4(\ Historial Sketches and Experi
ences of Trail-Blazers Who Made
Alaska the Empire of the North
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
EDITED BY
CHARLES L. KEMP,
Secretary Anchorage Igloo No. 15.
) POWER HOI SE OF COPPER KlN(i
COMPANY BURNS WHILE
MEN ARE AT DINNER.
IN SI RANCE TO T AES $3,000
Employes Signify Their Willingness
to Contribute Two Meeks Labor ii
Pitting Cp New Structure, Whirl
Is to Be Erected.
While the men employed at tin
Copper King mine at Whitehorse were
at their midday meal the other day
lire stalled in the power house of tin
mine and before it was discovered ha<
gained such headway there was m
chance either of saving the building
or salvaging its contents from the ra
vages of the ‘lames, says the White
here Star. Within an hour the site 01
what had theretofore been a scene o:
active industry was turned into a heat
of smouldering ruins, and the machin
erv that had hummed within the build
ing v. as turned into twisted and al
most useless scraps of iron.
The building destroyed was about
hOxf'O Vet in size, and was used ai
pov ei l ouse, boiler room and black
smit: .-hop. it is thought that the
h aze originated from a carbide lam{
lef‘ burning by its owner while ho wa
; a: his meal.
Tlie power house was located at the
foot of a steep hill, a quarter of i
mile from the cook house over a di
vide. and was not visible from tin
cook house ■ v its vicinity.
On the nay of the tire, contrary t<
the usual custom no watchman hu<
been left on duty at the power housi
while the men were away, and the firs'
intimation had by Manager J. P
Whitney or any of his crew that any
thing was wrong was when the me:
left the cook house preparatory to re
turning to work and saw an immensi
volume of smoke ascending from tin
place where the power house wa
situated.
Besides the loss to the company
Cam Smith, In ad engineer, is out mon
than .huo in personal belonging:
den he had stored in the building.
Power House to Be Rebuilt.
The loss is a serious one to the own
ers of the property.
Manager J. P. Whitney has an
nounced the power house will be re
built.
The men employed by the Coppe
King company are standing loyally
with Manager Whitney and each o
them has -ignified a willingness t<
contribute two weeks’ labor to tin
company in order to get things mov
ing again.
The machinery was insured foi
$3,000.
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John Green, a rancher near Doug
las, states that he prefers native ha\
to alfalfa, as it is much better foi
the cattle. He said that one evening
when he went out to gather in the
cattle which had been turned loose
on the beach, while the tide was low
he saw a number of extra head an:
upon investigation found that the\
were deer who were playing among
the calves and having a great time.
He regretted the fact that his camera
had been left at home.
Three natives, Sox Stephens, Albert
Sam and Jim Thomas were arrestee
the other day at Cordova for being
drunk, the result of having imbibec
in lemon extract. Stephens was sen
tenced to fifty days in the federa
jail and Sam and Thomas each giver
^ thirty days.
Mrs. Fred Chapman, recently dis
charged from Morningside, with he:
husband boarded the steamer Jeffer
son for her home at Ketchikan. Sev
eral hours after the steamer left th(
outh she was missing. It is believe^
hat becoming demented again, she
jumped overboard and was drowned.
The list of all members of Igloo No.
15, showing their financial standing
in the igloo, which is to be read at
the next meeting, is not for the pur
pose of giving publicity to the arrear
ages of any members; but rather for
the purpose of making an approxi
mate estimate of the money that may
i be expected to accrue from the pay
ment of dues in the next few weeks,
! and for the further purpose of obtain
ing, so far as possible, the post office
addresses of the members. As the
names are read, any one knowing the
address of the member whose name
is called will give it to the secretary
and it will be entered on the list op
posite that name. The pile of re
turned, unclaimed letters, lying on
the secretary’s desk is sufficient evi
dence of the necessity of some plan
to obtain these addresses.
You, Pioneers, can aid materially
in this work, if. when you read this
article, you will immediately send
your name and address to the secre
tary. In return you will receive a
card, showing to what date your dues
are paid and what amount is due, if
any.
