“Skookum” Jim
Reaches the End
(Juneau Dispatch)
Skookum Jim, the well known In
dian who was with George Carmack
at the time the great discovery of the
Klondike camp was made, on August
17, 1896, and who passed away at
his home at Carcross last month, was
the most widely known Indian of the j
north and no doubt was the richest ]
native ever in the Yukon. It is esti
mated that at one time he had close to
$100,000 in virgin gold. This he pro
ceeded to spend prodigally, and but
for the interest taken in his personal j
welfare by some of his old-time white
friends he probably would have spent!
it all almost as quickly as he got it
The late Bishop Bompas and Percy
Reid, former mining recorder at Car
cross, took particular interest in the
famous old redman, and assisted him
in such a way as to make the modest
remnants of his fortune last Jum prac
tically until his death.
Soon after Skookum made his
strike on Bonanza he journeyed with
his wife and George Carmack to Se
attle, and there they enjoyed the ways
of the cheechaco for several months.
Skookum had so much wampum on
the trip he hardly knew how to dis- :
pose of it. On one occasion, when a 1
Seattle newspaperman went to thei
fashionable hotel where Skookum was
staying and called on him and his
wife, the two Yukon redskins were
having the time of their lives opening
can after can of fancily labeled sal
mon and bundles*of silk garments
and loads of gee-gaws.
Returning north Skookum was1
around Dawson for a time, and final- j
ly moved to Carcross. He was a na-'
tive of the Tagish lake district.
Skookum naturally preferred to:
spend the last of his days in his na-;
tive district, and there settled down
at Carcross after all the fuss and fury
of the Klondike rush was over. ! is
mining ground was sold to others, and
he spent much of his last several
years prospecting for new placer
camps. A great deal of his money
went in that way. His last stampede !
was made last winter to the head of i
the Liard, beyond Atlin. He traveled
many weeks through the bitterest,
weather, reaching 60 or more below j
zero, with no companions but the dogs J
which drew his sleigh. Soon after re-!
turning to Carcross he was taken ill :
and never recovered. For a time he!
was at Tenakee hot springs, Alaska; j
then in the government hospital at
Whitehorse, and finally back at Car
cross.
Education of
Aborigines in
The Northland
_
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—To fit
the natives of Alaska in a practical
way to meet the bewildering condi
tions forced upon them by the white
man’s complex civilization—this has
been the policy of the department of
the interior through its bureau of ed
ucation. It is well known that Secre
tary Lane takes a special interest in
all Alaskan matters.
Practical education is emphasized.
In the school rooms of Alaska such
instruction is given as will enable the
natives to live comfortably and to
deal intelligently with those with
whom they come in contact. Carpen
tery, cooking and sewing are promi
nent subjects of instruction, together
with English and elementary arithme
tic. The school work is connected di
rectly with community life.
Children and older men and women
are encouraged and directed in gar
dening, and many of them grow con
siderable quantities of vegetables.
Most of the school buildings contain,
in addition to the recitation room, a
work shop, kitchen, laundry and bath
room. Sanitary methods of living are
impressed upon the natives; the na
tives are urged to replace their filthy
huits by neat, well-ventilated houses.
In seme sections the natives have
been taught how to raise vegetables,
these forming a healthful addition to
the usual diet of fish and meat.
The government teacher in Alaska
is not merely a teacher of academic
subjects, but a leader and guide in the
life of the community.
CLAM BEDS ON NOVI;
FIND MADE BY NATIVES
(Ruby Record)
Live clams in interior Alaska, to the
average Ala'ftkan, sounds like a “pipe
dream.” But it is no dream. The
clams are here and may be seen at
Johnson & Jepsen’s store. Paul Ko
krine and several other natives were
hunting on the Novi river, 100 to 150
miles from its mouth (they will not
tell the exact place) when the clams
were found. They say there are tons
of clams there.
