LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
Carl Taylor, of Southern Pacifle
fame, made a business trip to the
Junction today.
The court officials, consisting of
Judge F. M. Frown and assistants,
made the trip up the line today.
Judge Leopold David accompanied
the court officials on the day's sight
seeing trip to Matanuska Junction
and Moose creek.
Jim Sherlock and company have
closed their right-of-way contract or
the main line and are in Anchorage
today settling up with the Alaskan
Engineering Commission.
Mrs. Sol iYve man left on thi«
morning’s train for Moose ci-?ek
where she will spend the balance ol
the week visitin ' Mrs. Walter How
ard.
Chief Operator Stine advises the
position of the Admiral Evans sailing
westward with Anchorage as her ob
jective point due in Seward at £
o’clock this afternoojn
Dr. Jas. H. Condit, of Juneau, whc
has been in Anchorage for the pasl
week attending the Yukon Presby
tery, will be an outgoing passengei
on the Admiral Evans.
The wagon road from the Junctioi
to the Little Susitna river, a distance
of about 20 miles, has been put ir
splendid condition for travel and traf
fic.
Rev. A. G. Shriver has engaged pas
sage on the Admiral Evans for Cor
dova, after spending the week in this
city in attendance to the meeting o'
the Yukon Presbytery.
The government’s newest town, th<
Junction, is making rapid strides to
wards city life and now boasts 01
three passenger and freight automo
biles which run between the differeni
surrounding camps and the Junction
The open season on ducks am
geese starts September first, and sev
eral parties left Anchorage thi:
morning for Chicaloon Flats and oth
er hunting grounds to be among thi
first to be in on the big kill.
Charles E. Duffield, who former!)
edited the Weekly Alaskan at Anchor
age ior nou nunier, is now in aeaiu<
buying a newspaper plant, and wil
soon start a weekly paper of his owr
at Anchorage.—Juneau Dispatch.
Mrs. P. J. McDonald left on this
morning’s train for the Junction
where she will spend several weeks ir
company with her husband, who is
temporarily employed by the Alaskar
Engineering Commission.
The Harmony is showing the seconr
episode of the “Exploits of Elaine’
tonight in addition to the delightfu
comedy of “Whiffles at the Front.’
The episode feature of the Harmonj
theatre is creating considerable inter
est among the moving picture public
and the theatre is showing to splendic
houses nightly.
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffmar
brought Harry Wagner down fron
the Junction yesterday for trial be
fore Judge David on the charge 01
gambling. In addition to the custom
ary reprimand the judge fined Wag
ner |100 and costs.
J. W. Mullen, head timekeeper at
the Junction for the Alaskan Engi
neering Commision, gave a dinner tc
Mr. and Mrs. R. McLain, Mr. and Mrs
Peter Wells and C. E. Chamberlain at
the new Allen hotel after the ball
game Sunday afternoon between the
Shamrocks and the Junction.
The river steamer Omineca left this
morning at 10 o’clock for Croto with
a cargo of supplies and railroad ma
terial that will later be transferred to
Talkeetna. The work at Talkeetna
will be pushed as long as weather con
ditions permit this winter and active
work resumed in the spring.
Clifford H. Packard, for some time
connected with the Anchorage Times,
was an arrival from the westward on
the Admiral Evans on a vacation trip.
He expects to spend a week or so in
Juneau, and visit the Sitka Hot
Springs before returning to Anchor
age-—Juneau Empire.
1 he district court adjourned sine
die yesterday after hearing the evi
dence in the Comdin versus Ashton
case, which was taken under advise
ment. In the case of Maxwell vs. Mc
Daniel the cju*1 dism'ssed the case on
the grounds that plaintiff did not
prove contention and allowed defend
ant 60 days to perfect bill of excep
tions.
Fred Laubner returned from Sew
ard this morning where he has been
for several days disposing of his re
maining real estate interests in that
town. Mr. Laubner has been one of
the prominent business men of Sew
ard but his large quartz mining inter
ests in the Willow creek district and
his Anchorage real estate will occu
py his time and attention in the fu
ture. i
Extra gangs numbers one and two
have been transferred to the Anchor
age yards and have commenced lay
ing additional track around the ma
chine shops and putting in six spur
lines in the Anchorage yards. There
are 140 laborers in these two gangs
under charge of Foremens Hannahan
and McCall and part of the men will
be put to work laying steel south of
Anchorage on the main line to Sew
ard.
