JUNEAU, Jan. 11.—As high as sixty dollars tlie pan has
been found in the Tolovana gold camp, and there is every in
dication that the new gold field will rival the big placer camps
of Alaska. The report is regarded as authentic. It comes
here in a wire sent by Manager Joslin, of the Tanana Railway
Company- who is a brother of Falcon Joslyn, president of the
line. The report says that nearly, all of the big Fairbanks
nlining operators are now interested in the new gold fields,
being represented in person or by accredited agents. The
town of Brooks, where the recording office is located, is hav
ing a veritable boom, and town lots are soaring.
Under a recent date, a correspond
ent of the Gateway writes the fol
♦
lowing news items from Seldovia:
After a wait^' . three months, some
of the herring fishers are at last get
ting a few barrels of herring at Hali
but cove, Katchemak bay. The her
ring are very deep, and tho9e who
are succesfful are those who have
gill net and not seines.
Tim Balasholt made a daring trip
to Ninilchik recently. He went in an
open dory with an Evenrude, and
went directly across Katchemak bay,
making Ninilchik the same day. He j
reported considerable ice on the i
beach. Mrs. Alyce E. Anderson was
busy preparing a program for Xmas
while he was there, but had the time
to put In a boost for little Russia.
The Seldovia school celebrated
Christmas eve with a tree and pro- !
gram. After the entertainment the j
crowd adjourned to one of the halls j
and danced until the wee ?mall j
hours of the morning. Dancing is |
the favorite pastime of Seldovites. |
The latest steps were indulged in on j
Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, j
The Seldovia Dancing Academy
will have its grand opening about
the first of the year.
The beluga hunters are still try
ing to devise means for catching this
elusive fish. To date, none have
been taken either dead or'alive.
Miss Jettret Stryker has probably
the honor of being the first white,
woman to ever attempt to walk ;
down the beach from Ninilchik to j
Homer in the dead of wdnter. She j
made the hike in record time, and
upon her arival at Seldovia was:
ready for a dance.
The general opinion of the people j
of Seldovia is that the -powers that
be” migbi have shown more wisdom I
•~Y,f they had made a different choice \
* Tor postmaster at Seldovia. But I
then there is always some one wTvi
is dissatisfied, so why kick? Does j
it do any good, or does it merely
keep the community in the public j
eye aiid cause a general turmoil all
the way around?
The interior of the territorial
school has been painted throughout
and is a credit to those who donated I
thetr labor so willingly. The money
tor the paint was made by selling i
shadows and baskets. The people of
Seldovia are certainly to be congrat- j
ulated iiiion me way mat mey re
spond to the needs of the schooT.
During the cold weather everyone
Is affected by the lack of water that
is tit to drink on the side of the bay
that Seldovia is located on, and they
will all be glad to know that ail ef
fort will be made to drive a veil
down deep enough to get good spring
water, and that it will be for the
use of the public.
Mrs. Janies Ward, formerly or
Knik, recently gave birth to a ten
pound boy. Jim Ward, the popular
captain of the Alaska, asserts that
he now has botli a skipper and an
engineer.
A few of the residents of Sa.doviR
are trying to get together and organ
ize an orchestra. The success of the
club will be made known at a later
date.
Milo Ilulber* predicts a great fu
ture for *he cattle industry of Alas
ka. He has a starter now, two milk
coms, that lie declares will be 'I* to
- enter in any county fair before the
'year is out. He expects a lew hogs
in February. In a few years from
now the outside Mill be hearing of
Katchemak bay as one of the finest
cattle countries in the far west. Mr.
Bell is tenderly nursing the stems
that lie brought up on a recent boat,
cud expects them to pick up wonder
fully as soon as the grass starts to
grow in the spring. The trip was
rather hard on tnem, but they are
gradually gaining.
Mr. Herbert s coal niino at mud
Point is still operating, and the Tv
onic makes bi-weekly trips after
coal.
The Fairbanks newspapers report
that petty thieves are at work along
the road between Olnes and Tolo
vaua. It is said that thieves break
into caches and have even attempted
to stel stuff on the backs of pack
horses. Articles left along the road
by freighters who find themselves
overloaded are no longer safe, as
during the early days, when to be
caught stealing meant being driven
out of the country. The matter has
been brought to the attention of the
marshal’s office.
“Dad” Ingram, former member of
the territorial assembly and, while a
resident of Valdez, a member of the
popular firm of Ingram & Bush is
now traveling for Allan & Lewis,
of Portland. He visited Seward re
cently, and is expected here in the
spring. Charlie Bush, with Brown
& Hawkins, is a brother-in-law of
“Dad's,” and was his former partner.
Fairbanks newspapers report the
wedding in Portland last month of J.
Frederick Johnson, deputy organizer
of the Loyal Order of Moose ’:i
Alaska, and Mrs. Stella Curry. The
bride is a niece of Mrs. William E.
Evans, of Fairbanks.
The bride came to Alaska five
years ago, and returned to Portland
after a three-year residence. She
met. Mr. Johnson in Fairbanks.
A recent fish shipment from Pe
terburg to Seattle included twenty
seven barrels of shrimp.
