LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
Miss McNinch is a guest of the Ho
tel Anchorage. *
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Eggersglness,
of Indian creek, are registered at the
Hotel Anchorage.
Mike Roche, the Matanuska hotel
man, spent Labor Day in Anchorage
as a guest of the Hotel Anchorage.
Roy Williamson and Captain Tom
Neely returned yesterday from a suc
cessful duck hunting trip on the Su
sitna river ttatfc.
A. J. Wendler, Ray C. Larson, E. J
Warner and party report a big kill ol
ducks and geese on their recent hunt
in the Tumagain Arm country.
Mrs. O. G. Heming, of Knik, is
spending a few days in Anchorage
visiting friends and doing some fall
shopping.
E. O. Archibald and young son were
guests of the Crescent during theii
stay in Anchorage over Sunday ami
Monday.
Norman Normile, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission
came down from the Junction to take
in the Labor Day celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wells were
among the many people from the
Junction to take advantage of the hoi
iday and spent Labor Day in the city
Mrs. Geo. L. Nicholls left for Sew
ard today on the steamer Alameda
after spending seevral weeks in An
chorage visiting friends.
Assistant Superintendent R. M
McLean and wife were guests of tht
Hotel Anchorage while in the city foi
the Labor Day festivities.
W. D. Lawshe, of Hope, arrived ii
Anchorage on the steamer CapalL
and will be in the city a few days
stopping at the Crescent.
Bill Goodman will leave or
the steamer Alameda for Seattle
where he will be under the doctor t
care for an operation for an acute at
tack of appendicitis.
P. M. Farm and P. J. McGuire were
among the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission employes from Moose creel
to enjoy the big Labor Day celebra
tion in Anchorage.
L. A. Noshing, F. A. Meyers, anc
Thos. Gordon were registered at the
Hotel Anchorage from Moose creel
and spend Sunday in the city, re
iui vuc uig tticui ai>iuu.
Chas. Peters, of Alaska Laboi
Union fame, left on this morning’:
train to resume active management o1
the Moose Creek Mercantile compa
ny’s store.
The Loyal Order of Moose will hok
their regular weekly meeting tonigh1
at 8 o’clock at Robarts’ hall. Ar
earnest request is urged for a large
attendance.
Mrs. D. West, of Seattle, was ar
outgoing passenger on the steamei
Alameda after spending three week
in Anchorage ar. a guest of the Hote
Anchorage.
Jack Moulton, xepresentative of th<
Seattle Hardware Co., will take th»
Alameda for Seattle after spendi i?
several days in Anchorage in tiie in
terests of his company.
C. M. Thorndyke, who has been ir
the government hospital for the pasl
week, will leave on the steamer Ala
meda this afternoon for Seattle where
he will undergo an operation of a se
rious nature.
Fred Spengler, who has been run
ning the caterpillar between Knik anc
the Willow creek mining district, is ir
Anchorage awaiting the arrival ol
some important parts of the machin
ery connected with the engine.
Steam shovel No. 1 has moved ii
from camp 10 and will be stationer
about four miles out of town to wider
various cuts, and using the materia
in ballasting the road bed along th<
line.
Arthur Jett, the mining expert, wil
leave for Skagway on the steamei
Alameda. From Skagway Mr. Jet1
will outfit for a trip in the interior tc
look into the merits of a dredging
proposition that has been brought tc
his attention.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bower and Miss
Bower returned from the Junctior
and vicinity yesterday where thej
have been for several weeks visiting
their son who is connected with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission ir
the capacity of resident engineer.
Frank Barker, of the mercantile
firm of Barker and Fletham, of Me
Dougal, arrived in the city on the
launch Sea Lion yesterday and is stop
ping at the Crescent. Mr. Barker wil
be in Anchorage several days superin
tending the shipment of a large cargc
of supplies and provisions for the Me
Dougal store.
Harmony Block can now boast of i
new 12-foot concrete sidewalk jusl
finished on 4th avenue between D anc
E streets. The property owners ir
this block deserve great credit foi
this enterprising undertaking and th«
example should be followed.