A contract of more than ordinary
importance was closed yesterday be
tween Sutherland and Brocks, con
tractors, and R. H. Fleming, of the
Bird Creek Lumber company. Suth
erland and Brooks are to furnish Mr.
Fleming with one-half million feet
of native logs delivered at the Bird
Creek sawmill and the life of the con
tract is until April 1, 1917. Mr. Flem
ing has looked into local conditions
carefully before entering into this
large contract and says that he feels
that the rapid and substantial devel
opment of Anchorage and surround
ing country justifies the venture. A
full crew of sawyers and lumbermen
have been sent to the Bird Creek mill
and the lumber will be shipped to An
chorage as fast as ready for the mar
ket.
(From Thursday's Da ly.)
Erection of the framework has been
commenced for the new Commission
machine shops.
The steamer Alameda sailed from
Juneau for Anchorage at 11 o’clock
this mdrning.
A. J. Wendler, E. J. Warner and
Ray C. Larson left yesterday after
noon for a try at the ducks on Chica
loon flats.
W. H. Coulter, general representa
tive for Alaska for the Pacific Build
ing and Loan association, is spending
a few days in Anchorage on business.
W. J. Stewart and Miss Mayme
Byles will leave for Ivnik this even
ing on the launch Swan in the inter
ests of The Anchorage Daily Times.
Huie Goodell is down from the Wil
low creek district where he is interest
ed in some quartz property on Ar
changel.
1 The city administraticnfhas a gang
of laborers putting in new and perma
nent crossings on Fourth and Fifth
' avenues.
Work has commenced to grade the
i road on Second avenue from C to D
■ streets and from Second avenue to the
i terminal.
George M. Campbell, of the North
Side Lumber company, has purchased
a Ford runabout from the Shonbeck
Ford agency.
i Jack Stine, the accommodating
chief operator in the municipal build
ing, left this morning for a day’s trip
up the line on the gasoline motor.
With the completion of the new
bunk houses for Commission employ
es, the tents and temporary buildings
are being removed, adding much :o
i the appearance of the Commission
yards.
Charles Smith and Patsy Hogan,
who have been operating the Discov
ery claim on Nugget creek in the
1 Cache creek district, arrived in An
chorage yesterday on the launch Sea
Lion after a successful season.
Two teams and a force of laborers
1 are engaged in cutting down the hill
on the east side of C street just below
Fourth avenue and the gravel is being
used on the different gravel sidewalks
throughout the city.
Preparations are being made to put
down* a board sidewalk on First ave
nue and Christenson road from First
| to C street from Third avenue to H.
Also a gravel walk down C street
from First avenue to Fourth Avenue.
Captain* Balderstrom, of the launch
Hustler tied up at his private dock
yesterday after a satisfactory run to
the Station. The Hustler leaves from
the government dock again tonight at
9 o’clock with, a large* cargo of freight
principally g > rdr. ana supplies for H.
W. Nagley, the merck n.i of Susitna
Station and \ ..k.oetna. ..
Sidney Anderson, vice president of
| the Bank of Anchorage, will leave for
the outside on either the Admiral Ev
ans on the steamship Alameda. Mr.
Anderson will remain over in Seward
for a few days before leaving for Se
attle and later to attend the Bankers’
convention at Kansas City, Mo., and
will be away from Anchorage a
month or six weeks.
CAPTAIN JIMMIE DANIELS
LOST ON ADMIRAL CLARK
It is believed at the local office of
the Admiral line that Captain “Jim
mie” Daniels was’ lost in the wreck of
the steamer Admiral Clark. In the
press message received by The Times,
the name distinctly read “Danielson,”
and that’s the way it is published, but
the local office says that Captain Dan
iels was in the employ of the Admiral
linb and that no captain by the namt
j of Danielson is known to it. Hence
j it may be taken for granted that it is
Captain Daniels that is lost.