The finding of live clams in the No
vi basin is a surprise to the numer
ous old-timers who had spent years
hunting and prospecting in that sec
tion. While clam shells were fre
quently found, it was thought they
were ancient, and no thought was
given the matter.
The natives will return up the Novi
and make further investigations.
Governor Strong, in an address be
fore the convention of the W. C. T. U.
at Juneau recently predicted that the
work of the organization in Alaska
would be crowned with success.
i l.
Compulsory
Education
Of Children
The following is the compulsory ed
ucation act passed by the Alaska leg
islature and approved April 25, 1913:
' Be It, Enacted by the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska:
Section 1. That every parent, guar
dian or other person having control of
any \vh>'te child or child of mixed
blood living a civilized life in the ter
ritory of Alaska between the ages of
eight and 16 years, residing within
two miles of any school outside of an
incorporated town where a school to
which such child is entitled to admis
sion is maintained, or within the lim
its of an incorpoAted town where a
school to which such child is entitled
to admission is maintained, shall
cause such child regularly to attend
school during the entire school year,
unless the physical or mental condi
tion of such child is such as to ren
der such attendance inexpedient or
impracticable, or such child as has
been excused for other cause by an
excuse in writing signed by a majori
ty of the school board. Provided,
that any child who has completed a
caurse of study equal to that covered
by the public schools of the territory,
shall not be required to attend school.
Sec. 2. That every parent, guard
ian, or other person having posses
sion of or control of any white child
or child of mixed blood living a civil
ized life, as hereinbefore described,
who shall, without legal excuse, per
mit such child to be absent from
school for a total of five days on |
which sessions are held during any j
one school quarter shall be deemed1
guilty of a misdemeanor and be pun- j
ished by a fine of not less than five j
nor more than twenty dollars and the
cost of prosecution, and shall be im
prisoned in the federal jail until such
fine and costs are paid; provided that
such person so convicted shall be im
prisoned one day for every two dol-;
lars of such fine and costs; and each 1
absence of five days shall constitute a
separate offense; provided, further
that the court may suspend sentence,!
stay or postpone the enforcement of
execution, or release from custody any j
person found guilty in any case under i
this act upon such condition as shall'
seem to be to the best interests of the
child and fair under the circumstan-;
ces, but no sentence shall be suspend
ed or final judgment or execution j
stayed in the case of any person found;
guilty under this act for a period not I
to exceed the end of the school year
during which such person is convicted.
If at any time prior thereto it shall ]
appear to the satisfaction of the court
that such person has complied faith
fully with the conditions of any sus
pended sentence, judgment or execu- j
tion, or is for any cause in the opin- i
ion of the court, entitled to be releas- j
ed therefrom, the court may suspend j
such sentence indefinitely, in which!
case such person shall be released, j
and discharged, as he shall be in any ;
event at the expiration of the school j
year from the imposition of any such
gne. It shall be the duty of the prin-1
cipals of the schools hereinbefore de- !
scribed nearest the place at which of- j
fending parent, guardian or other!
person resides to report such case and
violation of this act to the school I
board, and such board shall if it sees j
fit to, lay the case before the United
States commissioner in whose pre- j
cinct such school is situated, and thej
said United States commissioner shall |
thereupon issue a warrant for the ar- j
ret of the said delinquent- and have!
power and jurisdiction to act upon the j
complaint of the school board, and;
take such action or impose such fine,,
under this act, as the circumstancesi
justify.
GOVERNMENT AFTER
KETCHIKAN MEN |
(Juneau Empire)
JUNEAU—The United States gov
ernment has filed suit in the district
court against a large number of lo
cators on tide lands in front of Ket
chikan for ejectment and asking for a
permanent restraining order to pre
vent any location of the ground in the
future.
The complaint recites that the flavs
of the Ketchikan creek in front of a!
certain section of the town was re
served by the secretary of the inter- j
ior as a place for the use of the In
dians in landing their canoes and
boats, but that the defendants to the
suit had entered on the lands and have
erected substantial structures thereby
depriving the Indians and the general
public of the use of the lands, also ob
structing the navigable waters of the
United States.