Mr. Lang, of Nome, recently return
ed from a three-weeks' trip to th«
hills north of Knik and reports that
in his opinion Willow creek will devel
op into a big mining camp and that
the showings he has seen is induce
ment enough for him to ship a six
stamp mill into the country, provided
he can make the right kind of a deal.
The local merchants are showing a
fine line of Matanuska vegetables ot
splendid varieties. These vegetables
far surpass the shipped-in product
both in taste, flavor and firmness and
are very much appreciated by the lo
cal housewives. Among the different
varieties are sweet and Irish potatoes,
turnips, garden peas, carrots, beets,
cauliflower, 'lettuce, radishes, cala!
bara and cabbage.
Fred Laubner, of the Mable mine in
the Willow creek district, and half
owner in the road house at Mile 31,
came down this morning for a few
days’ business visit with Anchorage
merchants. Mr. Laubner is one of the
largest owners of Willow creek quartz
property and is ever enthusiastic over
the outlook for a big camp. Mr.
Laubner says the last run at the Ma
bel resulted in a clean-up of 16 ounces
of amalgam in six hours’ run.
K. I. Fulton, secretary of the Tal
keetna Mining and Milling company,
and interested in other quartz proper
ties in the Willow creek district, came
down from the hills yesterday and
will be an outgoing passenger on the
steamer Alameda. Mr. Fulton, in
speaking of the showing his company
made this year, was very much en
couraged at the result of the develop
ment and says the company will in
stall a Denver mill the first thing
next spring.
F. H. Saunders, mining engineer
with headquarters at Los Angeles, re#
turned yesterday from a trip of sever
al days to the Willow creek quartz
fields and reports that he is very fav
orably impressed with the showing
made by the different operators. Mr.
Saunders is stopping at the Hotel An
chorage and will leave on the steamer
Alameda but will probably return
next spring in the interest of Los An
geles capital that he represents.
Mrs. George M. Campbell will leate
on the steamer Alameda for an ex
tended trip to the outside. Mrs. Camp
bell will visit with Mrs. II. T. Fowler
at Seattle and Mrs. W. T. Normi'.e at
Portland before going to Omaha for
several months’ visit with her parents
and friends. Her husband, George M.
Campbell, will spend Christmas with
Mrs. Campbell in Omaha and they will
return to Anchorage over the winter
trail later in the season. Mrs. George
M. Campbell will be missed in more
than the society circles of Anchorage,
for she is prominently connected with
the club and cl.urch work of the city,
being exceptionally accomplished and
popular. The many, many friends of
Mrs. Campbell join with The Daily
Times in wishing her bon voyage, a
pleasant visit, and a safe and speedy
return to Anchorage.
(From Tnarsday's Da ly.)
Judge F.M. P.rown has handed down
case tried in the recent term of the
district court in favor of tiie defend
ent.
E. A. Norton, representing the Pa
cific States Electric and the General
Electric companies with headquarters
at Seattle, was among the many pas
sengers on the steamer Alameda and
is stopping at the Hotel Anchorage
during his stay in this city.
Chief Operator Jack Sti re says that
the government transport Crook le'.t
Seward at 10 o’clock this morning;
the steamer Alaska left Juneau at
11:30 o’clock tin moi nr;q;; that the
Admiral Watson is. due hi leave Ju
neau Friday mm ing a.a! . le steamer
Mariposa will louse Seattle toda.e, ail
headed for and with Anchorage as
their objective point.
John Brownlow made the Daily
Times a pleasant and mutually profit
able call this morning, renewing his
subscription for the winter months.
Mr. Brownlow was one of the unfor
tunates to be called to Valdez to ap
pear before the grand jury as a wit
i ness to the murder of Alex TaholT by
! Alex Ivasloff, that happened on
Fourth avenue the third day of July.
G. S. Huhbal, member of the large
engineering firm of Hubbel & Waller,
of Seattle, is in the city, having just
come down from the Willow creek dis
trict where he has been making some
surveys for the Martin mine and oth
er properties. Mr. Waller, the junior
member of the firm, is a son of Attor
ney Waller of the law firm of Waller
& Duggan, of this city.