It is assumed that any Pioneer who
was interested enough to enroll as a
member of our igloo, wishes to con
tinue that membership, and that de
linquencies have arisen as a result
of absence from town; therefore it is
not the policy of Igloo No. 15 to drop
members because they are not “paid
up.”
The constitution provides that any
member who shall be one year in ar
rears, may be dropped, hut it does
not say that they must be; and not
one of you has been dropped. On the
cont ary, the Igloo is now carrying
on its books, and paying a per capita
tax to the Grand Igloo for the names
of many members who are in arrears
beyond tie specified time, believing'
that some time, when circumstances
permit, they will want to place them
selves in good standing again, and the
reason for this belief is that it has
already so happened in not a few in
stances.
Now, Pioneers, the Igloo needs mon
ey and needs it. at once. It has a
home in Pioneer hall of which any
organization could be justly proud,
valued at about S8.000 against which
there is a mortgage of §2,500, falling
duo on July 1st next.
No apprehension is felt regarding
the raising of this mortgage; the
bond system recently adopted will
take care of that. But, when the
mortgage shall finally have been paid,
and the property freed of all indebt
edness, then begins the process of re
deeming the bonds, thus returning to
the holders thereof their money, which
has virtually only been loaned to the
igloo without interest.
A redemption fund has been start
ed into which will go the proceeds of
all entertainments, dances, etc., given
by the Pioneers. From such sources
there has already accrued to this fund
$255. The system adopted provides
that no money shall be drawn from
this fund except for the purpose of
redeeming bonds, but we can “vote”
money into it as often as we have it
to “vote,” and it is you)- money, paid
in as dues, with which we hope to
swell it.
Relying on the proceeds of enter
tainments alone, the process of re
, demption, although eventually assur
ed, would extend over a considerable
period of time, which is not to be de
sired; neither is it necessary, if every
Pioneer will put his shoulder to the
wheel and fulfil his honest obligation
to the igloo.
Pioneer hall is no more than self
sustaining, besides giving to the Pio
neers and to the Pioneer ladies free
i
rent six evenings in the month. Once
free from debt, we will have an in
come-bringing property in which ev
ery Pioneer, member of Igloo No. 15,
: will be an owner.
If in doubt as to your standing,
: send in a year’s dues to the secretary,
or call at the office in Pioneer hall,
| and you will be given the official re
j ceipt.
I Give to your own.
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DOINGS OF IGLOO NO. 15
At the last meeting of the Igloo Fe
ter R. Strong was admitted to mem
bership. Announcement was made,
for the ladies of the Women’s auxili- j
ary, of a Ship (basket) social, to be.
held in Pioneer hall, on April 11, to
which the public is invited.
The secretary was instructed to pre- '
pare a list of all the members of Igloo
No. 15, showing their standing in the
igloo, ascertaining so far as possible
their several addresses, and to read
the same at the next meeting.
There being not much business to
transact, considerable time was spent
under good of the order and several
short addresses were made on topics
pertaining to the welfare of the igloo.
During a recess, the bonds were again
offered for sale, resulting in the sale
of five, netting $125 to the mortgage
fund.
In accordance with a plan adopted
at the last meeting, the Pioneers were
entertained with the first of a series
of patriotic speeches, to be delivered
at each meeting, the speaker for that
evening being Mr. John H. Dunn.
The all-absorbing subject “The
War” was the one chosen by Mr. Dunn
for the main theme of his remarks,
with the income tax and the real caus
es of the entrance ofthe United States
into the war as sub-topics.
Mr. Dunn spoke eloquently and con
vincingly, explaining in detail the
working of the income tax, showing
the disproportionately large sums
paid by the capitalists as compared to
that paid by the man of smaller in
come, thereby refuting the claims and
insinuations of a certain element in
every community, that the war is be
ing waged in the interest of capital
ism.
Prussian militarism and insane
greed or power, which would annihi
late anything standing in the way of
their fruition, endangering the peace
and safety of all nations, were desig
nated by him as the causes which drew
our country into the conflict. He said
that the United States is fighting a
defensive war, for the protection of
our homes, our liberty and our free
American institutions.
