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VOL. 1. NO. 214.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1910.
PRICE 10 CENTS
Allen R. Moore, a United States
mineral surveyor, with headquarters
at Mt. Vernon, Washington, has just
returned from a month’s trip in the
Willow creek district, where he has
been in the interests of Seattle capi
talists.
More particularly Mr. Moore made
a thorough examination of the Little
Gem group of three quartz claims be
longing to Bob, Hatcher, one of the
pioneer prospectors of this district.
Mr. Moore made a geographical sur
vey of this property and is taking out
26 samples of the ore for assay with
him on the Admiral Farragut.
While the people, who are familiar
with the Willow creek conditions, are
firm in their people as to the future
of this district it is flattering to hear
a man of Mr. Moore’s wide experience
and knowledge say “I will certainly
make a favorable report of the Little
J' Gem group to my people and in my
opinion this will unquestionably make
one of the richest quartz camps in the
world. While the veins are small,
they are exceptionally rich and in
many cases run high-grade; I found
all the properties in splendid condi
tion but the most pleasing feature to
me is the fact that this camp is abso
lutely free from the wild cat pro
moter; there is no boom but a sub
stantial growth and development
which marks it as permanent.”
The Little Gem group is located on
Archangel, the scene of several late
strikes and much activity this sea
son and the claims were located by
Bob Hatcher several years ago. The
consideration was not stated but it
is reported on reliable authority to
run well up into the thousands and
the work of years of prospecting by
r one of the pioneers of this country
who has spent his time and money in
fighting the elements and the prim
al eval conditions and blazed the way
for the more timid is to be rewarded
in a material manner and another
mine added to the list of producers in
the Willow creek district.
LONDON, July 20.—In the heavy fighting which continues
along the Somme front, the British have gained ground in the
Delville Wood and Lougueval. It is reported that a great bat
j tie is developing at Jabloitza, with the results favoring the
| Russians. . Besides the heavy fighting in the Carpathians the
: Russians have resumed the offensive around Kovel and Riga
| regions.
BERLIN, July 20.—Information lias been reeeivel here to
the effect that the French attacks at Somme were repulsed, al
though the artillery fire of the French and British troops were
| exceedingly violent.
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LONDON, July 20.—It is officially announced that the
British have captured the German submarine U-Thirty. This •
is a fifth-class submarine and will be exhibited here.
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PKTROGRAI), July 120.—The Teutonic attempts to ad
vance against the Russians in the Stokhod region lias been re- ,
pulsed. The Galaieian operations, affected by the Dniester!
river, have ended.
PARIS. July 20.—In the attacks made last night by the
French troops they captured the first line of trenches, between
Barleaux and Soyecourt, in the Hanlecourt section.
PKTROGRAD, July 20.-—It is officially announced that
the Russians now occupy Kugi. an important point in Cancan
sus.
RICH ORE IS STRUCK IN BROAD PASS DISTRICT
Twenty years ago the name of Ed.
Miller was one to be reckoned with
in the mining circles of the state of
Colorado; such camps as Leadville,
Cripple creek, Aspen and Ouray,
were made by miners of his class,
the men who took the initiative and
the risk. They still tell in Leadville
of the time Ed. Miller took a for
tuen out of Ready Cash and how this
fortune was distributed among his
friends and old-time prospectors.
History repeated itself at Park City,
Utah, where he again made a for
tune only to give it away and spend
it with the ease cf a Midas. Like
so many of his kind the spirit for ad
venture in new fields abetted by the
spirit of wanderlust and the lure oi
the gold drew him as a magnet tc
the undiscovered fields of Alaska
where he has spent the past eighteen
years in prospecting hills and creeks,
After many years of vicissitudes in
terspersed with a few lucky strikes
t it seems that once more the willowy
wand of fortune has bent to the
ground and pointed out the ledge that
comes from the “mother lode.”
Mr. Miller came to Anchorage yes
terday direct from the Broad Pass
country where the lucky strike was
made and as he sat in The Times of
fice yesterday afternoon his first re
mark was original and is worth re
peating, in which he said: “Well, boys
i this time last year it looked like you
i would have to send old Ed Miller to
Sitka to pass the balance of his few
remaining years, but right now I
can’t decide which particular improv
ed block of Anchorage real estate I
am going to buy.”
Jack Frisbee and Billy Murry came
in from Broad Pass with Mr. Miller
and left last night for Knik while Mr.