Peter Boudreau, who received very
serious injuries as a result of the only
unfortunate accident to mar the sport
events of the Labor Day program, is
resting quietly at the government
hospital. Dr. Reedy reports that Mr.
Boudreau’s injuries amount to a brok
en leg below the knee and painful
bruises on the body but there is no
cause to worry other than Mr. Bou
dreau’s advanced age may be against
his rapid recovery.
Fred B. Tracy and Art A. Shonbeck
‘ left this afternoon for a duck hunt on
the Chicaloon flats. These expert
shots guarantee to return equally as
well loaded down with game as they
start off with provisions and neces
1 sary adjuncts to make a hunting trip
successful. Moreover they promise to
supply the Sunday dinner table of the
entire Daily Times staff with either
1 the finely flavored teal or the equally
tasty mallard.
Gustav Seiffert, prominently con
nected with the mining industry of
Alaska, arrived in Anchorage on the
steamer Alameda coming direct from
Nome on the Northwestern as far
as Seward. Mr. Seiffert has spent
the past three months on the head of
Hunt river in the Kobuk country
looking into a big copper proposition
but decided that the prospects of his
present hydraulic plant in the Hope
country justified his entire time and
attention.
Advice from Talkeetna report that
many of the Talkeetna and Broad
Pass miners and prospectors are pre
paring to winter at that point. This
will be an important outfitting point
for next year and many of the pros
pectors intend to freight their sup
plies into their new camps this win
ter. There have been several report
ed strikes in the vicinity of Talkeetna
but nothing of an authentic nature
can be gathered, other than the ordi
nary strikes of the country, but next
season promises great developments
for this mining section of Alaska.
Gus Bystedt, who owns a real nug
get farm on Eagle river, was in the
city yesterday with a box of live nug
gets that he was selling at one dollar
a pound and what is more to the point
was getting the money. In addition
to the raising of various farm pro
ducts indegenouS to this Alaska soil
Gus has gone into the chicken busi
ness on an extensive scale and is
meeting with marked success as was
evidenced by the ready sale of the two
dozen milk-fed, hand-raised Septem
ber crop of hatched-in-Alaska chick
ens that he disposed of to the pluto
! crats of Anchorage.
Wm. Johnson came in from the
Junction expecting to meet his wife
who is on her way to Anchorage from
Nome. Mr. Johnson has signed the
honor roll of old timers and after
spending many years in the interior
Redded to follow the line of the great
Alaskan railroad, settling at the
Junction where he has established an
up-to-date laundry and bath house.
Mrs. Johnson will probably arrive in
Anchorage on the next steamer.
Attorney Waller & Duggan have
just received 400 volumes to add to
their law library, wh»ch gives them
one of the largest libraries outside of
Juneau.
Mrs. F. H. Martin, who is leaving
Anchorage for the outside on the U.
S. A. T. Crook, was entertained at the
home of Mrs. John F. Coffey .at a pret
tily arranged dinner on Wednesday
evening and covers were laid for
eight. The guest of honor was the re
[ eipient of several appropriate souve
nirs of Alaska as tokens of esteem
from her many Anchorage friends.
The Admiral Farragut is reported
due in Seward at 9 o’clock tonight.
Robt. Scott, a traveling man from
Seattle, is registered at the Crescent
and was a passenger on the Alameda.
J. F. Chamberlain, D. G. Allen and
John Bollman are among the trav
eling salesmen registered at the
Crescent.
Gus Gillies, who is the Alaska rep
resentative of the National Grocery
company, was among the Anchorage
passengers on the steamer Aiameda
and is registered at the Crescent.
Mrs. Leopold David and daughter
Katherine, were among the Alameda
passengers returning from a visit of
several weeks with her parents and
friends in Tacoma.
Oak Olson, of Schwabacher Grocery
company and Lovera Cigar fame, is
registered at the Crescent, coming to
Anchorage yesterday afternoon on
the steamer Alameda.
Territorial
Politicians
Warming Up
(Juneau Dispatch)
Territorial politics are beginning to
I warm up. With the probable arrival
of Delegate Wickersham in Alaska
late next week the voter will have a
chance to watch the greatest political
battle in the history of the north, a
section noted for a two-handed politi
cal game.