The total assessment of real and
personal property in the town of
Cordova amounts to $917,900.
Stoft Ai Refling, enterprising busi
ness men of Petersburg, have re
cently purchased a 20 h. p. auto de
livery ear.
In the Whitehorse district 3S meu
are now working in the Grafter
mine, and regular shipments are
being made.
The Ketchikan firemen have sold
their band instruments for $204).
and expect to invest the amount in
an auto fire truck.
The assessment for the city of
Fairbanks is approximately $3,110,
000, and is higher than that of 1914.
The levy will probably remain at
one and a half cents, as the taxes at
that rate will be plenty to clear the
indebtedness.
The Wrangell lumber mill is pre
paring to start operations, with new
machinery throughout. The capacity
of the mill is to be doubled, In an
ticipation of unusually good season
in the lumber industry.
IT. S. Marshal Brenneman, of Val
dez, for whose appointment Vice
President Marshall was responsib'e,
has rewarded his benefactor by for
warding to mm a, Christmas present
in the shape of a white polar bear
Marine inspectors have condemned
the fish boat Osprey, which was pur
chased from the Alaska Packers' As
sociation for $ 13,000. The decks,
pilot house and many of the beams
are so rotten that it is a marvel how
the vessel held together jp long.
When she wag purchased by the gov
ernment three years ago, she was
known as the Wigwam. Mo direct
charges have been made, but it has
been intimated that some person re
ceived a divvy for authorizing the
purchase of the old bulk.
The managers of a number of
Alaska canneries where the Fili
pinos were employed during the
past summer, declare that they are
superior m every way to the Chinese
or Japanese usually brought north.
An association to be known as the
Filipino Alaska Association has
been organized in Seattle, which will
secure contracts for its members in
the canneries or the north.
According to Dick Morris, of the
Hot Springs district, there is much
winter work in progress at the lower
river camp, and indications are that
nex( season will be full yas good as
oi* better than the last. The targeest
operators in that district, and prob
ably In interior Alaska, are Howell
& Cleveland. They are working 12 f>
men now, and are getting good pay
and sluicing every day. They ex
pect to continue sluicing all winter.
If possible.
In his annual report, Secretary of
Commerce William ,1. Redlield rec
ommends that the department of
commerce be relieved of the super
vision of fur-bearlug animals in
Alaska, and asks that a joint com
mittee o? congress visit the Pribilof
islands next summer. The report
estimates the sea! herd is now 360,
000, of which about 103,000 are fe
males. The sealskin market's clos
ure, the report points out, is due to
the European war, and the secretary
suggests that the dressing and dye
ing of skins be undertaken by Amer
ican firms.
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^ EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION BILL MAY ^
^ BE REPORTED TO HOUSE THIS WEEK
♦ --£.< &
^ In a telephone message received yesterday after ^
♦ noon by u prominent local business man from a tidu ^
ciarv institution at Seward, the recipient is informed ^
♦ that the bank has positive information that the emer- ^
gency appropriation bill will lie reported from the ^
^ committee, recommending favorable action, to the ^
house this week. ^
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Chairman rides, of the Alaska)
Kngineerirtg Commission, appeared before the house commit
lee on appropriations yesterday afternoon, and made an able
plea for an immediate appropriation of two 'million dollars.
. He stated that the Engineering Commission was anxious to
hasten the work on the Matanuska branch line, explaining
that this work could best be done in the winter time. The
Commission also wished to do some work on the line from
Kern creek toward Anchorage. The talk of the chairman was
listened to with the keenest interest on the part of the niern
hers of the committee, and many questions were asked him
with respect to the work. The chairman was optimistic in
telling of the benefits that would accrue from the building of
the railway. There appears to be no objection to the appro
priation, so far as outward signs go.
EIGHTEEN AMERICANS KILLED BY MEXICAN
BANDITS—CONGRESSMEN SEEK INTERVENTION
EL PASO, Jan. 14.—Sixteen American and two British
mining men were taken from, a passenger train by a band of
Mexican bandits at a point fifty miles from Chihuahua City,
stripped of their clothing, lined up in a row, and shot dead
by a firing squad. The mining men were returning to Mexico
to re-open mines closed by the revolution, under the promise
, °f President Carranza that they would be given full protection,
i he train was well filled with passengers, mostly Americans,
leturning to Mexico. rl he eighteen victims were mine-man
agers and superintendents, comprising the more prominent of
the passengers. One of the passengers taken from the train
escaped, and is the bearer of the sad fate that befell his com
panions.
1\L PASO, Jan. 14.—- Later reports of the killing of the
eighteen mining men say that General Villa himself, and not
General Rodiquez- one of his lieutenants, led the murderous
band and that the dastardly act was done in revenge for the
recognition ol \ ilia s arch enemy. General Carranza, as presi
dent of Mexico. Later reports say that the victims were led
out one by one and shot.