The defendants named in the suit
are the Ketchikan Power company,
George F. Rounsenfell, Fidalgo Island
Packing company, Fred Grimes, Gil
bert Mann, A .T. Leed, Al. Buren, A.
J. Inman, Walter Thomas, Pete Shov
land, John R. Heckman, Alaska Pack
ers’*association, Matt Burkovich, Nick
Zafer, George Brown, and William
Forse.
MRS. SAMUEL KOHN, PIONEER
ALASKA WOMAN, IS DEAD
(Juneau Dispatch)
Mrs. Samuel Kohn, a pioneer wom
an of the north, died at the govern
ment hospital at 2 p. m. today, the
result of cancer from which she had
been a sufferer for some months. Mrs.
Kohn was bom at Wrangell 52 years
ago, and was a pioneer woman of the
north, sharing uncomplainingly the
hardships of earlier days with her
husband. She was highly respected
by all \7ho knew.her.
1
Yukon Pioneers
Recall Old Days
of the Interior
(Seattle P.-I.)
“We panned out some of the earth
that lay on bed rock—my two com
pannios and I—getting a .45 cart
ridge shell full of gt>ld dust and ther
we crossed the creek and made a
rude camp for the night. That night
I dreamed of home.” This was a par
agraph from the address made by C
W. Carmack, the discoverer of the
Klondike, at the fourth annual ban
quet of the Yukon Order of Pioneers
last night at the Savoy, the occasior
marying the twentieth anniversary oi
Carmack’s discovery of gold on Bo
nanza creek.
Thirty-one members of the organi
zation, all men who took part in the
first stampedes into the newly discov
ered land of gold, sat down at the
banquet last night and long before
the regular speech-making starter
reminiscences and tales of hardships
the fun, the gain and the losses of 2C
years ago, traveled from one table te
another and back aagin.
Addressed by Nicknames.
“Stampede Pete,” “Six-Inch Jim,’
“Sourdough Bill,” “Milkman Gould,’
and many other nicknames bestowe;
by the adventurers of the north or
comrades, the cognomens commemor
ating incidents in their careers, wert
heard in the buzz of talk, interspersec
■with queries as to what had become
of Jack or Tom or Harry and how Sc
and So was making out with his
quartz prospect on tfte Stewart river
The banquet was presided over r>>
M. D. Pence, now a sedate member of
the Seattle police department. Johr
F. Miller, former mayor of Seattle
was called on to act as toastmaster
and after a short adress pointing ou1
the meaning of the gathering declare*
that it would have to turn into a reg
ular “experience meeting.” Ever)
man called upon being ordered to re
late his experiences in the norti
country.
Recalled Old Times.
All of them dwelt in kindly fash
ion on the fortune that had beer
theirs, gnarled hands and weather
scarred faces, famine, mushes and per
ils by land and water having taken or
a roseate hue through the mists of 2(
years with .nothing remaining clear
cut and definite but the joys and sue
cesses, and the mirth and jollity o1
the winter nights when the aurorc
borealis danced in the sky.
Among the speakers of the even
ing and their year were: M. D. Pence
’98; J. F. Miller, ’97; G. W. Carmack
’85; Dudley Wooten, Adolph Behrens
’99; M. L. Hamilton, ’96; C. H. Miller
’97; Others present with the year:
they reached the Klondike were: S
L. Stanley, ’96f William Stanley, ’96
F. C. Williams, ’98; Herry King, ’98
Archie B. Coor, ’99; Scott Swigart
’00; Albert Steitz, ’95; S. G. Spring
'98; J. D. Anderson, ’98; Charle:
Goodenough, ’98; Jacob Hill, ’94
Fred janse-Mushon, ’99; Harry Gould
’97; Thomas Bruce, '98; J. A. Fisher
’99; C. A. Shea, ’97; Angus McDou
gall, '94; Alfred Christopher, ’94; C
B. Lee, ’98; Lc jy Stetson, '98; J. D
Davidson, ’98;* John Stanley, ’98; M
M. Donovan, ’98; George Butler, ’96.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF
THEOFIELD EERAERTS
The death of Theofield Eeraerts, ai
Eagle river rancher, occurred at th<
government hospital yesterday after
nqpn at 4:40 o’clock, and his brother;
living at Billings, Montana, have beei
notified.