Miller will remain over in Anchorage
a few days attending to business mat
ters and renewing acquaintances with
his old Tillicum friends.
In speaking of Broad Pass and
their prospects in that country Mr.
Miller said that together with Fris
bee, Murry, Wilmoth and Dr. J .H.
McCallie they had nine quartz claims
on Ohio creek, which is on the Susitna
side and in driving the 235-foot tun
nel on Ready Cash No. 2 they struck
what they consider the big pay.
The assays bear them out and show
rich values in silver and lead and car
ry some copper and gold. The boys
will continue development work next
year and be in a position to turn the
property by the time the Great Alas
ka railroad reaches that section, on
the way to Fairbanks.
Mr. MJller and associates outfitted
from Knik last winter and took their
supplies in over the winter trail by
means of dog teams and will do the
same next winter as this method of,
transportation is much easier and I
cheaper, as the summer trails are al
most impossible.
Mr. Miller said that there were
about 30 prospectors in the Broad
Pass country now and that they met ,
quite a number going in, as the es
tablishment of the government camp
at Talkeetna has facilitated transpor
tation difficulties.
He reports that the Wells boys
were doing their assessment work and
were very optimistic in regard to the
prospects of the Broad Pass country,
and that several representatives
of eastern capital were making a re
port on the formations and existing
conditions, together with all data in
regard to other matters relative to1
operations on a lai-ge scale.
With the advent of the railroad in
this section the all-important question
of transportation will be solved and
it is the universal opinion of men in
the position to know that the Broad '
Pass district will ultimately develop
into one of the largest quartz camps
in the world.
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 lairbanks. 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 agitate 1 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 2, 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 eontem
plated for m. Martin and the mine
operators in the Willow creek district
ADMIRAL WATSON ON
WAY TO ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE, July 20.—The steamer
Admiral Watson left last evening for
southwestern Alaska. There were
s*«'en for Anchorage out
side of the round-trippers.
The Commission and City teams
play at Recreation park Sunday.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—The longshoremen here re
lumed to -work this morning, despite the action of the local
unions in other coast ports in rejecting the compromise. As a
result the San Francisco union may withdraw from the coast
organization.
SEATTLE, July 20.—Federal Mediator White has confer
red with Mayor Gill about the longshoremen’s strike and it
was decided to call a general conference of the labor leaders
and business men to urge a settlement of the strike and thus
prevent this port from losing its commercial standing.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—Three hours after the union
longshoremen resumed work a hundred and twenty-five non
union men, who had been taking the strikers’ places, them
selves struck, refusing to work with the unionists.
BOSTON FIRM PURCHASES
THE STEAMER METEOR
SEATTLE, July 20.—The Pacilic
Coast Steamship company has sold
its steamer Meteor to Sprague & Son.
of Boston. Negot ations are pending
with others for the purchose of the
steamers Pueblo and Tampico.
TELEGRAPH LINE IS DOWN
AND NEWS SERVICE HELD UP
The telegraph line was down most
of the day between here and Mile 18.
but repaired about 3 o’clock this aft
ernoon, and as a consequence only a
I part of The Daily Times press report
I was received in time for today’s issue.
GETTING THINGS READY
FOR LABOR UNION DANCE
Everything is going on nicely in
connection with the big dance at the
Labor union hall Saturday night, was
the report of Jack Sutherland this
morning and judging from the activi
ty displayed by the committee in
charge of the arrangements this will
be an occasion worthy of patronage
The program will be of the best mu
sical numbers obtainable from An
chorage talent together with splendid
dance music with the partner of your
choice on this dance floor of the best
of fir lumber should make this affair
one of which surely “joy will be un
confined.”
GALVESTON, July 20.—Mexican Consul Mateos lias re
ceived a message stating that Villa’s capture i- momentarily
•xpected. A Villa messenger was captured by Carranza’s
roops and revealed the bandit’s whereabout-. The troops
ent to capture him reported that Villa was ill and seeking med
cal aid.
CHIHl AIICA, July 20.—Villa with an army of 1.S00 men
ias been located near Amador, thirty miles south of Durango.
It is said that Villa has been surrounded and his early capture
s probable.
