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Historial Sketches and Experi
ences of Trail-Blazers Who Made
Alaska the Empire of the North
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
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EDITED BY
CHARLES L. KEMP,
Secretary Anchorage Igloo No. 15.
FI SELECTED
DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING AND
1N A l G F R ATE PREP A R A -
TIONS FOR EXPOSITION.
well known citizens chosen
It is the Intention of the Fair Asso
ciation to Solicit Exhibits of Agri
culture. Dairying, Live Stock, .Min
ing. Fishing, Manufacture and Other
Resources.
The directors of the recently organ- j
ized Alaska Fair association, at a
meeting in Anchorage June 21, elect
ed four officers from among their
number to serve until the first annual
meeting of the association next Decem
ber, or until their successors are el
ected and qualified. The names of the
executives elected and the offices in
the association they will till are as
follows:
Adrew Christensen, president; Chas.1
E. Herron, first vice-president; Sidney
Anderson, second vice-president; Ed
ward T. Lindner, secretary; Frank W.
Redwood, treasurer.
After the election of the officers,!
tentative arrangements for the second
annual fair of the association were
discussed by all those present. A com
mittee of live, consisting of R. M.
Courtnay, F. W. Redwod, A. A. Shon-1
beck, F. M. Boyle and E. B. Ansiey,
directors of the association, was ap
pointed for the purpose of formulat
ing plans for the coming fair, and to
report to the board of directors, at its
first regular meeting, July 2. The
regular meetings of the board of di
rectors, under the by-laws of the as
sociation, are to be held on the first
Tuesday of each month. After the
wiiiiiix it1, v. i icirvc^ 11/«3 i, uucuu
of directors will fix a date for holding
the second annual fair.
It is the intention of the association
to solicit exhibits of agriculture,
dairying, livestock, mining, fishing,
manufacturing, and other resources
and industries from all parts of Alas
ka, in order that the fair may he rep
resentative of the entire territory.
After the date for holding the fair
is determined, letters will be address-!
ed to the various commercial organi
zations in the towns in Alaska, asking!
them to participate in the fair.
The Alaska Fair association was in
corporated last March as the result of
the First Alaska Agricultural and In
dustrial Fair held on September 8, 4
and 5, last year, which proved so sue-!
cessful in advertising the resources of |
Alaska, that it was decided to organ-!
ize a permanent institution, and hold
fairs annually in future.
CACHE CREEK
MINING NOTES
CACHE CREEK, June 12.—Ed. Lee
of Talkeetna arrived today with his j
two pack mules loaded with fresh j
fruits and clothing. He also brought
the mail for the boys in this section.
The dredge is working in fine shape
—the best that it has done since it
was first installed.
Again, the mining queen is the first
to start active mining operations in
this district. Mrs. Anna Bub turned
the water on for ground sluicing May
25 and June 2 started piping with the
four big Handy giants. She has in
stalled many improvements at the
mine this spring. The Anna Bub mine
is regarded as the biggest in the camp
and Mrs. Bub shows exceptional skill
and capacity in its management.
All the miners are now getting
ready to begin active mining. A late
season has retarded mining, but by
June 15 it is expected that all will be
working.
Kead the Anchorage Tmes.
PACKING GOLD IN KEGS.
Care Taken in Preparing the Money
Metal for Shipment.
When a gold shipment is to be
made by ship the necessary number
of kegs are taken in a truck to the
assay office where they are received
at a door in the rear. The gold bars
are then placed on a hand truck and
rolled to the kegs. In the presence of
the agents of the shippers and of the
officials of the assay office the bars
are packed in the kegs ,and sawdust
is placed around them to prevent abra
sion. When the heads of the kegs
have been placed over the packed bars
a piece of red tape is stretched across
and fastened between the chine and
the edge of the head. The seal of
the shipping house is then attached
to the head and the bottom of each
keg.
After sealing the kegs are rolled to
the wagon and lifted on. It takes
two men to handle each keg, as there
are ten bars to a keg, with a total
gold weight of about 100 pounds. It
may be mentioned that $100,000'
weighs about 380 pounds, and $1,000,- i
000 weighs 3,800 pounds. Some time
ago one of the officials of an assay ^
office compiled figures showing howj
much gold a man could actually han- j
die. It is a singular thing that great
difficulty is experienced in carrying
gold for any distance. The weight 1
seems to be more “dead” than that of
other metals, although this may be an
illusion.