The death was the direct result o
an accidental shooting and from th;
meagre reports gathered it seems tha
Eeraerts was hunting and in goinf
through the heavy brush, in the vicin
ity of his ranch, the shot gun that h<
was carrying went off accidentally
the shot taking effect in his left sid<
just above the hip. He was immedi
ately rushed to Anchorage on a spe
cial train, but the wound resulted fa
tally and the body is under the care o:
the Wood Undertaking company on I
street.
It is understood that there was s
man accompanying him on the hunt
ing trip but the authorities have beei
unable to get in touch with him a
the time of going to press, althougl
F. B. Wood has endeavored to get ii
communication with the party ove
the telephone.
Mr. Eeraerts was a man about 5!
years of age and has formerly beei
employed with the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission. In the post morten
examination it developed that he wa
evidently a man with va past and per
haps another of the old timers of th<
Montana plains has gone to his deatl
with sealed lips, taking with him thi
secrets of many an episode that madi
the frontier famous. The result o
the diagnosis showed a gun sho
wound in the left side, three brokei
ribs, a cauliflower ear and the lef
foot minus all, of the toes. Ther;
were also several scars on the bod;
that proved conclusively that he ha<
lived the reckless life of the frontie
and the Indian arrow wound speaks o
other engagements than cow-towi
fights.
Even with the scars of former bat
ties, and some of them must hav
been serious, Mr. Eraerts was ii
splendid physical condition and per
haps if the wounds and scars couL
speak they would say that he had liv
ed the wild and untrammeled life o
the west and that the end came as h
wished—“with his boots on.
Delegate Issues
Open Letter to the
People of. Alaska
Delegate James Wickersham’s plat
form:
1. The lawful control of transpor
tation rates to, from and in Alaska,
and the reduction of present extor
tionate rates to reasonable standards;
the prevention of rebates to favored
shippers and of unlawful combinations
in restraint of trade.
2. The enforcement of the inter
state commerce and anti-trust laws in
Alaskan trade, commerce and trans
portation.
The prompt completion of the gov
ernment railroad from Seward to
Fairbanks, via the Matanuska and
Nenana coal fields, and into the Idita
rod and trails and government tele
graph lines to all parts of the terri
tory.
4.. The passage of laws by con •
gress for the extension of the powers
of the Alaska legislature over fisher
ies and fur-bearing animals, and the
enactment of such law’s as will save
the fisheries from destruction and en
courage the settlement of a popula
tion of fishermen along our coasts;
, the enactment of such law’s as will re
quire those engaged in Alaskan fisher
ies to pay their just proportion of
taxes for the development of Alaska
and her government.
5. The enactment of law’s by con
gress extending the pow’ers of our
legislature so as to permit the full de
velopment of an American type of
territorial government in Alaska, with
power to enable her citizens to pro
tect their own and the public inter
ests, and to increase the general
prosperity without limit.
6. Stateiiood for Alaska as soon as
it can be organized in the interest and
advantage of the people.
7. Tne prevention of further ex
tension and the repeal of the present
bureaucratic form of government in
Alaska, whereby bureau clerks in
Washington really govern her people
by the issuance of “rules and regula
I tions” having the force of laws.
| 8. The abandonment of the pres
| ent useless and harmful forest and
; other reservations in Alaska, whereby
; great bodies of our lands are with
| drawn from settlement and use by the
I people and form a basis of bureau
11 control from Washington wihtout ra
tional excuse and to the great loss of
the national treasury.