Captain “Jimmie” Daniels was one
of the best-known and most popular
skippers that ever plied the waters of
Alaska. Going to sea in early life, he
soon gained promotion from one posi
tion to another, until he won a mas
r ui yvaizs iic was un
the run from Seattle to the various
Alaskan ports. *
For years he commanded vessels
without a mishap and gained the rep
utation of being one of the very best
pilots as to northern waters. When
the multi-millionaire, George W.‘Per
kins, and his party visited Alaska six
years ago, a special steamer w^s as
signed by the Alaska Steamship com
pany to convoy the distinguished tour- 1
ists. On the bridge as pilot was Cap
tain ‘Jimmie” Daniels, chosen because
of his reputation for carefulness and '
competence.
Daniels’ first mishap was in the loss ■
of the steamer Olympic, in Prince
William sound five years ago. Later
he lost another vessel in southeastern
Alaska.
“Jimmie” Daniels was a great base
ball fan, and if a game was on the '
tapis when Daniels’ ship reached an '
Alaska port, he was generally called
on to act as umpire.
The loss of Captain ‘Jimmie” Dan- 1
iels will be sincerely mourned by Alas
kans generally. He was a martyr to ^
the life he loved so well. 1
A miner by the ljame of Stewart, 1
while working in the shaft on the '
ground of Foster & Hungerford* was 1
severely injured by a slab of the roof
falling on him. At first it was be
lieved he could not survive the injury s
but later reports state that he is on i
the way to recovery. 1
Alaska Brevities '
From All Parts ';
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Last week while the steamer Glean
er was at the wharf at Tagish one of I
the lady tourists, while walking the r
deck with her eyes raised toward the I
towering, snow-capped peaks sur
rounding the lake, accidentally step- 8
ped overboard. She was a woman 8
well along in life, and of plentitudi
nous proportions, and had gone down S
for the second time when rescued. t
The Northwestern Fisheries compa- 8
ny has laid the foundation for three *
new buildings at Keitai to replace the 0
cannery burned last spring. Each of *
the buildings is to be 50 by 200 feet.
The* War Eagle mine, in the White- r
horse district, owned by Robert Lowe *
and Sam McGee, and being operated ^
by Hayes and Hayden, is shipping 8
about 20 tons of ore daily. c
Charles Grover was tried by the ^
district court at Ruby recently for a
murder committed at McGrath about '
two months ago, and was found guil- 8
ty of second-degree murder. 1
Commissioner John K. Brown, of t
Fairbanks, has tendered his resigna- €
tion to Judge Bunnell to take effect *
August 31. Reed W. Heilig, assistant
district attorney, has been named to 1
succeed him. c
The mercantile establishment of ^
Johnson & Jepson, at Ruby, was re- 1
cently damaged to the extent of five v
thousand dollars by fire, which started
in the basement of the store, and was 1
of mysterious origin. '
During the past ye^r Fairbanks
merchants are said to have lost over
$5,000 on potatoes imported from the
states, and the result is that they will
confine themselves to handling local
potatoes solely in the future.
Having obtained a permit to cut
three million feet of timber near the
mouth of Steamboat Slough, Harry
Marsh and partner will erect a saw
mill at that point. They will market
their lumber in Fairbanks.
William J. Mafoney, the territorial
mine inspector, while on a recent visit ^
to Brooks, stated that the Tolovana
district had made greater progress in
the past year than any other placer |
district in the territory.
Funeral services over the remains !
of Mrs. E. L. Whittemore, of Seward,
who died on the steamer Alaska, while
en route to the states, were held in
Seattle August 2. Mrs. Whittemore
was 46 years of age.
The spcretnrv nf the interior Vina t
rendered a decision declaring the e
homestead entry of George Wilson, f
covering the Chena hot springs a val- *
id location, reversing the decision of c
the general land office.
B. A. Walker, a fisherman, brought '
a 500-pound brown bear into Douglas \
recently and sold it to a local meat 1
market, but it said as a ready seller 1
bear meat is not in the same class *
with Haines strawberries. 1
The famous California saloon in
Fairbanks, which was destroyed by ^
fire last December, is to be rebuilt. 1
The building was erected originally 1
by A1 White, of Valdez and has since 1
passed through several hands.