With the liling of the Cobb candi
dacy for attorney general comes glad
ness iii the regular republican camp.
For some weeks the politicians have
been puzzled to figure the strength of
Grigsby, the democrat and Schofield,
the republican, in a two-handed fight.
There are so many anti votes in Alas
ka, votes conceded to be against any
party candidate that the average poli
tician is at sea. It is now claimed a
sufficient straight republican vote can
be mustered for Schofield to elect him.
It is predicted Cobb will be second in
the race, as he will draw heavy from
the democratic vote.
From newspaper accounts the fight
between the wets and the drys in the
Fourth division is shadowing party
politics. Thos. McGowan, democrat,
heads the wet legislative ticket. Dan
i Sutherland, republican, heads the dry
ticket. On the McGowan ticket ap
pears the name of William Burns, for
re-election to the legislature. On the
Sutherland ticekt appear the names
of Speaker Collins and Rep. Snow for
re-election. Rep. Snow is the father
of the dry referendum vote in the ter
ritory.
The McGowan ticket is for Sulzer.
The Sutherland ticket is for Wicker
sham. For attorney-general it ap
pears to be an open field without pick
ers.
In the third division Dooley, repub
lican; Frame, Wickersham, democrat
and Ronan, regular democrat, have a
three-handed fight for senator. The
three gladiators are going to it ham
mer and tongs. The Dooley-Frame
backers are out for Wickersham. The
Ronan people are for Sulzer.
Taking it as a whole there are
more strange politcal bedfellows in
the different party bunkhouses in
the history of the confusing political
annals of that division.
In the first division the legislative
fight is straight out and out between
the republicans and the democrats.
For delegate the democrats are
squarely behind Sulzer. The republi
cans are apparently counting time
with watchful waiting. They show no
disposition to support or oppose Wick
ersham, and. his vote will depend
largely on what encouragement he
gives the legislative ticket.
It is probable politics will not get
settled in its natural groove for 30
days. A great deal depends uppn the
attitude of the candidates for delegate
and attorney general. A foolish attack
from the stump may upset any one
present line-up.
Alaska Brevities
From All Parts
Mrs. C. R. Miller, while camping at
the P< Ti Bear claim, non•; Whit*?
horse, placed a 5-gallon oii can on a
stump and took a shot it with a
.22 calibre rifle. When tning? quieted
down a little it was four.4 that the
can and stump had disappeared ar.d the
lady had a number of pieces of tin in
various portions of her body, it is
believed that some careless miner had
left a stick of dynamite in the can.
United States Marshal L. T. Erwin
was the host at a 12-course dinner re
cently at Fairbanks in honor of Col.
W. P. Richardson, chairman of the
Alaska Road commission, who was
there on a trip of inspection.
The Douglas Chapter of the East
ern Star celebrated its seventh anni
versary recently with a banquet.
An arrival at Nome from Marshal
City states that Willow creek, the
principal producer of the camp, has
about ten feet of gravel with five feet
of pay, and is about 75 feet in width.
The ground runs about $4.80 to the
foot.
Juneau republicans have opened
campaign headquarters in that city
in the Goldstein building.
Recent rains have broken the
drouth in the Tolovana district, per
mitting a resumption of sluicing op
erations, which were at a standstill on
account of the low water.
The Seward Gateway says that
Steve Birch has purchased the Wilson
| Little mine at Latouche, which was to
have been leased to the Reynolds cor
poration Sept. 1.
The gypsum mine at Gypsum,
; southeastern Alaska, is being opened
up on a more extensive scale than
heretofore, on account of the increas
ing demand for its product.
William Chalman, a trapper on the
Kuskokwim river is missing, and as
his life was threatened last fall in the
presence of a third party a search is
being made for him.
The trustees of the Pioneer’s home
recently granted a pension of $10 per
month to Herman H. Hall, of Hope.
| He is 82 years of age and no longer
able to support himself.
About 400 tons of tungsten ore
j from the property of Mike Stepovich
near Fairbanks, were recently ship
‘ped to the States. The owner accom
panied the shipment.