9. Opposition to the levy of any
tax on trade or business in Alaska by
congress, and the repeal of the law
now providing for such system, and
1 the control of all taxation in Alaska
by the territorial legislature.
10. The centralized control of all
national administration activities in
1 Alaska by a national administrative
! body to the end that there may be one
| business head to such work instead of
zv or more.
’ 11. The appointment of Alaska
' Alaskans, and none other, to appoint
’ ive offices in Alaska; and I utterly re
pudiate that plank in the Seward
1 platform seeking to take away from
' the people of Alaska their right to
be consulted in the consideration of
such appointments, and to give the
' sole power of naming such officials
to a Seattle lawyer; it is un-Ameri
| can, un-republican and the beginning
| of boss rule in Alaska ^ the great
j corporations able to employ the law
,' yer; I pledge the people of Alaska
that if I am elected I will not recom
mend any man for an appointive of
1 fice in Alaska who is not first approv
( ed by the people of the territory, and
' by those residing in the vicinity
; i where he is to serve.
1 12. The enactment of primary elec
tion laws for the purpose of enabling
the people by their votes to control
‘ their conventions and the nominations
; of their officials without the corrupt
' manipulation of political bosses.
13. Continued opposition to the ef
‘ forts of interested copper companies
i to secure the passage of a bill in con
‘ gress for the appointment of a com
• mission to revise the United States
mineral land laws in Alaska; their
■ purpose is to take away f om the ter
ritorial legislature of Ala a its pow
er to legislate hereafter on that sub
ject in Alaska. It i a srheme to ex
1 tend to all mineral lands i Alaska the
principle of reservation and leasing
i by a government bureau in Washing
- ton, after the plan of the Alaska coal
i leasing law, which was drawn by Sec
i retary Lane, approved by Mr. Gifford
' Pinchot, introduced by Congressman
Ferris, of Oklahoma, passed by a dem
» ocratic congress and signed by Presi
> dent Wilson. I shall oppose such res
• ervation and leasing of placer and
i quartz mineral lands in Alaska, and
> favor the revision of such laws, when
■ necessary, only by congress or the
■ Alaska legislature.
i 14. Finally, I shall support Hughes
■ and Fairbanks, and the national re
s publican platform, unless they or
' those representing them shall inter
im fere with the passage of needful and
i beneficial laws for Alaska, in which
t event I shall stand by Alaska and her
J interests, as I always have done, with
r out regard to party threat or favor.
1
■ Fine Specimen
. From Garver Mine
1
“It’s too bad you can’t eat it” was
1 the expression used by one of the
- round-trippers on the Farragut as he
f stood in front of the Anchorage
2 Chamber of Commerce and looked
longingly at the fine ore specimen
brought down Saturday from the Jes
se Garver strike in the Willow creek
district/ Mr. Garver returned Satur
day and with him brought an average
sample of ore from the new strike,
that he has donated to the Chamber of
Commerce to occupy a seat in the
front row of the display window.
Mr. Garver and associates have ev
ery reason to feel optimistic over the
splendid showing the more recent de
velopment has made and feel justified
in arranging their plans for active op
erations next season. The Daily Times
published an article at the time of this :
strike and has no hesitancy in furth
er saying that the indications point to
another real gold mine in the Willow
creek district. Mr. Garver, Stewart
Maxwell and the balance of the com- j
pany are to be congratulated on their j
find which further development will
be another asset on the credit side of
the many resources of this great conn-1
try.
ROAD COMMISSION
TO EXTEND ROAD
AT WILLOW CREEK;
_ I
Several days ago the Anchorage
Daily Times took up the fight of the
Willow creek mining operators for
the immediate extension of the wagon
road from mile 32 to the Little Susit
na and Reed creek, a distance of about
three miles. This particular section
of the now famous mining district has
reached such an important stage of
development that good roads are an
essential and vital point to future
work.