Valdez is the latest city to recog- 1
nize Anchorage as the coal center of
Alaska. The Happy Valley Coal Co. *
has just received an order of 400 tons 1
of their best coal to be delivered to
H. E. Ellis at the Cliff mine.—Ex. *
About 45 firemen and deckhands of £
river steamers of the White Pass & '
Yukon road, who struck recently at t
Whitehorse, mushed over the road ,
from that place to Skagway on their *
way to the states.
F. G. Noyes, of Fairbanks, will in- e
stall a sawmill at the mouth of the c
Salcha slough on .the Tanana river, a
three and one-half miles above Chena, s
to supply the increasing demand for
lumber in Fairbanks and vicinity, |a
The Tolstoi camp is a dead one i ^
from a stampeder’s point of view, ac- j
cording to advices received at Fair
banks. Pay has been found on only
two claims on Boob creek and Masto- j 0
ion shows nothing but prospects. j j
Roy Southworth, who recently sold ! t
Dut his interest in the Fairbanks 1
limes, has already tired of being clas
sed with the idle rich and is now mak
ing arrangements to start a paper at f
the new railroad camp at Nenana.
While at Blind Slough with a fish
ng party last Sunday, Mrs. Robert
Allen and her sister, Miss Wilder,
?ach shot and killed a black bear. The
mimals came out at different points
>n the creek where they were fishing.
George Favolic, an Austrian em
ployed at the Mexican 'mine at Tre $ 1
ivell, had his arm so badly crushed by
'ailing rock that it was found neces
sary to amputate the member. The
njured man has a wife and four chil
Iren.
J. E. Dougherty, who recently at
;empted suicide at Juneau by cutting
iis throat with a razor, has recovered
'rom his injuries, and has been ad
judged insane by a jury in the com
nissioner’s court at that place. He
will be sent to the Morningside asy
um.
Robert E. Bums, formerly an em
ploye of the Samson Hardware Co.,
>f Fairbanks, has been appointed U.
3. commissioner at Nenana by Judge
Bunnell. In addition to his other du
;ies, Mr. Bums will be connected with
;he Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Although a number of searching
larties have searched every nook and
:omer of the Taiiana river, no trace
las been found of Ralph Gilliland,
;he missing timber cruiser of the for
>stry service, whose empty boat was
ound recently on the Tanana river.
The message board of the telegraph
ind cable line announces undelivered
nessages for Walter Boine and Frpd
Spengeler. ,
CL «9
me repon, inai me wore on me
t. Ellas lighthouse had been aban
oned for the summer owing to a
ick of funds, is said to have been er
oneous, and that the structure is
early completed and will be in oper
tion before fall.
Dan Shaw, an old-timer of the
'airbanks country, committed suicide
ecently in a bam on the upper end of
Ingineer creek, by blowing the top of
is head off with a 30-30 rifle. De
pondency is given as the cause of the
ct.
The assessment rolls of the town of
leward have just been completed by
lie town assessor and show an aggre
ate value of the property within
iwnsite limits, subject to taxation, of
ne million, two hundred and seven
liousand dollars.
George E. Baldwin, the well-known
lining engineer, was a recent visitor
i Juneau. Mr. Baldwin gained na
ional fame several years ago by his
ttacks on conservation at a session
f the American Mining congress at
Ihicago.
Owing to a lack of rain for several
reeks, many of the miners on Livin
ood creek, in the Tolovana district,
rere compelled to cease operations by
be lock of water. Some of the larg
st operators are stacking the dirt un
il the streams rise.
Lee Anderson, formerly of Juneau,
ut for the past few months a resi
ent of Tenakee, died at that place
laturday morning from the ravages
f an incurable disease. The remains
rere brought to Juneau for interment.
ftuskokwim and
Innoko Mining
and Other News
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(Ruby Record).
The steamer Tana, Capt. Langley in
harge, arrived at Bethel on the Kus
:okwim river, meeting with no seri
us trouble on her passage around
rom the Yukon, i
The Quickstep, Capt. Bugbee in
harge, arrived at McGrath on July
irst with fresh watermelons, bana
ias and necessaries. The balance of
ier cargo consisted of crude oil for
he pew dredge being installed on
landle creek, eight miles from Mc
Irath.