The Petersburg Report states that a
new uictncn ui trn? usiuitg liiuusury m
that vicinity is the securing of shark
hides, but for what purpose they are
to be used is not known.
Ben Bullard, a Taku rancher, re
cently brought into Juneau 125 pounds
of butter from his farm, which found
a ready sale, and from this time on
will make regular shipments.
W. A. Vinal, a well-known mining
man of the interior, is said to have
struck it rich on Spruce creek, where
he has a block of bedrock sluiced off
and the gold is showing up all over it.
At a recent meeting of the Juneau
Women’s club, Mrs. E. H. Kaser was
elected president of tlmt body for the
coming year in place of Mrs. Frank
Metcalf, who resigned on account of
11 health.
While attempting to board the
launch Lotus at Youngs bay recently
six members of a picnic party were
thrown into the water by the capsiz
ing of a skiff and narrowly escaped
drowning.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion at Seward is ahead four coffins,
which were found stored away in a
shed whioh was reported empty when
the inventory of the railroad ' was
taken.
C. A. Celcne, a well-known pioneer
of the north, died last week at Nulato.
Mr. Celene had for a number of
months been ailing with stomach trou
ble, which ’was finally the cause of his
death.
Arrivals at McCarthy from the Chi
sana report sluicing in progress in
the camp, and the outlook good for a
| big clean-up, although the operators
„,1;_a., l
of water.
j George Favolic, an Austrian em
; ploye of the Treadwell mine, had his
arm practically torn from its socket
recently while working in the Mexi
can mine, presumably from a fall of
rock. He was taken to the hospital
and,his arm amputated.
Arrivals at McCarthy from the Chi
sana, report sluicing in progress in
| the camp, and the outlook good for a
big clean-up, although the operators
were handicapped somewhat by lack
of water.
The people of the new railroad town
of Nenana have made a protest
against the granting of a permit to
cut all the timber on the government
reservation, as it will leave them with
out firewood.
While the steamer Spokane was
swinging out from the dock at Juneau
recently her spring line parted and
the steamer crashed into the fishing
boat Xanthus, smashing it badly and
sending it to the bottom.
Bishop Phillip is the ryime of the
new head of the Russian church in
Alaska, recently appointed to suc
ceed Bishop Alexander. His headquar
ters will be at Sitka, instead of in
Russia, as was formerly the case.
A new bell, one of the largest ever
imported into Alaska, has been re
ceived at Fairbanks for the Catholic
church. The blessing of the bell will
take place in September on the arrival
of the Rev. Father Crimont, prefect
apostolic, of Alaska.
The Fairbanks Commercial club,
which several months ago started a
campaign to secure a reduction in in
surance rates in that city, has receiv
ed a wire from the underwriters re
fusing to make any reduction.
A. G. Henning, a mining man of At
lin, is authority for the statement that
the Atlift district would become one of
the greatest gold producing camps in
the world if given reasonable trans
portation facilities.
A test cleanup made on Quirk &
Gideon’s ground on No. 11 below
Dome, shows that their block of
ground will go approximately $4 to
the square foot, according to R. F.
Roth, who attended the cleanup.
Louis Gouette, of Fairbanks, who
recently shpt his mining partner, Dick
Creighton, and fired several shots at
Martin Smith, was given a prelimi
nary hearing and bound over under
bonds of $5,000 to the grand jury.
(Judge John Ford, of New York, who
came all the way to Seward to hunt
on Kenai peninsula, got ready to start
out when he discovered he had forgot
ten to secure a license, and had to get
one by telegraph from Juneau.
A Douglas councilman says there
are 2,000 dogs in that town and only
32 licenses for canines have so far
been issued. As a result the city au
thorities are looking out for a man
willing to accept the job as dog
catcher.
Fred Vaughn had his right shin
bone broken in two places and the
flesh of one of his legs badly crushed
by a boulder falling on him while
working for McDonill & Beavin, on
Candle creek, in the Kuskokwim dis
trict.
Herbert Stewart, a young miner
who was injured a few days ago by a
cavein on No. 12 below, Cleary creek,
is in the hospital at Fairbanks with
both legs paralyzed from injuries to
his back. His legs are also badly
crushed.