To this end The Anchorage Daily
Times with the co-operation of the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce,
took the matter direct to headquar
ters with the following communica
tion from Lieut. J. C. Mehaffey as the
favorable result:
“Reference Willow creek road ex
tension; other members absent will re
turn Monday. Probable that small
allotment will be made.”
(Signed) J. C. MEHAFFEY.
The communication was addressed
from Valdez and there is no doubt
but that the Alaska Road Commis
sion will act favorably upon the sug
gestion and the request of the Wil
low creek mine operators be heeded.
There is no reason why this should
not be the case, as there is a party
of men now working in this vicinity
under the direction of the road com
mission and the expenditure of a few
thousand dollars will make the ex
tension passable for fall and winter
traffic. A further delay in this" mat
ter will materially retard advance
ment and every influence has been
brought to bear on Colonel Richard
son and the commission for immediate
assistance.
Freak Duel Pulled
Off at the Front
LONDON Aug. 20.—(By mail).—
! The story of a freak duel on the bat
! tlefield—a British and German offi
I cer, fighting with a sword cane and
j a bayonet was told on a British hos
pital ship, en route from France, to
passengers arriving here today.
The British officer told the story.
He was on his way home to recover
from a wounded hand—a thrust from
the sword cane. He brought the
i sword cane and the German officer’s
! helmet with him.
“He got me first,” the officer said.
| “You see where he punctured my left
| hand. I had lost my revolver long
j before but I picked up a German ri
j fie and bayonet. You would have
j laughed to have seen the duel. It
| was like a naval and military tourn
| ament show—sword versus bayonet.
“I think he was a swordsman. Lots
! of these Germans are, you know. If
so, however, I expect my ignorance
i of sword fighting put him off his
! game. I simply rushed him and got
! him clean through the chest.”
ADDITIONAL ALASKA NEWS.
The grand jury at the Ruby term
of Court recommended that special of
ficers be appointed by the government
to investigate the numerous disap
, pearances which have occurred in the
| interior country.
There has been so much rain at
Douglas during the first of the past
month that the baseball games sched
uled have been prevented and the
players are thinking of hanging up
j the gloves and bats until next season.
A king saljnon weighing 32 Vz
pounds was recently caught at Tel
ler, bearing the mark “O M” with a
horizontal bar marked over the let
ters. This is generally believed to be
a hatchery mark.
It is reported from Juneau that
Emery Valentine, who has declared
his intention to keep out of the dele
gate campaign this year, will likely
come out again for Wickersham when
the proper time comes.
The tourists who made the trip
through interior Alaska and who
went out by the way of St. Michael
and Nome were unable to land from
the Umatilla at Nome on account of
the qpugh sea prevailing.
Children playing around the Shat*
tuck wharf at Juneau discovered the
body of Day White, a native, and a
resident of Hoonah, who had been mis
sing for several days. Death was due
to excessive drinking.
