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WILLIAM QUITSCH AND JACK
WHALEN MAKE NEW FIND
IN ALASKA HOMESTAKE.
WILL WORK ALL THIS WINTER
(iv iters Fee! Confident That Their
Property Will Soon Develop Into
One of Richest in Prince William
Sound District.
William Quitsch has just left Val
dez for Harrintan Fiord with a large
quantity of supplies to continue work
on the Alaska Homestake property,
on which he and his partner, Jack
V. halen, have been working for some
time past.
Mr. Quitsch, according to the Val
j'ez Prospector, reports having made
a rich strike recently in the lower
i nnel on the property, both the vein
and its values exceeding all expecta
tions. and he and his partner expect
to continue the work throughout the
winter, milling such ore as they take
out, and in this mater more than pay
the cost of development.
Always Considered Promising.
This property has always been con
s dered a promising one, and has
been developed by an upper tunnel
2<».) feet in length, a shaft 52 feet in
(!- nth. and a cross-cut tunnel which
Wpped the vein eight feet below the
bottom of the shaft, or sixty feet from
the surface. At this point the vein
was found to have increased in size
and carried values much higher than
had been anticipated, and this strike
h::s so encouraged the partners that
*rey will continue the work of develop
■ °nl throughout the winter.
Predicts Dividend Payer.
Hr. Quitsch declares the property
('■•. pares favorably with any gold
property on Prince William sound,
and will undoubtedly make a dividend
payer.
The property is already equipped
Y» th a small Gibson mill, which will
he employed this winter in milling
such ore as is taken out, and in the
spring it is the intention to equip
the property with a larger reduction
p’ant capable of handling the output
o’r the mine.
Mr. Quitsch is highly elated over
t: e strike, and expresses confidence in
the future of the property. He and
h s partner, he states, will conduct
the development work in earnest this
w ater, and he is confident that by
st ring they will have one of the best
properties in the Prince William
f ,;nd district.
LONE THIEF ROBS
BANK OF $6,000
e ASHIER OF INSTITUTION AT
VADER, WASH., IS SLUGGED
AND TIED BY BANDIT.
VADER, Wash., Jan. 25.—A lone
thief, weaving overalls, slugged and
then tied A. N. Cheney, cashier of the
Little Falls State Bank here, and es
caped with $6,000.
A posse of deputy sheriffs and citi
zens are in pursuit of the robber.
WOMEN RIOT FOR -
BREAD IN SPAIN
II ! S O R D E R S IN BARCELONA
CAUSE SUSPENSION OF CON
STITUTIONAL GUARANTEES.
MADRID, Spain, Jan. 26.—Rumors
of disorders in Barcelona, Spain, have
been received here. The trouble it is
said originated in riots by women who
demanded lower food pi’ices.
The Spanish government has sus
pended the constitutional guarantees
in Barcelona and vicinity.
I
VNCHORAGE OFFICE OF ALAS
KAN ENGINEERING COMMIS
SION ISSUES STATEMENT.
LAND TO BE OPENED SOON.
Fuel Is Needed by Residents of Inter
ior and Government Plans to Offer
Opportunity to Obtain As Soon As
Possible.
Details of the announcement in
press dispatches recently of the ap
proval by Secretary of the Interior
Franklin Iv. Lane, of the survey of
the Nenaha coal field into leasing
blocks are set forth in a statement is
sued by the Anchorage offices of the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
“The Nenana coal field,” says the
statement, ‘ was surveyed in 1915 by
United States surveyors working in
the direction of the general land of
fice. ten townships being surveyed,
namely:
Township 9 south, ranges 5, (! and 7
west, township 10 sc^ith, ranges G and
7 west, township 11 south, ranges 5, 6
and 7 west, township 12 south, ranges
G and 7 west, Fairbanks Meridian,
containing 107,873 acres.
“Topographic survey of the area
embraced in the townships and an
additional 9.G00 acres was made si
multaneously with the township sur
veys, a contour interval of fifty feet
being adopted.
Subdivided Into Units.
“During 1916, the United States
geological survey subdivided these
lands into blocks or units, the same as
had previously been done with the
leasing units and reservations in the
Bering river and Matanuska coal
fields. The approval of the blocks or
units was deferred by the interior de
partment until certain matters were
determined pertaining to the construc
tion of the main line of the railroad
from Nenana south to the coal fields
and also the route of the branch line
into the coal fields.
“Formal opening of these blocks or
units for leasing will be announced
by Secretary Lane as soon as the ne
cessary data and regulations are
printed.
“The interior of Alaska is urgently
in need of coal. Wood has been the
only fuel available on account of the
lack of transportation facilities, and
the supply of this product for fuel is
utrrug fi, i l Uct 11 v uejJieieu.
To Make Coal Available.
“The principal reason for starting
construction from the north end of
the government railroad is to make
available to the people of the inter
ior the large deposits of lignite coal
in the Nenana coal field. The Alas
kan Engineering commission, from
present indications, expects to have
the railroad completed between Fair
banks and the Nenana coal fields by
the fall of 1918, which will make the
Nenana coal available at that time.