His closing remarks were greeted
with hearty applause and a vote of
thanks was given him by the igloo.
The speaker for next Friday night
is Mr. John Coffey.
Pay promptly, puncture Prussian
ism.
If you hold out on Uncle Sam now
you will pay the kaiser and with in
terest.
J. NELSON, OLD-TIMER IN ALAS
KA. SENDS IH LLKTTHROUGH
HIS HEART.
WAS OWNER OF ION RANCH.
Despondent Northerner, Mho Mas
About 45, Had Come Three Years
Ago from Interior M here He Had
Been Married to Native Woman.
J. Nelson, an old-timer in Alaska,
took his life at Seldovia recently by
putting the bullet of a 30-30 directly
through his heart, according to ad
vices received from there.
It appears that Nelson, who had
been conducting a fox ranch near Sel
dovia, recently became despondent.
His friends could do nothing with
him.
One day recently Nelson went to
Seldovia from his fox ranch, engaged
a room at Peterson’s hotel and short
ly afterward a shot was heard. Those
in the lobby of the hotel rushed to
the room from where the shot was
heard, forced open the door, which
had been locked, and found Nelson,
<lead.
Nelson went to Seldovia about three
years ago from the interior. He was
married to a half breed in the inter
ior and she came to the coast with
Nelson. He was between 45 and 50
years of age.
—
W. L. Kilburn has been employed
as wharfinger at the City Dock at
Ketchikan for five years and during
that time has only last 37 days. IIow
] ever, he stated that the present win
ter had come nearer to getting his
j goat than any other.
Albert Berry, formerly located in
I Juneau, is now in Seattle ready for
I business. He is engaged in the sale
of Alaska goods and has erected a1
j totem pole before his place on Fourth
| avenue, between Seneca and Univer
| sity streets.
Father Kashevaroff, well known
j Russian priest, has been confined to
the hospital at Juneau, suffering from |
a severe attack of pneumonia. For a
time it was feared that he would not,
survive.
Jacob Jackson left Douglas Febru
ary 28, a passenger on the steamer
Sophia for Seattle and has not been
heard from since. His wife and three
children are anxious.
PETER R. STRONG.
Peter Strong was born among the
“Yanks” back in Vermont, in the year
1855. Thrown upon his own resources
in early youth, he sought fortune in
the great west, and for several years
rode the cattle ranges in Texas, until
the gold excitement in Colorado en
ticed him to enter the mining game.
In 180S he came to Valdez, Alaska.
Proceeding thence by dory, prospect
ing for quartz along the coast line,
he came into Portage bay. where he
abandoned his boat and crossed the
Portage to the head of Turnagain
Arm, thence to the little mining camp
of Sunrise. Making this camp his
headquarters for a period of about six
years, he made several trips up the
Susitna river and into the Broad Pass
country.
Realizing the handicap placed upon
him by a lack of practical knowledge
of mineral bearing rock, he went to
the states and took a course in min
eralogy and assaying, after which he
returned to Alaska, this time to Sew
ard, at the time of the construction of
the Alaska Northern railroad.
Selecting the Turnagain Arm sec
tion as a likely place to prospect, he
built a cabin near Indian creek, at a
point now known as Mile 98, where he
has resided until the present time.
His patient and persistent efforts
in prospecting have been rewarded by
the discovery of a ledge which he has
traced over a considerable distance
and upon which he has filed locations.
The ledge is wolframite, carrying
good values in tungsten and gold.
Working alone, he has developed the
property to the point of exploitation
and overtures, concerning which Mr.
Strong is optimistic, have been made
to capitalists.
Placer gold was also found in ex
tensive gravel deposits along Indian
creek, which Mr. Strong has extract
ed in moderate amounts every sum
mer and which gives promise of ex
cellent results when mined hydraulic
ally, in the preparatory work for
which he is now engaged.
RAMBLER ROSES.
One of the loved roses of summer is
the rambler rose, which rambles
about scattering its joyous self
among hundreds of people in addition
to those who grow it. Clambering
over he-ises, both of rich and poor, it
gladdens the eye of the tourist, and in
great armloads of it wanders from
its home vine to the rose loving, but
not rose-possessing; to the sick, to the
weary, to the tired business folk, to
whom it brings a bit of relaxation.