ME OF THE
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
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♦ -WHAT CONGRESS DID. *|
♦ Reorganized and tremendr *
•k ously increased both army and *
♦ navy. *
■k Made biggest appropriations *
•k in history of congress. “Pre- k
•k’ paredness” totals, close to *
•k $700,000,000, are the largest *
♦ peace-time military budgets in *
♦ the history of the world. t k
k Stopped shipment in inter- *
if state commerce of child-labor *
♦ products. k
♦ Passed rural credits act *
♦ guaranteeing long-term, low- k
♦ rate loans to farmers. k
k Granted Philippines greater k
k self-government. *
♦ Placed heavy expenses of *
k government on munitions, in- k
k comes and inheritances. k
♦ Passed $42,000,000 rivers and k
k harbors bill. k
k Passed act for government- k
♦ owned ^$50,000,000 merchant k
k marine. *
k Confirmed Louis D. Bran- k
k deis and John H. Clarke for *
k supreme court. . k1
♦ Voted to investigate rail- * I
♦ ways. * i
♦ Took sugar from free list; k j
k created tariff commission; lev- *
k ied protective tariff- on dye- k j
k stuffs; passed anti-dumping” * ‘
♦ act. - k j
k Adopted workmen’s compen•• k j
♦ sation principle for U. S. eni- k j
♦ ployes. k j
♦ Increased the maximum am- k I
♦ ount allowed to be deposited in k
k postal banks. k
k Confirmed Danish treaty; re- k
♦ fused* to confirm Colombian *
k treaty which would have paid k
♦ $25,000,000 for Colombia’s k
k wounded feelings for the Unit- *
k ed States’ alleged aiding the *
k Panama revolution. *
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* EFFORTS THAT FAILED *
* Suffrage and prohibition de- *
* nied roll-call test vote. *
* LaFollette’s fight beaten in *
* fight on “secret diplomacy.” *
*' LaFollette’s fight to prevent *
* use of army and navy to col- *
* lect debts of private investors *
* in other lands given only ten *
* votes. *
* Confirmation of Federal *
* Trade Commissioner Rubles *
* blocked in senate out of “sen- *
* atorial courtesy” to Gallinger, *
* New Hampshire. *
* Immigration bill buried in *
* senate’s “unfinished business.” *
* Conservation measures lost *
* because two houses could not *
* agree. *
* Plea for publicity of income *
* tax returns scarcely given no- *
* tice. *
* Attempt to pass a rule mak- *
* ing filibusters in senate impos- *
* sible beaten in democratic cau- *
* cus. *
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Newsy Letter
Tells of Doings
in Nome Camp
Felix Brown, the Fourth avenue
merchant, has received a ietter from
John Nestor, of Nome, which gives
some interesting news of that camp
as follows:
The Pioneer Mining company, in
one clean-up on J. C. Brown's Little
creek claim, tookout $178,000. The
company plans on working all the
third beach line over again.
George E. Grigsby, wife and four
children, departed on the steamer
Victoria, en route to Seattle. Mrs.
Grigsby and the children will go to
San Francisco, while George will take
in^he southern coast of Alaska in the
interest of his candidacy for attorney
general of the territory.
I have received a letter from Frank
Waskey, at Marshall city, on the low
er Yukon, which says that it is a good
camp. Joe Crabtree has gone to join
Waskey. Delbar, the local merchant,
is taking a $25,000 stock of goods to
open a store at Marshall City. T. L.
Lindsey, who was here in the spring,
has also gone to the new camp.
Curley Lovell is making good mon
ey on Dime creek. While the pay is
more or less spotted, it looks like it
will prove a good camp.
A Mr.Parties, of Deering, was mar
ried in Nome a few days ago.
Bob Zehner has hold his jewelry
store and he and Mrs. Zehner have de
parted for San Diego, where they will
live in the future.
Milton Luther is stilf U. S. commis
sioner at Teller, and J. D. Flanagan
holds a similar position at Council
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Darling are vis
iting Council City. Mrs. Darling's
new book, “Baldy of Nome,” is just
out. It’s a story of Scotty Allen and
Mrs. Darling’s famous leader in the
big, races at Nome. “Baldy” is the
name of the leader.
Scotty Allen has just received his
dog sled from the outside. It is run
by a motor, similar to those used on
a flying machine.
The following are making the race
for the lower house in the Nome dis
trict: Judge T. M. Reed, Andy An
derson, Jim Daley, Scotty Allen, Nate
Coombs, Phil Murphy, Phil Carrigan.
For the senate, the candidates are
John Sundback, Martin Moran, and
McGann.
Federal Mine
Inspector Smith
Makes Report .
(Juneau Empire).
Sumner S. Smith, federal mining
inspector, has returned from the
westward on his annual inspection
trip and will remain here for a week,
will then leave for Ketchikan to ex
amine the mines in that section.
While touring the westward section
during this trip, just ended, Mr.
Smith visited the Cache, Willow
creek sections and the entire Kenai
Peninsula district. He reports a
gratifying increase in the number of
properties being worked and equip
ment and production of properties.