The Union Construction Co. has
aken a lay on the McKinnon inter-,
st on Candle creek, where they, Tom
Litken and Henry Riley are install
ng an oil-burning dredge to be in
peration by June 1, 19171
William Chalman, a trapper on the
Jpper Kuskokwim river, is missing.
Is his life was threatened last fall
n the presence of a third party, Dr.
V. F. Green, the U. S. commissioner
or that precinct has parties search
ng for him.
John Baker reported to Dr. Green
laving seen a skeleton of a white
nan in a cabin on the North Fork
f the Kuskokwim river, and that the
latives would not let him investigate j
o find out, if possible, the identity
nd cause of death.
R. J. (Dick) McArthur is\prospect
ng this summer on the upper Stoney
iver in the Kuskokwim.
McDonill and Beavin are steadily
dding to their surplus on the hill
ide or upper portion of Candle creek,
/here they sluice or hydraulic every
hing into a bedrock flume.
Fred Vaugh had the misfortune to
ave his right shin bone broken in
wo places and the flesh badly crush
d by a large granite boulder falling
n him while working for McDonill
nd Beavin on Candle creek, tie is
t the McLean roadhouse in Takotna.
The Kimball Flume Dredge Co. has
cquired further holdings on Yankee
reek in the Innoko, and is doing ex
ensive prospecting with a new gaso
ine drill on lower Yankee, where
hey have two miles of ground under
ption.
The scraping plants of Higgins and
larling, and Oleson and Mackey and
he Oregon boys are making things
love—to their financial benefit.
Higgins and Thorne, with their
elf-dumping scraper on No. 6 above
lanes creek, are in the pay, with the
iciut wuiMiig iiK.tr a acwjug iiicttriiiiitr.
Moses and Vebe’s scraping plant
n No. 2 above Ganes creek is tear
lg into the dirt also. This is ground
ley bought from Griffin and Sankey.
Sid Paulson and partners are hav
lg a successful season on Number
0 below right limit bench, Ganes
reek.
John Reik has found the best thing
et in the Innoko, having found pay
rom $1.26 to $1.85 to the square
jot of bedrock on No. 48 below, left
mit bench, Ganes creek. He ha3
ross-cut over one hundred feet and
1 still in the money. It is only elev
n feet to bedrock and all frozen.
W. A. Vinal will have ‘the most
jccessful season he has ever had on
pruce creek, having a large block
luiced off to bedrock which looks
light ygood, showing gold all over
; as though spilled from some
rank's full poke.
Extensive ground sluicing is be
lg done on lower Ophir by Howry '<
nd Miller and by John the Barber i
nd partners. They are doing well ■
nd have nothing to sell but gold 1
ust.
Mrs. O’Donnill and Bobby Geirke <
ave sold the Ophir roadhouse to '
trs. W. H. Jones and A1 Greenberg. <
[rs. O'Donill has gone outside for <
ood while Bobby has gone up for a j
asoline drill to propect his Ganes 1
•eek holdings. ]
John Minegue, an old-time, was
ricken with praalysis at Ophir, and <
ed at Apvik, on his way to the his
ital.
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ALASKA 1
MINES PROFITABLE
Gales blowing day in and day out,
and only stopping long enough for
the wind to change to another quar
ter, have proved too hard a problem
for even the ferocious Alaskan mos
quito to solve, says A. S. Graham,
manager of the American Tin Dredg
ing company, to the Seattle Post-In
telligencer. The company operates on
Buck creek, near York, 50 miles north
of Teller. Mr. Graham works a force
of men on the dredge all the summer
season and while other marsh districts
of the north are simply swarming
with mosquitoes, this region, which
is right at the coast, gets the full
sweep of the gales from the Arctic
ocean and is kept free from the pests.
“There is too much wind for the in
sects to even get a foothold on solid
ground, let alone trying to fly up in
to a man’s face,” said Mr. Graham.
“The wind blows almost constantly.
The only times when it is ever calm
at all are when the wind shifts to an
other quarter. Then there may be a
period of a few minutes when there is
no breeze.” The American Tin Dred
ging company takes out about sixty
tons of tin in a season, says Mr. Gra
ham. This tin, which is sold in Sing
apore, brings about $1,000 a ton. But
for every ton of tin recovered from
the bed of the river the workers get
about $22 in gold dust and nuggets.
