
Gold Run contains much good dirt,
and it is expected that it will wash up
at least $6,500.
Reid does not refer to the strike on
Foley creek, which is about 20 miles
from the old Shushanna diggings, but
work cannon be prosecuted until ma
chinery is placed on the ground, and
it is probable that nothing new has
been learned about the discovery. —
Cordova Times.
S. L. Oliver and H. B. Cooper re
port the discovery and location of an
extremely rich gold quartz vein at
Barry Arm. The specimens of the
ore are studded with free gold, and
will assay to a very high figure.
Messrs. Oliver and Cooper have
known of the existence of this lead
for the past two years and have hunt
ed for it before. They found consid
erable float, but never succeeded in
finding the ledge until p few days
ago. They are very much elated over
their find, and state that the surface
showing is a? rich or richer than any
the request that the members or the
legilsature lend their best efforts to
the enactment of such a bill.
E. L. Whittemore, of Seward, was
elected as district chairman of the
committee and M. L. V. Smith nam
ed as the Anchorage committeeman.
These selections do not in any way
conflict with the regular territorial
committee.
^VALDEZ, July 18.—The nomina
tion of George Dooley for senator was
made by Chas. E. Herron.
While the call issued by Commit
teeman A1 White, of Valdez, included
the endorsement of Geo. Schofield, of
Nome for attorney-general, the con
vention failed even to mention his
name.
Geo. C. Hazelet, Geo. Dooley and
Thomas S. Scott returned to their
homes at Cordova this morning. They
were accompanied by Chas. E. Her
ron, where he will meet his son Wil
lard, of Seattle, upon the arrival of
the steamer Alaska, and return with
him to Anchorage.
thing that has yet been found in that
district.
As was anticipated, there was no
great rush to Tolstoi apparent, and
those who are looking to the new
camp with hopeful eyes seem deter
mined to await new developments
before making a venture. It is real
ized that the prospecting so far done
has not been very extensive, and
what has been uncovered In the way
of pay does not yet warrant it being
regarded as a certainty that a new
camp of any size will be established.
The accounts all agree, however,
that the prospects are bright, and it
would not be at all surprising at any
time to hear hews which will cause a
great influx of people to the district.
—Iditarod Pioneer.
ROAD TO MOOSE
CREEK COMPLETED
With the Matanuska branch line
virtually completed to Moose creek, a ,
distance of 50 miles from Anchorage,
more attention is being paid to the
main line west and north of the Junc
tion and the railroad cry now is—On
to Fairbanks. Superintendent Jas.
O’Reilly, who is responsible for this
slogan, notifies The Daily Times that
there are 14 station crews, and 400
men working on the main line headed
for Fairbanks; the right-of-way has
been cleared and the grading outfits
are busily engaged in putting the
roadway in shape for the steel and
they expect to have the steel laid
from the Junction to the Knik-Willow
creek wagon road by October first.
In this grading work Mr. O’Reilly
has given the farmers of this section
all of the preference possible and he
has, of his volition, taken a concise
and complete census of the farmers
and inhabitants of this community to
gether with other interesting data to
be used for reference, more particu
larly in regard to the “Good Roads”
movement now being agitated by the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to this commendable un
dertaking Mr. O’Reilly has had Bill
Koch making a reconnaissance of the
country between Farmington Siding
and Mile 27 on the Knik-Willow creek
wagon road with the view of famili
arizing himself with all data neces
sary to put before Mr. Zug of the ter
ritorial road commission, in connec
tion with the cut-off that is contem
plated for Wm. Martin and the mine
operators in the Willow creek district.
FAIRBANKS HOSPITAL TO
BE MOVED TO TRAIL
Announcement was made at the
Fairbanks signal corps office that or
ders had been received to close up the
military hospital there and move it
to Copper Center on the Valdez trail.
The reason for this is that if any of
the men in Fairbanks are injured or
ill they can be sent to St. Joseph’s
hospital, and the operator in charge
is authorized to engage a physician
whenever necessary.
Out on the trail, if any of the men
are ill or injured, it is necessary to
take them to Valdez and during cer
tain seasons of the year this is diffi
cult. For that reason, the new mili
tary hospital is being established at
Copper Center.
PASSENGERS ARRIVE PROM
TURNAGIN ARM POINTS
Captain Nate White, of the launch
Brighton, arrived in Anchorage this
morning from Turnagin Arm points
bringing the following passengers
from Hope:
Mrs. George Roll, wife of George
Roll, who has been in the mercan
tile business for many years, will be
in the city several days.
Bobbie Names, who is en route to
Kodiak, where he will enter school
at that Place.
Joe Richards, the well known
mining man ■" and dog musher, who
ilriU remain in Anchorage several
days transacting business.
Join the crowd and read the An
chorage Daily Times.