For instance, the average man
could ’ carry 100 pounds of gold one i
mile without much discomfort. Its1
value would be about $26,000. A
strong man could carry, say, 150
pounds a mile, reaching the end of
his journey with just under $40,000. j
A very powerful man might carry 200
pounds, or nearly $53,000, a mile
without exhaustion. Carrying gold is
almost as difficult as getting it.—Ex.
SOME FARMING FACTS.
ANCHORAGE, May 20.—Develop-'
men of agricultural resources this)
season along the government railroad ,
north of Anchorage promises encour
aging results.
About 1,000 acres of land, held by
about 300 homesteaders, in the Mat
anuska and Susitna valleys, which
are between 36 and 65 miles from j
Anchorage, were under cultivation I
last year. While this area will not be
materiallv increased this season, it
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will be made to yield more diversified |
and, undoubtedly, more profitable
crops. The ground last year was
planted entirely to root crops, particu
larly potatoes. Large tracts this sea
son have been seeded to grains and ;
put into hay.
The production of potatoes last sea
son was in excess of the demands of
the local market. High steamship
rates last fall prevented the shipment;
on a commercial basis of the vege
tables to other Alaska coast towns or
to Seattle. A reduction in the water
freight charge on potatoes early this
spring, making it $4.00 per ton, en
ables them to compete in the markets
of southwestern and southeastern
Alaska with tubers from the states.
As a consequence, shipments of Mata
nuska potatoes, on orders, have been
made to Brown & Hawkins, of Sew
ard; BIum-O’Neil Company, Finkel
stein & Sapiro, the Carlisle Packing
company, and the Canoe Pass Packing
company of Cordova; the Kennecott
Corporation, of Kennecott; the B. M.
Behrends company, W. R. Mills, the
Sanitary Grocery, and the Juneau
Fruit Company, of Juneau; the Alas
ka Gastineau Mining Company, of
Thane; J. R. Heckman, of Ketchikan;
and the Storf & Refling Company, of
Petersburg.
Fifty bushels of Matanuska pota
toes, on the suggestion of Governor!
Thomas Riggs, Jr., recently when!
shipped by the Matanuska Farmers’
association to Idaho, Falls, Idaho,
manufacture of potato flour in the
potato mill if the Food Products Com
pany. If the test will prove success
ful, consideration is likely to be given
to the establishment of a potato flour
and dehydrating plant in Alaska,
to their value in connection with the
where the vegetables will be tested as
DOINGS OF IGLOO NO. 15
There being no business of import
ance to come before this meeting, the
greater part of the evening was given
over to discussion of topics bearing
upon the general welfare of the igloo.
Ferdinand Martin, of Sunrise, who
wras elected to membership during the
early winter, was present for the
first time, at a regular meeting of the
igloo and the obligation was given to
him.
John W. Bradley was admitted to
membership by initiation, and passed
all the tests of fitness to become a
brother Fioneer in a creditable man
ner.
FERDINAND MARTIN.
was bora in the state of New York in
1847. For the past twenty-two years
he has resided in the Turnagain Arm
section. He came to Sunrise in 1896
when that camp was in the making
and engaged in the road house and
mercantile business, with mining as a
side issue. One trip to the outside
was enough for him. The Pioneer
spirit responded to the “call of the
north” and he returned to Alaska
with the avowde intention of spending
the remaining years of his life in the
land of his adoption.
He is postmaster at Sunrise at the
present time.
JOHN W. BRADLEY.
is a native of Boston, Mass. He join
ed the rush to Nome in 1899 and min
ed on the beach and on Dry creek. He
is a machinist by trade and, after
leaving Nome, was employed by the
Shakan Canning Co. in their plant ai
Shakan.
He has just returned from a trip to
Alitak, Alaska, where he was sent to
' install the machinery for a new can
■ nery. Coming to Anchorage recently
| on a barge loaded with bridge sup
| plies for the government, he is now
| employed in the machine shops of the
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BRIEF NEWS OF THE NORTHLAND.
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Word has just been received at j
Iditarod of the death of Donald Frost, j 1
a resident of that place, who was j *
killed at the front in France. The;
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death occurred last October, but Ross’!