According to Mr. Graham, the co>
pany has several years’ work ahead
of it, and as they are working from
the stream’s mouth upwards, the de
posits should get richer as they go up
stream. “We are one of the few tin
mining companies in the country,” he
said. “We dredge these tin nuggets
and small particles from the bottom
of the stream just like gold is dredged
elsewhere. While we ship our ore
to Singapore, a new smelting compa
ny which handles tin is now operating
in New Jersey, and we may ship our
product there. The tin ore we get
runs about 68% per cent pure, so you
can see it is a valuable product.”
Company Formed
to Develop Claims
in Willow Creek
Don S. Rae, the well-known pros
pector, assayer and mining man from
Ivnik, accompanied by Mrs. Rae, was
a visitor in Anchorage yesterday. Mr.
Rae has been a resident of Alaska for
the past 15 years, coming first to Ju
neau. He was the original discoverer
of the Fissure group and the Rubicon,
both of which properties are now in
corporated in and a part of the big
Alaska-Gastineau holdings. He also
acted as superintendent of the Jualpa
company for a period of two years.
This is a Philadelphia concern that
still holds large interests near the
Gastineau properties.
Mr. Rae first came to Knik about
five years ago. His first mining work
here was in the capacity of assayer
and amalgamator for the Independ
ence mine, now superintended by L.
S. Robe, but formerly managed by Mi
lo Kelly who has since obtained some
very good properties in the Willow
creek district.
Rae afterwards bonded a piece of
property on Archangel creek and did
a large amount of development work,
and in the meantime acquired a large
amount of property all over the dis
trict. During all of this period Mr.
Rae was doing assay work and has
spent a great deal of time in the hills
and as a result perhaps no one in the
vicinity is better acquainted with min
ing conditions in this section.
Last year he spent in the Broad
Pass country where he had acquired 1
interests, and has the very best word
to say for tha^ section but states that !
the nature of the ore there will re
quire large capital for reduction '
plants and nothing much can be done 1
until the railroad reaches that point.
Rae has secured an option from
Byron Bartholf, Sr., and his son
Charles on three claims adjoining the
Archangel Group, on which ap 80-foot
tunnel has been run for a distance of
30 feet, and all in ore. He has acquir- '
sd five claims adjoining those option- 1
id and intends to develop the whole as 1
i single property. He has located an '
extension of the Archangel group ]
ledge for a distance of nearly 3,000 '
Feet. This property shows a similar- 1
Ity to the properties working in the '
Willow creek country in that there ap
pears to be several leads on the same 1
property, all of which show high- 1
?iad< values. There is an abundance 1
>f Mater power right at hand to de £
relop these properties and the present 1
vagon road goes directly past his mill (
>ite. 1
The properties will be worked from *
i tunnel low down in the mountains (
md making it possible for a single t
mp for both mill and mine workers, 1
;hu?* saving greatly in the expense.
Mr. Rae is also the owner of fnui 1
•laims on Fishhoox cteek, about 1,0U0
Vet distant from the Martin and In
lependence properties. This group i
claims is known as the Mona Lisa {
•ioup and has a well prospected ledge i
;hree feet wide, showing values of $11 i
)er ton. t
This last-named property and the c
>ther properties described have been I
ncorporated by Rae and associates (
inder the name of the Alaska Willow r
^reeK Mines Development company,
ind work will continue steadily on
;he ground until next spring, when a
nill will be placed there.
Samples of the ore from the Rae
jroperties are now on display in {he
Chamber of Commerce building.
Political Dope
With Respect to
Governorship
(Cordova Times)
There is considerable speculation as
to who will succeed the present gover
nor of Alaska, providing, of course,
that Charles Evans Hughes is the
next president of the United States,
and all republicans, especially the of
fice-seekers, believe his election i§ a
foregone conclusion. The returns of
the vote in November will definitely
settle that question, but in the mean
time the nets have been strung and
this muchly-coveted plum is being
fished for.