The rambling rose of June, which
rambles all over to the joy of every
one—here’s to the insectless health
of the rambler rose, whether Dorothy
Perkins, Pillar or whatever brand.—
Newark News.
FOUR-MINUTE MEN
Under this head will be printed
from time to time, four minute ad
dresses furnished by the committee on
public information, Washington, D. C.
| THE INCOME TAX.
An answer to the question: Is this a
Capitalists’ War?
Is this a capitalists’ war? Was
| America deliberately pushed into the
war by our captains of industry for
i money-making purposes? Are the
rich coining blood into gold while the
poor are taking on the greater bur
dens ?
These are questions constantly
whispered by German sympathizers,
openly asked by many others who do
not understand the issues clearly. !
It is not the function of the Four
Minute Men to denounce the skeptics;
another department of the Govern
ment looks after those who need
threats. It is our function as public
1 speakers to convince. We must bring
i proof to those who have been de
luded showing them how they are de
! luded and by whom.
No proof can be more convincing
than the figures of the income tax.
Just read a few figures and see how
the rate rises on larger incomes; how
the burden is placed upon the rich;
how income taxes have been made so |
heavy upon industries with large pro- !
' tits that the stock market shows loss- i
es of many many millions.
The rich are paying an insurance,;
an enormous insurance rate. They i
are not making money because of the
war. They are losing money on the
war, losing gigantic sums most will
ingly, while realizing that everything
for the future is at stake.
Income tax figures prove that war j
is a costly business for all of us, dou-;
bly, trebly, sometimes a hundredfold 1
more costly for those who can afford 1
the cost.
i
Secretary McAdoo has asked the1
Four Minute Men to include in every i
I
speech the announcement that every i
man and every woman wh* earned or
got in 1917 as much as $1^(100 net (if!
married, $2,000) must make an in
come tax return. He fee’s that the i
mere announcement is all that is ne-1
cessary.
Cavorette, a Juneau miner, who was j
Suing the Alaska Gastineau Mining i
j company for $90,000 damages for the i
loss of an eye caused by a splinter of j
flying steel striking him, lost his suit. |
He based his claim upon the fact that j
the company was negligent in fur- j
nishing tools which were battered and '
in bad 1 condition.
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FAMES COLLISON, AGED 10, FS
KILLED WHEN FiOTARY SNOW
PF.OVV TURNS TURTFjE.
PFLOT FS BADLY SCALDED.
Accident Took Place on McRea Spur,
Which Finns Off Main Line of Yu
kon Railroad at I’oint South of
Whitehorse.
James Collison, 40 years old, was
killed and E. J. Barry was badly
scalded the other day when a rotary
snowplow on the White Pass and Yu
kon railway turned turtle on the Mc
Rea spur south of Whitehorse, says
the Whitehorse newspaper. Two oth
ers aboard the plow jumped to safety
as the engine left the track. Collison,
the engineer, lost his life by remain
ing at his post. Barry was the pilot.
The rotary was clearing the track
to permit a shipment of ore to go
through from one of the copper mines
on the spur, which runs off nineteen
miles from the main line at a point
a little south of Whitehorse.
Collison leaves a wife and two chil
dren at Skagway.
The Killisnoo plant will save all the
products from its herring industry
and convert them into a lard com
pound suitable for cooking purposes.
The compound is snow white and re
sembles lard. If this is a success it
will mean a great deal in conserving
fats.
Air. Clary, in charge of the gas boat
Helen, which left Juneau to take sup
plies to Speel river, has not been
heard from for several weeks and
much anxiety is felt for his safety.
He has not yet delivered his provi
sions and every effort is being put
forth to locate him.
J. H. Cann, promoter of the Lisian
skv Packing company, will leave Ju
neau in a short time for the west
ward for his cannery. He states that
the company does not contemplate
installing machinery this year but
will put up salmon and salt herring.
Eskimos of White Mountain, a vil
lage lying near Nome, recently do
nated one hundred dollars to the
Red Cross fund.
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