Capt. B. O. Lenoii, formerly officer
in charge of the military cable and
telegraph lines at Valdez, but now of
ficer in charge at Seattle, was taken
suddenly ill in his office and was tak
en to a hospital, where he underwent
an operation.
A concern known as the Spokane
Alaska Exploration & Mining compa
ny, in which Jack Nelson and several
other Koyukuk men are interested,
has taken a large drill into the Koy
ukuk and will prospect on a large
scale.
The Kimball Flume Dredge Co. has
acquired further holdings on Yankee
creek in the Innoko, and is doing ex
tensive prospecting with a new gaso
line drill on lower Yankee, where they
have two miles of ground under op
tion.
A Seward paper says there is ev
ery reason to believe that Hugh Wal
lace, a warm personal friend of Pres
ident Wilson, has purchased with
Banker Ankeny and others no less
than six hundred lots in Seward as a
speculation.
G. E. Beraud, of Fairbanks, tried to
climb a telephone pole in that city
with his Ford. The machine would
have reached the top but got a wire
tangled in one of the wheels. No in
jury was sustained by either the ma
chine or the driver.
A McCarthy booster says: There is
an opening in McCarthy for one
church, one steam laundry, one assay
office and several other enterprises.
With the present high price of gaso
line an electric light plant would make
big money.
The scheelite deposits about Nome
have not proved so numerous as last
winter’s reports indicated. The min
eral is not nearly so plentiful as was
supposed and what there is appears to
be confined largely to a belt about
ten to 12 miles in jiength and about
that distance from the town.
Harry Sheppard, former deputy
marshal at Iditarod, is in the retail
meat business at Mount Vernon, Wn.,
in partnership with Bill Acheson, for
mer manager of the Cold Storage
company’s business at Iditarod. They
are said to be doing well.
The Ketchikan Commercial club has
adopted resolutions protesting vigor
ously to the forestry service against
the raise in stampnge price of timber
situated within 2,000 feet of tidewat
er from $1 to $1.50 per thousand feet
uuaiu nicaouic.
R. A. Jackson, a well-known Fair
banks civil engineer has been appoint
ed resident engineer by the Alaskan
Engineering commission at that place,
and will have charge of the construc
tion of the wagon road from Happy
station down Coldstream.
Johnny Beaton with Frank Dawson
and Gillie Bates has bought out Jack
Folsom on Moore creek in the Innoko
district and taken option on the ex
tension holdings of Joe Smith on
Moore creek. They intend to install a
dredge next season.
Seward is suffering from an epi
demic of whooping cough, but it is
pronounced to be of a mild character.
As a result children, under 12 years
are forbidden to attend the picture
shows, and the Sunday schools have
been temporarily closed.
John Baker has reported to U. S.
Commissioner Green that he saw the
skeleton of a man in a cabin on the
headwaters tof the Kuskokwim river,
but that the natives would not per
mit him to investigate the. identity of
the man or cause of his death.
Game Warden Thomas Dixon, of
the Yukon territory, reports that coy
otes. have made their appearance in
great numbers in the Klaune lake dis
trict and are killing off the wild sheep i
and goats. He urges that means be!
adopted to exterminate them.
Rev. James A. Kennel!y, pastor of i
the Catholic church at Juneau, has
been transferred to Missoula, Mont.,
his health being such that he is una
ble to stand the Juneau climate. Rev.
Rocatti, assistant under Father Ken
nelly, will probably succeed him.
Try a Times Want Ad for results.
Brooks’ Report
Tells of Alaska’s
Mineral Wealth
The report of the Alaska Mining
Industry in, 191$, by Alfred H. Brooks
has reached this office. Introducing
his subject, Mr. Brooks says:
The Alaska mining industry as a
whole was more prosperous in 1915
than in any previous year. This is
indicated by the value of the total
mineral output, which was $32,854,
229, compared with $19,065,6666 for
1914. The highest value for any pre
vious year was in 1906 when Alaska
produced $23,378,428 worth of miner
als, but this was at a time when the
bonanza placers of Fairbanks and
Nome were yielding their greatest re
turns. Though the high value of the
mineral production of 1915 was due
for the most part to an enormous cop
per output, which was more than f»ur
times that of the previous year, yet
the mining of gold, silver, and other
mineral products also increased. The
gold output of the placer mines was
less than in the previous year, but
this decrease was more than made up
by the increase in gold output of the
lode mines.