The Cache creek district is being
worked on a good scale. Thirty-five
outfits are working and about 150
men are employed, not counting the
big -dredge of the Cache Creek Gold
Dredging company. That large dredge
is being operated and is doing well.
On Willow creek several outfits are
working. The Willow Mines company,
operating the Gold Bullion property,
is adding live more stamps to their
mill; the Independence Gold Mines
company is adding a Denver mill to
their equipment which will give an
added production of from 25 to 30
tons daily. The Mable Milling, Min
ing & Powder company is installing a
15-ton Denver mill and is also build
ing 3,500 feet of new tramway.
Many Companies Operating.
The Alaska Crowe Creek Mining
cqmpany, operating placer ground on
CrowTe creek, installed a bed rock
flume and is now handling a greatly
increased output of gravel. At Hope
the Matheson Mining company, the
St .Louis Mining and Trading com
pany, Pearson Brothers and Dr. Con
ant are all operating crewrs on Res
urrection creek, and John Hirshey is
operating a one-stamp mill on Hal
mer creek, which is a tributary of
Resurrection creek.
The Alaska Securieies Corporation
is operating a plant on Lynch creek
and another on Canyon creek. Ron
an & James are installing an arras
tfa on property bonded by them in
the Moose Pass section and several
other smaller outfits are working in
that section.
Tolovana Output Light.
v The report of Territorial Mining
Inspector William T. Maoney, for the
month of July has been received at
the governor’s office and indicates
that the output from the Toloana and
Hot Springs section will be material
ly curtailed this summer on account
of the water shortage.
Mr. Maloney reports that when he
was traveling through these sections
in July, in many places the winter
dumps were only partially worked
over and the summer dumps were
growing at a rapid rate. He reports
that no rain had fallen for some time
and many of the operators wfill be un
able to meet their obligations unless
rain falls.
Mr. Maloney inspected 12 operat
ing mines in the Fah'banks section.
15 in the Tolovana, and two in the
Hot Springs section. He reports sev
en accidents, with only one fatality,
during the month of July. Albert
Bjorkland while prospecting on Mike
Hess creek was overcome by gas and
fell down a fifty-foot shaft to his
death. He reports that the greater
majority of the mines inspected by
him are being operated in a safe man
ner.
LINCOLN’S LOG CABIN HOME
IS GIVEN TO GOVERNMENT
HODGENSVILLE, Ky., Sept. 4.—
President Lincoln’s home farm and
the log cabin that he was born in
were formally presented to Uncle
Sam by the Lincoln Farm associa
tion, an organization which rescue
the place from obscurity and negle
here today. Most of the contril
tions for the purchase came from
common people Lincoln loved so '
Former Governor Joseph W. i
of Missouri, president of the a?
I ation, in presenting the farm
cabin to the government, emphas
the need for Americanism in the
erydav life of the individual Am
can, in the government and parti
larly in the foreign relations of
United States. Mr. Folk said in pa
‘‘The spirit of Lincolnism is mo
alive today than when he lived in th«
flesh. His ideals live in millions oi
American freemen.
“He founded an American that is
not a matter of creed or national
descent, but an ideal of the soul and
of the mind; an American that is not
merely a union of political entities,
but of a common aspiration and a
common destiny.
“Lincoln’s Americanism was so vi
rile that there need be no nation so
strong we should fear it, or so pow
erful we should cower at its feet; an
American so just that the Golden
Rule may be the supreme law guid
ing us in our diplomatic relations
with other nations; an American
ready to defend against the aggres
sion of all nations, but intentionally
offending none in upholding the prin
ciples of the rights of man through
out the world; an American that
gives up hope to those who would
preserve the sacred fire of brother
hood now in danger of being extin
guished in the sanguinary floods
across the sea; an Americanism bas
ed upon service for the common good
and equality of opportunity for all.”
A large crowd was present for the
presentation celebration.