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father, a resident of London, did not j ,
write until long afterward to the j (
Alaska friends of his son. Frost had ^
won the military cross for gallantry {
before receiving his death wound, j
He had been a prominent A. B. mem
ber at Iditarod .
John Shea, who shot and killed (
Ranch Booke at Cordova last fall, t
was found guilty of murder in the !]
second degree by the district court at i]
Valdez, and Judge Brown sentenced 1
him to life imprisonment at hard la- t
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Four-Minute Men. t
IF GERMANY SHOULD WIN. <
If Germany were to win in Europe,
what would be America’s fate? j'
An indemnity paid by Americans j1
into the blood-stained hands of kaiser- j
ism is unthinkable. We would tight j
on indefinitely over here somewhere j£
in the western hemisphere and on the Is
high seas. j •'
So let us assume a draw and kaiser- j !
ism glad to “call quits” with America i ’
—what then ? j1
Would YOU Shake Hands?
Imagine the von Tirpitz crowd, the
men who plotted and justified the
Lusitania murder, sending their del
egates or ambassador to “peaceful”
‘friendly” Washington to shake hands
with our nation’s representatives.
Imagine a draw in Europe, peace de
clared, and the imperial German gov
ernment sending us for our guest its
next Bernstorff or Luxburg, with we
know not how many Papens, Boy-eds,
and other slimp, creeping things in
their train. Yet that is what peace
with the present government of Ger
many would mean to the United
States.
With spies plotting among us, we
living 4,000 to 7,000 miles from Pots
dam would have to be ever on the
alert. And many of us would be dis
trustful of the best-intentioned neigh
bors.
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Might Then Proven Right. j
Over in Germany a military autoc- j
racy would have “proven” to its peo- s
pie that the fatherland wanted noth- ^
ing but peace, defended itself man- (
fully against jealous neighbors, who \
invaded country from all sides. So j
“the saviors of the German nation” j,
must have more taxes, more soldiers ^
—and still better control of the -f
schools. f
They would teach—what? The ex- £
act thing they began to teach—that
new hymn of hate: “Gott straf’ Eng
land und Amerika.”
“Der Tag” against America, then
nearer than ever would hang over us s
and over our children like the sword 1
of Damocles. ]
What then ? Over here—endless' 1
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Jags have advanced in price. No
onger can the man who looks with
avor upon the cup that inebriates get
m a toot and get away with it for pin
nonev. Magistrate Buckley at Sel
lovia recently threw a $50 fine at a
nan for coming before him on a
barge of intoxication and would have
riven him life, but could find no law
o this effect. Alaska is ruined for
he old-timer.
The road commission headquarters
it Juneau have made public the pri
es to be paid for work on the roads
his years. A foreman will receive
250 per month and board, teamsters
17.00 per day with $1.50 per day for
ioard. Cooks receive the same as
eamsters; laborers, $6.00 per day
nth $1.50 for board.
rmament: eternal tension. Liberty
annot develop amid such stress.
Hence, a DRAW with Prussianism
lould mean THE DEFEAT of Amer
canism.
The Inevitable Conclusion.
We are thus driven to the eonelu
ion that there is but one means of
afety for America: Germany must
ee a new light. Then the German
leople freed from militarism and
'seeking equality, not domination,”
nay be of the union of free peoples.
I ear the mask from the Prussian
[linker’s face, read his ugly thoughts.
likI, then, every one of us must recog
lize that the American soldier at the
ront in France is fighting in 1918 for
he safety of his home in America
ust as surely as his forefathers
ought for the establishment of these
lomes in 1776.
’IONEERS OF YUKON
WILL RAISE CROPS
A systematic scheme of helping to
ombat the food shortage and the high
ost of living has been undertaken by
)awson lodge of the Yukon Order of
honeers. The venture at the same
ime will help members of the order
cho are out of work to provide a por
ion of their wants and to produce
omething for their own sustenance
luring the winter.
The lodge has secured a tract of
and from the Day estate, in south
)awson, and will put it at the dispo
al of the lodge members who wish to
ake plots under allotment and to
are for them. The whole tract is
enced, and lies on the hillside, over
ooking Minto park. The ground has
ieen cultivated several seasons, and is
^ell drained and in good condition for
arming. It is especially good ground
or growing potatoes, carrots, turnips
md such vegetables.
TO JOIN R. R. FORCE.