“As soon as formal opening of the
units is announced by the secretary
of the interior, applications to lease
will be received by the commissioner
of the general land office. The appli
cations will be advertised, as provided
by the regulations, in newspapers
throughout Alaska and the United
States, as was done when the units of
the llering river and Matanuska
fields were offered for leasing during
the summer of 1916.”
PRESIDENT SUFFERS
FROM SEVERE COLD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE REMAINS IN
DOORS AND CANCELS ALL
ENGAGEMENTS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26.—
President Wilson is remaining in
doors. He has cancelled all engage
ments as the result of a severe cold.
IraLii
FITS FOR HIS
ERNST RHOBERG STARTS FROM
JACK’S BAY IN POWER CRAFT
FOR HIS HOME.
I IN STORM EIGHT DAYS.
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i Unfortunate Man When He Had Al
most Perished from Cold and Hun
ger Manages to Signal Passing
Launch and Is Rescued.
Ernst. Rhoberg, an old-timer in Val
dez, is under the care of William
Giles, suffering from severe frost
bites and emaciated from hunger and
suffering, as a result of having been
marooned for a number of days in the
Narrows near Valdez during the re
cent storm says the Valdez Pros
pector.
Rhoberg left Valdez to go to Jack’s
Bay to visit some mining claims he
had there. He looked over the claims
and started to return, but while com
ing through the Narrows his engine
gave out. A heavy storm was on, and
it was only by the hardest kind of
work that he was able to get his boat
into one of the small bights in the
Narrows, and preventing it and him
self being blow out into the sound.
Lost Boat’s Anchor.
During the struggle he lost the
boat’s anchor, and after getting the
craft into the bight a greater part of
his time was spent in fending it off
from the rocks on every hand and
keeping it from being pounded to
pieces. Here he was marooned for
eight days.
During all this time the wind blew
a gale, and the temperature ranged
from 10 to 20 degrees below zero. His
food supply was pradically exhausted
when he left Jack’s Bay, and as a con
sequence his rations were cut to the
minimum, and toward the last of his
enforced stay were completely ex
hausted.
No Fire For Four Days.
During the last four days he was
without even a fire, and he nearly
perished with cold. Just as he was
about to give up the fight, Captain H.
L. Rider with the launch Della, came
through the Narrows bound for Val
dez. Rhoberg signalled frantically and
finally succeded in attracting the
attention of those on board, and he
was picked up and taken to Valdez.
Mr. Giles, who is an old friend of
Rhoberg’s took him in charge, and is
nursing him back to health and
strength once more. Rhoberg was in a
serious condition when brought in
from cold and hunger, and all the
fingers on both hands were seriously
frosted, but it is believed now that all
of them will be saved.
TEUTONS YIELD BIG
SECTOR IN ITALY
GERMAN - AUSTRIAN FORCES
EVACUATE LARGE AREA BE
HIND MONTE TOMBA.
ROME, Italy, Jan. 25.—On the Ital
ian front, German and Austxdan forces
have evacuated the teritory behind
Monte Tomba from the Tiave river
Italy’s westward line of defense, to
Monte Spinoncia.
Italian patrols in making recon
naisances in the last few days found
German-Austrian patrols and senti
nels withdrawn and later discovered
; the Teuton forces had abandoned the
I entii’e region.
The retreat is a sequel to the vic
tory by French troops on Monte Tom
| ba recently. The retirement is im
I portant in that it shows the Teutons
; have abandoned their effort to force
a passage to the Venetian plains by
Monte Tomba.
American Soldier Killed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—General
J. J. Pershing, commander of the
American forces in France, today re
ported that Private Fred Thompson,
of Georgetown, Illinois, was killed in
action January 23.
ENROLLMENT OF BOYS AND
GIRLS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
BEGINS IN THIS CITY.
WILL HELP LITTLE REFUGEES.
Final Details in Regard to Perfecting
Junior Organization Will Be Taken
at Meeting Tonight of Anchorage
Society.
The Anchorage chapter of the
American Red Cross authorized T. it.
| McAnally, superintendent of the An
| chorage public school to organize
among the children of the city a jun
ior auxiliary to the Red Cross and ac
tion has been taken along this line.
The immediate purpose of the or
ganization is to help the little home
less refugees in Belgium and France.
Throughout these countries there aie
thousands upon thousands of orphan
ed children, many of whom are with
out the bare necessities of subsistance,
who are in dire need of warm cloth
ing, and to supply these children with
the necessary garments is the aim and
object of the Junior Auixliary to the
Red Cross. Dues amounting to 25
cents will be collected and ail money
collected will remain in the treasury
of the Junior Auxiliary.
Success has attended the work of
similar organizations in the states es
pecially in the city of New York
where 25,000 Red Cross articles, such
as baby bootees and children’s clothes
were made by 3,000 school children in
the short space of six weeks. It is
wonderful how quickly the average
child learns to appreciate the need of
their little brothers and sisters “over
there,” and how keenly interested
they become in the making of the var
ious needed articles for the National
Red Cross.