Whether the best angler will land
the prize remains to be seen. Alaska
had two delegates in attendance at the
republican national convention—Louis
P. Shackleford, of Juneau, and Will
iam A. Gilmore, of Nome. The form
er poses as the political boss of the
territory, but he did not think Hughes
was a winner and cast his vote foi
Senator Weeks for first place, being
at all times willing to switch to any
candidate that Senator Murray Crane
favored for the presidency. Gilmore,
however, was a staunch supporter of
Hughes, and was with him first, last
and all the time. As a consequence,
he is slated to stump several of the
middle west states foi- the standard
bearer of the republican party.
This is all preliminary to the guber
natorial fight in Alaska. Jafet Linde
berg, the millionaire mine-owner of
Nome, was said to have aspirations in
that direction arid it is reported that
be contributed liberally to the terri
torial campaign fund in order that
the steam-roller might be properly
applied at the Seward convention.
And it was, but with it also went
glimmering Jafet’s chances of occupy
ing the executive mansion at Juneau.
In fact the opposition to his candida
cy from all parts of the territory be
came so strong that he was forced to
irop out of the race. Shackleford
then decided to honor his friend, Bert
rhane, of Juneau, with the governor
ship, and it is understood that he is
3till willing to sacrifice anything and
everything to bring about that result,
for Bert is also alleged to have been
one who was willing to assist in finan
cing Shackleford when there was
great need of someone with the ma
zuma coming to the rescue.
It is said that Gilmore feels that he
is not only properly qualified, but al
so entitled to have the prefit of gov
ernor attached to his name, and is in
the race to win. He made the run fot
delegate to congress on the republican
ticket two years ago and has sine,
served as a delegate to the national
convention. While in Chicago Gil did
a little politics on his own hook, and
as he is to be one of the campaigners
in the states this fall, sees no good
reason why he should not land in the
easy chair at the capitol if Hughes is
elected. Just what effect his candi
dacy is going to have on Shackleford’s
plans remains to be seen, but Gil
more’s friends say he can get the ap
pointment without Louis P.’s endorse
ment. Time will tell.
In the meantime Delegate Wicker
sham has issued his defi, in which he
jpenly declares that no candidate of
ihe Shackleford brand will be aole to
and any appointment under the
Hughes administration, and there you
PIONEER MINING
COMPANY AT NOME
HAS BIG CLEAN-UP
NOME, August 20.—The Pioneer j
Mining company yesterday cleaned j
;he big hydraulic elevators of the j
Pox-Brown claim on Kattie creek, and j
ater announced the total as $200,000.
Five elevators are working, full
)last, and work will be begun at
mce on the Fox-Portland benches.
rHREE ARE DEAD AND
TWO ARE DYING FROM
GAS ON FISH BOAT
WRANGELL, August 22.—Asphyx
ation by gas caused the death of
;hree members of the crew of the
ishing schooner Ella J., and the oth
sr two members of the crew are dy
ng. The bodies of the dead were
>rought here this forenoon and the .
wo whose recovery is doubtful are
>eing attended to by doctors.
The crew of the little boat bringing
he dead and dying reported that they 1
rent alongside the Ella J. early this
noming for bait. Receiving no re- ,
ponse from calls, two members went 1
iboard and down into the sleeping ’
luarters. They were nearly overcome (
>y the fumes, but managed to reach \
he air. They then opened the hatch- ]
s allow of ventilation in the hold of <
he Ella J. and made a thorough in- ]
estigation with the above results. A
LLASKA CANNERIES
FORM A COMBINE
SAN FRANCISCO, August 31.—It
s reported that negotiations are in
irogress for a merger of the princi
al cannery interests of the country,
laking out a combine which will prac
ically control the salmon canning in
ustry. It is said that the Alaska
'ackers’ association, J. K. Ormsby &
!o., and other large packing concerns
,re interested in the big deal.
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Tolstoi Camp
Looking Better
As Developed
(Iditarod Pioneer)
Quite a numerous party arrived
from the Tolstoi last evening^ some of
;hem as passenger on the Prairie
Bell from Dikeman and others in
small boats. Amorg the number were
lohn (“Scotty") AukI, Jack McDon
ald, Earl Hunt, Jim Blodgett, Jerry
Baker, Joe Gilchi ist, Joe McDowell,
ind Deputy Marshal Billy Thomas.