Arthur Lee and A. Munsen have
ecured employment with the Alaskan
Engineering commission and are tem
lorarily stopping at the Crescent ho
el.
NORMAN WORTH WRITES
LETTER FROM THE FRONT
Norman Worth, well known athlete
and ball player, brother of Mrs. Cash
Cole of Juneau, and formerly employ
ed in Treadwell, writes from France
that he is well and enjoying life and
that his regiment at that time was on
its wTay to the fighting front.
Worth writes that after reaching
France, the Twenty-Third regiment of
engineers, to which he belongs, camp
ed for about a week and were then
sent straight to the front and expect
ed to leave the day after the letter
was writeen. He writes that the
towns of France are most beautiful
and that the work in the fields and
wherever possible is being done by
the women, all of whom wear wooden
shoes.
Worth, Grover Ivertis and Eddie
Woods are all in the same regiment,
and all are well known here, having
all worked at Treadwell and all taken
leading parts in channel baseball and
other athletics. The letter says that
they are all glad to hear from their
friends here at any time and Worth
gives his address as Company H, 23rd
Regiment Engineers, American Ex
j peditionary Force, France, via New
I York.
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ALASKA NEWS NOTES.
It is reported at Fairbanks that the
i claim on which Sam Weiss, of Chata
nika, is operating, had developed a
| rich paystreak, going as high as $3 to
the pan. A telephone inquiry, says
the Citizen, substantiated the rumor,
and further stated that the pay gravel
was ten feet in depth. No trouble
was experienced in getting dollar
pans. The depth to bedrock is said to
be about forty feet. Many other op
erators who are in the vicinity of the
Weiss strike are going to sink holes
in the hopes of striking the rich
navstreak.
TOM McGOWAN REPORTS
HE IS NOW RECOVERING
Writing to friends in Fairbanks
from San Francisco, Tom McGowan
states that he is improving wonder
fully and is recovering his strength.
This will be good news to his many
friends in Fairbanks, who for some
time have been receiving discouraging
news as to his condition.
SUTHERLAND AT CORDOVA.
Jack Sutherland, known to every
body who has lived in Alaska for the
past ten years, wires that he has re
ported at the Cordova exemption
board and will be in Anchorage on one
of the next steamers. Jack is secre
tary of the labor union and has been
organizing unions in the coast towns.
Nobody ever dreamed of thinking
Jack was a slacker or trying to evade
the draft law.
IS FIRST BOAT
three other vessels caught
IN ICE WITHIN SIGHT OF
THE MINING TOWN.
SEASON IS LATEST KNOWN. «
Steamers Have Been Waiting Over a
Week to Reach the Famous Gold
Camp, But Are Prevented by Heavy
Ice Conditions — Vessels In No
Danger.
NOME, June 27.—Bucking her way
through fifteen miles of almost solid
ice, the steamer Victoria, the first
vessel to reach Nome this season,
dropped anchor late yesterday after
noon.
Three other ice-bound steamers are
within sight of the city, unable to
reach the shore ice, due to floating ice
bergs and consequent dangers to
navigation. Two of these boats have
been laying out in Bering sea for over
a week, awaiting an opportunity to
reach the shore ice. The vessels are
in no danger.
This year’s breakup is long over
due. Yesterday “Scotty” Allen made
an effort to push a small boat through
the ice to the waiting steamers, but
had to abandon the trip.
ANCHORAGE MEN
JOIN AT CORDOVA
CORDOVA, June 26.—V. F. Nich
ols, Jack Sutherland, Karl Lindstrorn,
Magnus Johnson, and John Henning
Bufvers, all of Anchorage, were yes
terday inducted into the United States
army through the medium of the
draft board in Cordova. Sutherland
is a passenger on the Alaska, en route
to Anchorage.
DECREASE IN LIQUORS.
LONDON, June 2o.—Wartime reg
ulation of the liquor trade in England
has brought about a decrease of 82
per cent in drunkenness, say official
reports.
“I believe we have now reached
low-water mark,” Sir Edward Henry,
commissioner of the Metropolitan po
lice, states in a letter to Lord D’Ab
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ernon, chairman of the liquor control
board, “and that no measure, not even
of total prohibition—would be likely
to bring about any further apprecia
ble reduction in the number of charg
es of drunkenness.
The Anchorage Daily Times is the
largest newspaper in Alaska.
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YOU CAN MAIL YOUR SALARY
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