\V ASM 1NGTON, 'Jan. 14.—Upon the official confirmation of
the killing of American mining men by Mexican bandits, Sec
retary of State Lansing immediately wired President Car
ranza of Mexico, calling for the prompt punishment of the
bandits who took part in the execution. The official advices
are to the effect that the execution occurred Mondav after
noon.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Replying to the demand of See
retary of State Lansing for the punishment of the Mexican
bandits, President Carranza today wired the state depart
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Secretary of State Lansing, in
a public statement issued today, says, in part: ••The slate de
partment feels that it took every possible precaution to pre
vent American citizens from exposing their lives by enterimr
Mexico when gorilla warfare is in progress and that this ad
vice was unheeded by many. Hverv step will be taken to see
that the perpetrators of this dastardly outrage are appro
bended and brought to justice.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—When the senate convened vo
ter lav afternoon, a resolution, lathered by the republican
members, was immediately introduced, which proposed that
the United States and six of the Pan-American states inter
vene in Mexico, to put an end to tin* gorilla warfare, unless
President Carranza complies with tin* demand to protect the
lives and property of foreign residents. Tlu* resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign relations.
UKSHir i,im: for
ALASKA IS PLANNED
That an airship has already been
taken over by a Nome man, and (hat
it, will be used on the run between
Seward and the lditarod, is the news
contained in the Los Angeles Exam
iner. Some time ago it was pro
posed to carry the Nome mails over
land to and from the coast by aero
planes, and we may come to that
yet. but for the present it is inter
esting to know that a man is ijow
experimenting on a machine for the
Seward run. The story appears on
the front page of the Examiner. The
only thing to be objected to in the
story is tnat the aviator speaks of
never taking less than *200,OuO
worth of gold, but that would not be
very often unless he tapped some
other camp besides the iditarod. The
plan of taking gold and passengers
is quite feasible. The following is
the story from the Examiner:
“An aerial gold conveying ser
vice. the first in the history of avia
, tion, to be used solely for hurrying
gold from 600 miles in the interior
of Alaska to the coast in one day,
instead of sixteen days, as required
by the dogs on the trails, is shortly
to be established with a Glenn-Mar
tin seaplane as the carrier accord
ing to Aviator Leon Richardson, of
Nome, Alaska, who has just arrived
in Los Angeles.
• Mr. Richardson came here from
Alaska three days ago. Since then
; he has been experimenting with Mr.
Martin's machines.
“ ‘I have selected a seaplane pro
duced by Mr. Martin, which can eas
ily carry two passengers and 3.000
pounds of gold,’ said the aviator
yesterday at the Lankersham. where
he is stopping, 'i shall drive it mv
self daily from Seward to Iditarod.
straight across two great mountain
ranges, the coast and the Alaskan.
•• 'I shall never carry less than
$200,000 on a trip. The interest
saved by my short cut wilt make my
ventures well worth while.’ *
SEVERAL TEAMS ARE
ENTERED IN IXMi RACE
The present known entries for the
first dog team race to be held under
the auspices of the Anchorage Ken
nel Club, the course to be front vAn
chorage to Matanuska and return,
which is to be known as the prelim
in? ry or preparation race for the
main event from Anchorage to Sew
ard and return, are as follows:
William, Greer s team.
Col. H. E. Revell's team,
Robert Matheson’s team.
Way Bowker’s team.
Tentative entries include:
Capt. Neely’s team,
William Howard’s team,
Mr. Dixon’s team,
J. P. McLaughlin's team.
Through the courtesy of the Aigs
will be a telephone report of pro
gress from the following stations:
Eagle river boarding cars,
Deters creek,
Scotty Watson's,
Matanuska junction.
A local (log team race, the teams
being driven by women, will take
place on St. Valentine’s day, Febru
ary 14, and three ladies have signl
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SUSITNA, Ian. 1.—The miners of
the Cache trees district are begin
ning to transport their food supplies
from Susitna to the diggings. About
a dozen outfits pulled out after the
holiday season, using dog teams to
aid them The trai] iR reported to
be in fairly good condition.
Reports from McDougall. at the
mouth of Luse creek, tell of activity
there, due to the fact that the Cacne
Creek Dredging Company is trans
porting its dredger equipment and
vast quantities of supplies over the
road from McDougall to Cache creek.
About twenty horse teams are em
ployed in the work, and good pro
gress is being made. The distance
from McDougall to Cache creek is
forty miles, and there are stopping
places along the route to aid the
travelers.
h. W. Nagley, the Susitna mer
chant, has opened a branch store at
McDougall, for the accommodation
of the boys in that part, of the conn
| try.
Olympus Bar
A. F. Davis, Propr.
Liquors and Cigars
Draught and Bottled Beer
KNIK, - - ALASKA
NOTICE TO ri: editors.
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, Knik Precinct, In probate
before the Honorable Leopold David.
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate nr ",
Mansfield, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the tn.
I dersigned. Wav flowker, has been
duly appointed administrator of the
. estate of Alice Mansfield, deceased-.
. All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby required to
i present the same with proper vouch
: ers to the said administrator, at An
chorage. Alaska within six tnonth;.
of the date of this notice.
Way bowker.
Administrator of the Estate of
Alice Mansfield, Deceased.
JOHN M. REID,
Attorney for the Adminis
trator in said matter.
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