Some of the parly are said to have
nad interesting experiences during
the journey down the Innoko with
boats propelled by “rutabagas’' as the
small detachable gasoline motors are
termed. The trip in some instances
was quite a lengthy one.
Earl Hunt said last night that al
though many persons had left the
district it usually was in order to se
cure employment during the summer
with the object of making a grubstake
for fall work, and that few if any
prospectors were discouraged. He
said that shortly prior to his depart
ure a man named Pete Montaigne,
who had claims on Wilson creek, a
tributary of Mastodon, had brought to
the town of Tolstoi $3 in coarse gold
from his shaft. He had heard no es
timate of the value of the ground, but
it was generally considered a good
prospect.
Another new prospect was reported
by Pete Murdock and H. Nicholson,
who were developing a claim at the
head of Ledge creek.
But little prospecting was being
done at present because of unfavora
ble conditions, but a great deal of
work would be done during the com
ing fall and winter.
Bob Robertson has taken a lay on
three claims on Mastodon creek, Nos.
2, 3 and 4 above, and is working there.
Mike Laboski and F. Fennell report
having good prospects on Ledge
creek.
W. A. Vinal and Ed Oksanen, the
latter an old Ophir man, just returned
from the Koyukuk, have taken a lay
on No. 3 below, Boob creek.
Jim Pitcher, who has pay on one of
his claims on Boob creek, has started
a shaft on an adjoining claim.
Greer & McNulty, who have done
some sluicing on their Boob creek
claims, have encountered water diffi
culties. They will hoist gravel from
two shafts.
SOURDOUGH DIES
IN LOS ANGELES
For more than 35 years C. A. Set
tler followed the trail of nature’s gold
only to die shortly after he had made
his strike. From Wisconsin to the
Black hills of the Dakotas and thence
into the distanceless interior of Alas
ka he pursued the precious metal,
says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
“I’ll not come out until I have enough
to carry me for the rest of my life,”
he told a friend when he went “in
side” 13 years ago on his third trip
to Alaska. He came out last fall.
Two weeks ago a man who had reach
ed his three-score years dropped dead
on the street in Los Angeles. A bank
draft for $3,700 on the Scandinavian
American bank was in his pocket; a
heavy chain of gold nuggets hung
across his vest; several loose nuggets
were in his pockets, and he carried
other valuable jewelry. It was C. A.
Settler. Through letters in his pock
sts the authorities found that his one
known friend was D. W. West of 405
Hinckley block, Seattle, and to Mr.
West the body will come. Now Mr.
West is trying to locate relatives and
friends of the dead man. He is also
;rying to get information of property
owned by Mr. Settler, which he be
ieves must be extensive. “I know he
lad several claims in the north, but I
lave no idea of where thev are lo
rated,” said Mr. West. “Mr. Settler
ived in Seattle thirty years ago, and
made two trips to Alaska before the
Klondike rush. He went inside 13
/ears ago on his third and last trip.
He spent most of the last 13 years in
;he Fairbanks district. Mr. Settler
was a member of the Pioneers of
Alaska, and Mr. West willtry to get
some information concerning the rela
;ives of his dead friend from the rec
>rds of the organization.
Bearskins from Alaska.
After a successful hunting expedi
;ion into the wilds of Kodiak island
’rom Uyak, A. Barton Hepburn,
ihairman of the board of directors of
;he Chase National Bank of New
fork, and Enos S. Booth, an attorney
if the eastern metropolis, returned
o Seattle recently. With Captain
•’red Davidson, a veteran of the west
•m Alaska country, as guide, Mr.
iepbum and Mr. Booth made a two
reeks’ trip on foot, and by small boat
o the haunts of the great brown bear
if Kodiak island. Six of the big fel
ows were bagged and the skins taken
o Seattle. The hunting party sailed
rom Seattle on April 23.
Johnny Beaton with Frank Daw
ion and Gillie Bates has bought out
rack Folsom on Moore creek and tak
in options on the extension holdings
if Joe Smith on Moore creek. They
ntend to install a dredge next sea
ion.