The enormous expansion of the
copper mining industry was directly
due to the high price of copper, yet
it should be noted that this expansion
was possible only because of the large
developments that have been under
way for several years. It augurs well
for the future of the industry that
the Alaska copper mines are now suf
ficiently developed to take advantage
of the market conditions of last year
by producing so large a tonnage.
There were also during 1915 mark
ed advances in the Alaskan auriferous
lode mining industry. As in previous
years ,the gain was made principally
in southeastern Alaska and especially
in the Juneau district, though prog
ress was also made in some of the oth
er gold fields. The inland gold-lode
camps are, however, as yet too isolat
ed to permit extensive lode develop
ment, which must await the comple
tion of railroads.
Most of the important placer camps
are also in the inland region, and
these have .ot yet reacted to the
stimulus of railroad construction.
Some of the 'smaller pacer camps
made notable gams in output, as
•ompared with the previous year, yet
Liiese gains were more man onset Dy
the decline in production from some
of the more important Yukon dis
tricts. There are in the interior large
areas of gold-bearing gravel whose
values are too low to permit profitable
. xplouation u.'dt-r the present high
operating co-c Until cheaper r-T)s
portation and fuel lessen these costs
the placer output will probably con
tinue to-decline.
The high prices of tin, antimony,
tungsten and other metals stimulated
*he search for and development of
leposits containing these minerals.
Besides the tin production, which was
about the same as in previous year.-,
during 1015 considerable antimony
ore was shipped from Fairbanks and
Nome—the lust antimony to be pro
d ice 1 in Alaska. In the Fairbanks
district the tie** clopment of a ve*n,
carrying tu it rten (scheelite) was be
gan.
Some investigations and prepara
tions were maoe for the mining of the
high grade A .aska coal under the new
leasing law. A little lignitic coai was
mined under the permit system pio
vided by this law, but as yet no large
coal-mining enterprises have been be
gun. With the development of the
coal fields vhth is now assured '.he
metalliferous mining industry wiL re
ceive a great stimulus.
In addition to the minerals men
tioned above, marble, gypsum, barite
and petroleum were produced on
about the same scale as in previous
years. Some development work was
done on deposits of molybdenite, chro
mic iron ore, and graphite, but sc
far as known these minerals were not
produced on a commercial scale. . i
KRAUSE TO FACE
TRIAL FOR LIFE
JUNEAU—Edward Krause will
face trial for his life in the federal
court early this month. The first
trial will be for the alleged murder of
James Plunkett, owner of the gas
boat Lou. If the government is una
ble to make out a satisfactory case on
this indictment he wil be forced to
trial on the indictment charging the
murder of William Christie.
This announcements was made from
the office of the United States attor
ney to the Dispatch last evening. For
weeks government detectives have
been gradually unweaving the knot
which concealed the real guilt of
Kraise. If this evidence proves satis
factory to the trial judge the U. S.
attorney is prepared to plead with the
jury to take the life of Krause.
Plunkett disappeared last fall. A
forged note informed the custom
house his boat had burned near Ho
bart bay. Many weeks later it was
found secreted near a mining claim
owned by Edward Krause. Slowly
the net of circumstantial evidence
has been built around Edward Krause
as the slayer of Plunkett. Not once,
it is claimed, has this net drawn
away from Krause.
Krause is confined in the U. S.
jail at Juneau. He still maintains in
difference to surroundings, received no
mail) asks no favors and spends his
time reading. He is in every particu
lar a model prisoner.
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Alaskans to
, Be a Strong
Mental Race
(Juneau Dispatch)
“The climate of Alaska will trim
the unfit, making the greatest race of
people on the North American conti
nent,” declared Dr. il. Waldo Coe,
general suporh.tcub it of the Morn
ingside Sanatorium, Portland, Ore
gon, to the Dispa cl. last evening.