It is expected that every child now
a pupil at the public school will join
the auxiliary and do its share toward
aiding the suffering children in the
war zone.
Final details relative to the organ
ization of the Junior Red Cross will
be arranged at the meeting here to
night of the Anchorage branch of the
Red Cross.
INTERIOR TRAIL
IN BAD CONDITION
ARRIVAL FROM N EX ANA SAYS
SEVERE STORMS HAVE MADE
TRAVELING BAD.
N. H. Hanley arrived over the trail
yesterday from Nenana and is stay
ing' at the Alaska house. Mr. Hanley
reports that the trail from the end
of steel on the Nenana side of the
Broad Fass to Indian river is in bad
condition owing to the numerous
storms which have recently swept
that section of the country.
The trail, however, is well marked
and is easily followed.
Mr. Hanley will leave on tomor
row’s train for Seward and the out- !
side. After a brief visit with rela- ■
tives at Vancouver, Washington, Mr. j
Hanley will make application to join j
the aviation service of the United
States army.
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO
UNUSUALLY ACTIYE
HONOLULU, Jan. 26.—Mount Ki
lauea is showing unusual volcanic
activity and the lava in the crater
lake has risen to within fifteen feet
of the rim.
French Score Successes.
PARIS, Jan. 25.—French troops
conducted a brilliant raid on the Ger
man lines near Fort de Paris Monday
along a front of 3,000 yards and
reached a depth of 500 yards.
Aside from the usual artillery fir%
which continues on both sides there is
no activity on the French sector held
by the English.
PUPIL IN SHELDON JACKSON
SCHOOL AT SITKA SAYS SIGNS
MUST BE STUDIED.
CLOUDY WEATHER DESIRABLE.
Northern Natives Have Handed Down
for Successive Generations Instruc
tions in Regard to Pursuit of Wild
Animals.
The Verstovian, published by the
native students of the Sheldon Jack
son school at Sitka, in the most recent
number gives pointers on how to hunt
deer. The article which is written by
one of the Indian students, George
Fulton, is as follows:
“Mr. Roosevelt, in the Winning of
the West,’ says ‘The dense forest was
to the Indians a home in which they
had lived from their childhood, and
where they were as much at ease as a
farmer on his own acres. To their
eyes, trained for generations, the wil
derness was an open book. Nothing at
rest or in motion escaped them. They
had begun to track game as soon as
they could walk. A scratch on a tree
trunk, a bruised leaf, a faint indenta
tion of the soil, which no white man
could see, all told them a tale as plain
ly as if had been shouted in their ears.
Familiar With Hunting.
“This could easily be a description
of the native people of Alaska, for
they, too, are familiar with hunting,
because they have studied the signs
that will heip them to find the game.
The parents have trained the children
and they have listened when taught
the ways of hunting.
“The Alaska people have always
depended much upon game for food,
and it has been necessary for them to
study the signs which would help them
to find this game.
“While the hunting of many kinds
of game is interesting, deer hunting is
that which is most enjoyed by the
Alaskan, not only for the benefit of
the game, but for the real sport in
the hunt.
“The Alaska people pay attention to
the weather, and wait for a good day
when they intend to go out hunting.
By a good day is meant one not too
bright.
Cloudy Day Is Best.
“A hunter can see better on a cloudy
day. When they see signs of a good
day, they always prepare for morn
ing by putting everything in order so
when the day comes they can start to
climb early in the morning. They
hasten to the place where the deer
slept at night. When the day breaks
the deer always start from the place
where they slept.
“When the first sign of a deer is
seen, it is best to follow the track,
walking quietly and watching closely
over the sand hills and the sheltered
places. When no deer is seen just
keep on walking until the second or
third track is found which goes in the
same diretion as the first one. They
tell where the deer are; whether they
have gone to the valley or to the hills,
the hunter should follow. When he
comes near he should walk slowly and
without noise.
Calls With Jacob Leaf.
“If' he does not see the deer he
should call them with a Jacob leaf.
When he calls he should stand oi\ a
high place or on a stump, so he can
easily see where the deer are running
toward him. He should call and then
stop for a few seconds, and call again,
waiting in the place about ten or fif
teen minutes,then continue walking and
stop again at a little distance and
commence to call again. Very likely a
deer will soon be seen.
“A hunter must always notice the
wind and go against it so the deer
will not discover him. If the wind is
blowing hard, he should go around on
the lee side of the deer for the deer
are always on the sheltered side.
Should Walk Quietly.
“When he finds a place where there
is no wind he should walk very quiet
ly, for he is almost sure to see a deer
in this place. He should look around
carefully and watch everything, then
waik a little distance, then stop and
look around.
‘‘He tries to see a deer before it be
gins to run. If it is running he shouH
shout at it. When it stops he must
not wait an instant, but shoot and kill
it. As soon as it is killed it should be
prepared for packing.
“The Alaska people have studied all
these things from generation to gene
ration and so they understand how to
track game, and deer hunting is very
interesting to them.”
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