WASHINGTON. Juyl 20.—The State department an
nounces that it i- expected a settlement of the Mexican difiter
•nces will be soon made through a joint commission, which ts
>nly waiiitur final approval by President Wilson and Carranza.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
COMING TO ANCHORAGE
Chief Operator Stine reports the
sailing and position of the following
vessels plying between Seattle and
Anchorage: Admiral Watson left Se
attle 6 o’clock p. m. the 10th, steamer
% Alameda left Juneau at 10 o'clock p.
m., the 19th, Admiral Farragut left
Cordova 8 o’clock p. m, the 10th,
steamer Alaska left Cordova 10 o’clock
p. m. 19th. Freighters Northland and
Bangor due in Anchorage the 22nd.
C. W. Dietzel, chief carpenter for
the Deep Sea Salmon company, with
headquarters at Goose bay, arrived in
Anchorage on the camlery 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.
The members of the Elks club will
hold their regular weekly meeting at
the club rooms at 8 o’clock tonight
and every member of this order is re
quested to be present, as matters of
Importance will be brought up for
f disoussion and settlement.
TRAILS WILL BE BUILT AS FEEDERS
TO THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
John Zug, assistant engineer of the
j board of road commissioners, whose
| return from the Cache creek district
was reported in The Daily Times
yesterday, is stopping at the Crescent
I and busiiy engaged in making his re
I port of the road conditions of this im
portant section.
Mr. Zug’s duties are of a general
1 nature and call for an investigation
I and examination of road conditions
upon requests and petitions, and has
no particular field to cover. Vi hen
asked in regard to the Cache creek
road situation Mr. Zug said that the
trail from McDougal to the Kahlitna
river bridge was in fair shape but
that ho would recommend that the
board send surveyors into this field
next month in order to make proper
locations and surveys so that some
tangible basis can be secured on
which to base the expense and cost of
the improvements.
Mr. Zug also said that he had no in
structions to investigate the Knik
Willow creek road situation, but that
this was under the supervision of A.
Ides, who is located at Seward and su
perintendent of this district but that
his general duties were broad enough
to probably take in the proposed cut
oiT from Mile 27 on the Ivnik-Willow
creek road to Farmington Siding on
the Matanuska branch railroad. •
“This would come under the line of
feeders,” said Mr. Zug, “and natural
ly we are looking out for the interest
of the government railroad and any
proposition that will lead to addition
al tonnage for the road and further
develop the farming community
would come under my jurisdiction.” ^
Mr. Zug will leave for Seldovia on
the Admiral Farragut and from there
into the Iliamna bay country but will!
only be gone for three or four days,'
at which time he will return to An- 1
chorage and go into the Matanuska
valley. Mr. Zug said that the board
was anxious and willing to facilitate
road conditions, especially where any
legitimate expenditure meant addi
tional tonnage. He insisted that the
board was not partial in its disburse
ments and looked into conditions
when brought to their notice and that
the money for the appropriation for |
maintenance and building of roads
and bridges was derived from 65 per
cent of the Alaska fund which con-‘
sisted of licenses collected outside of
incorporated cities and towps. This
money is not prorated said Mr. Zug
but is used wherever it is needed the
most, although one can readi'y see
that a district paying the larger tax
would naturally be entitled to more
consideration by our board.
In this conection and going on the
supposition that this is true the cut
off is assured from mile 27 to the
Farmington Siding; Secretary Koch
and the “Good Roads” committee is
loaded with data and statistics rela
tive to this community and from the
standpoint of tonnage there is possi
bly only one road in Alaska that can
show a greater tonnage and this is
certainly an important feeder to the
government railroad. In addition this
wagon road will materially help de
velop the best farming country in the
territory and is the plausible connec
tion with the great Willow creek min
ing district.
TWO CASES DISPOSED OF
IN COMMISSIONER S COl'RT
In Judge Davi !’- court today the
case of Palmer vs. Herte! in which
the power boat Cassie E.t the proper
ty of Hertel, was sold on execution
for $225 by the United States mar
shal for $225 sufficient to satisfy the
judgment rendered resulted in a set
tlement by the litigants.
In the case of Edla Salo vs. Helen
Smith for the recovery of balance due
j plaintiff for services performed as
nurse the case was dismissed.
I “AND THE BARBER
KEPT ON SHAVING”
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 20.—Oscar
Roston, barbel, carries around with
' him at all times a lock of the hair ol
James J. Hill, deceased railroad mag
nate and empire builder. Oscar struck
hard luck for the first few years after
he reached this country. Hill had
been lucky and amassed about $200,
000,000. Guided by the supeistition
| that a lucky man’s hair might help
I him, Oscar swiped one of Hill’s locks
while cutting his hair and he has kept
it ever since. Oscar is still a barber.
Fine Job Printing at Times Oitice.