Doctor Coe makes this observation
r.?tcr 12 years’ Judy of the V.m.L?.
insane in connt :u *u with his wjrk ;is
nonsuiting alienist for the Oregon
state insane asylum, where the A'ask.i
insane were confined for some years,
and later as superintendent of the
private institution now contracting for
the care of the Alaska insane.
Dr. Coe, accompanied by his wfe,
is in Juneau, a guest at the GasHneau
hotel. He comes north to consult the
medical fraternity and talk with rela
tives of insane patients at Portland,
and generally get first hand informa
tion regarding Alaska, its people and
conditions.
He warmly defends his sanitarium
as a proper pla-? for the care of the
Air ska insane, iio po.als with pride
to the statistics compiled by the gov
ernment. These statistics show a dis
chaige percentage of 41. The aver
age percentage for state institutions
is 30.
Dr. Coe also points out the rigid
inspection of the sanitarium. The con
tract with the war department and
marine service calls for examination
almost semi-monthly. Medical ex
perts go from coast points continual
ly unannounced to inspect the sani
tarium.
Dr. Coe leaves Juneau on the next
westward steamer for a trip along
the coast as far as Anchorage. On his
return to Juneau he will be pleased to
talk v ith any relatives or friends vx
gardir.g Alaska patients at the sani
tarium.
Smith-Grossc Wedding.
Miss Ida J. Grosse, of Indiana, Pa.,
and Mr. Charles Smith, of Petersburg,
Alaska, were married yesterday after
noon by Judge Leopold David. Mr.
Smith is a mining man of considera
ble prominence, being interested in
valuable property in the vicinity of
Petersburg and a large real estate
owner of that place, in addition to
owning the discovery claim on Nugget
in the Cache creek country. Mrs. Smith
is a young woman of remarkable tal
er^ and was formerly deputy state
commissioner of horticulture for the
state of Washington.
Governor Strong
Believes “Drys”
Will Succeed
(Juneau Dispatch)
“Your work will be crown.*! with
success because you stand for civic
righteousness.” These closing words
if Governor Strong’s speech of wel
come last night at the Methodist
church to the delegates of the second
annual W. C. T. U. convention in Al
aska, typified the general tone of his
address, and his statements were en
dorsed by Mayor Stewart in giving
the welcome for the city. Mr. Stew
art commanded the organization’s
work and remarked, “I wish to as
sure you that the city is in hearty ac
cord with your attempts.”
L .D. Henderson, superintendent of
the Juneau schools, greeted the dele
gates on behalf of the educational in
terests and Mrs. J. W. Thatcher
■spoke for the Jr.near. Woman’s Club.
Oilier official welcomes were given
by the Reverend Blackwell on be
half of tho churches, Mrs. Rose Han
ley, of Douglas, for the local and Isr
land VV. C. T. U.’s and Mrs. R. A.
Buchanan, of Sitka, responded for the
visitors.
Mrs. Buchanan defined the aim of
the W. C. T. U. as being to do to the
saloons what the man did to the dog
who bit him, and explaned that “he
cut the dog’s tail right off behind his
ears.”
iur.i, j'iiiu vvicxar.uer nooie, nawun
al vice-president of the organization,
was asked by President Hatcher to
address the gathering, and gave in
response the objects of the union as
being “the protection of the home,
the promotion of purity, the des
truction of the liquor traffic, and the
final triumph of the Golden Rule of
Christ in custom and law.”
The church had been decorated for
the occasion with flags and flowers
and several musical numbers were
furnished for the pleasure of the
?ood-sized audience by the Methodist
L'hoir, Mesdames Dawes and Perkins,
and Mr. Perkins.
WICKERSHAM IS
AT WASHINGTON TO
AID SCHOOL BILL
WASHINGTON, August 26.—Dele
gate James Wickersham has delayed
lis contemplated departure for Alas
ka to aid James H. King, member of
;he Juneau city council, to secure the
passage through congress of a bill au
;horizing the city of Juneau to vote
apon the question of issuing $75,000
n municipal bonds with which to se
:ure money to erect a school building.