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Entered in the Anchorage Postoffice June 5, 1915, as second class matter
under the Act of March 3, 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—Janies Wickersham.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPT. Si, ibid.
PROGRESSIVES TO SUPPORT HUGHES.
Indications are not wanting that the very large part of
the Progressive vote will go to Charles Evans Jhighcs, repub
lican candidate for president. Recent arVivals in Anchorage
from the states, almost without exception, declare that the
sentiment toward the republican nominee is continually grow
ing, due to the splendid, statesman like speeches delivered on
his western tour, now in progress. They declare that the nom
inee has shown a wide grasp of public affairs, that lie is a
straight forward, frank talker, who knows whereof be speaks.
The impression which gained currency to the effect that Mr.
Hughes was a cold-blooded individual, phlegmatic to a degree,
is giving way to the view that he is really a genial fellow, de
spite a becoming dignity which is a marked characteristic of
the student and profound thinker.
The weak and vacillating policy with respect to foreign
affairs, pursued by the Wilson administration during its entire
encumbeney, is what makes the red-blooded American citizen,
male or female, long for a change, and when the votes are
counted next November, it will be found that the American
people have decided that they want no more of the democratic
regime.
The Wilson administration is seeking to make capital out
of the fact that times are prosperous in the states. The good
times that are prevailing in certain quarters may he directly
placed to the credit of the great world war. Were it not for the
the world war, the country would be facing tlie dullest times
in the history of the country. There can he no doubt about
that. •
BALLAINE’S MALICIOUS INSINUATIONS
John E. Ballaine, it now appears, is the individual who is
responsible for the reports that are being nr-.ul broad vast
throughout Alaska to the effect that the republican candidate
for president will oppose the government railway project, in
the event of his election. To those who know this man Ba!
laiue, the mere fact that he is the author of the story is suffi
cient to thoroughly discredit it. But there are many people
who have not been in Alaska long and to these something of the
activities of this individual may be informing.
“Major’’ John E. Ballaine is the owner of the Seward
townsite. He was one of the original promoters of the Alaska
Central Railroad company, which the unsew, ebm- we s agent
(John E. Ballaine) said would build a rail a; f;. Seward ti
Fairbanks. On the strength of the glov e. promises made
much stock was sold to the unsuspecting. Ballaine was not al
together a philanthropist, however, and reserved to himself tin
townsite on Resurrection hay and for a time waxed fat in sell
mg towu lots to persons desiring locations. It was inevitahh
that the Alaska Central would not long survive the reckless
management, and in a couple of years it was peddled off to tin
Frost syndicate, of Chicago, the original stockholders losing
their money, as a matter of course. Since that time, Ballaim
has opposed every control which the Alaska Central, and its
successor, the Alaska Northern, has passed through. In his
owu town, he is the worst despised man in the community,
and his word is worth nothing; his statements are wholly dis
credited. Ask any reputable business man of Seward as to
John E. Ballaine and he will frankly tell you, that this supreme
egotist and “hot air peddler” is the worst enemy the town
has had. and its lack of progress is chiefly laid at his door.
Here is a man of whom it may be truthfully said that, “He is
without honor in his own town.”
THE RAILWAY STRIKE.
It is to be hoped that the passage of the eight-hour law by
the congress will serve to avert the threatened strike of the
employees on the great railway systems of the country. Such
a strike would he far-reaching in its results. It would spell
disaster and disorganization; want and suffering, throughout
the country. One result of a strike, as affecting Anchorage,
would be a lack of an electric lighting and power system this
winter, because if a strike is called and the railways are tied
up, necessary equipment to complete the plant in course of in
stallation here, would not be able to get through from the east,
Just why the railway systems of the country should be so
reluctant to yield to the demands for an eight-hour day is not
comprehended by the layman. It may be taken for granted
that the railway companies will not suffer financial loss by the
change. The increased cost in the operation of the railway
lines will fall, as it always does, on the patrons of the systems
A slight raise in the freight rates would offset the increased
expenses.
In any event, it is but a question of time before the gov
ernment will be compelled to take over these great railway sys
tems of the country, and the action of the railway presidents ii;
this crisis is but hastening the day when this result will be ac
eomplished. It is a question if the transportation of the coun
try should be left entirely at the whim or caprice of a few mou
ey kings.
Governor J. F. A. Strong says that the “Drvs” will win
in Alaska, at the election to be held in November. Addressing
the W. C. T. U. convention recently held at Juneau, the gover
nor said: “Your work will be crowned with success because
you stand for civic righteousness. ” •
A surprising development of the fishing industry on Cook'
Inlet is revealed by carefully prepared statistics bv W. G
Whorf, old-timer of Seldovia. According to Mj. Whorf’s fig
ures, the canneriea on the inlet will this season pack salmon to
the value of nearly two million dollars.
Alaska Brevities
From All Parts
A large force of workingmen are
now employed on the Valdez-Fair
banks trail.
Forest fires are reported to have
lone considerable damage in the Tol
avana district.
The residents of Nenana have peti
tioned the court to make that place
x recording office.
Sixty-four students have already
nrolled for the Juneau high school
,nd others are expected to enroll in
short time, some of the students
*eing at present outside.
R. C. Teague, of Seward, recently
caught a 75-pound halibut while fish
ing off the dock at that place.
Fairbanks merchants report a de
cided spurt in the sale of agricultur
al implements in that section.
Another laarge dock along the Ju
neau waterfront is contemplated by
the Alaska Steamship company.
The Hawk Inlet Cannery, south
eastern Alaska, has put up more than
100,000 cases of salmon this season.
A large part of the month of July
sluicing was practically suspended in
the Tolovana owing to a lack of wat
er.
Rev. Munro, a recent arrival at
Seward, is planning the establishment
of a non-sectarian church at that
place.
John Minogue, an old-timer, was
stricken with paralysis at Ophir and
died at Anvik on his way to the hos
pital.
Comininsrdoner Thomas Riggs and
wife and two children will take up
their permanent residence at Fair
banks.
Dan Urt, a well-known Russian
resident of Fairbanks, died recently
in that city after an illness of many
months.
The trader Belvedere arrived in
Nome recently from a trading trip to
the Siberian coast, bringing a large
quantity of furs.
The Juneau Orpheus Glee Club will
make its initial appearance before the
public next, month. There are 24
voices in the chorus.
R. H. Campbell, a rancher’ near
Pptprshnrfr. pvnpcts to nirk hptwpon
twenty and thirty crates of raspber
ries from his vines this season.
Elroy Ninnis, an eighth grade pupil
of the Douglas school, was awarded
the prize of $5 for the best kept gar
den cared for by school children.
James Sullivan, one of the pioneers
of Skagway, died at that place recent
ly from cancer. At his request he
was buried in the local cemetery.
Leroy Moyer and family are tak
ing a trip through to Fairbanks over
the government trail in their own car
which they brought up from Juneau.
A1 Shyman, the well known Alaska
traveling man, recently took unto
himself a wife at Ketchikan, where
he was married to Miss Viola Clem
ens.
Edward Cavanaugh, for sixteen
years a resident of Juneau, died at
that place recently from a complica
tion of diseases. He was 65 years of
age.
Several tourists made the trip over
the government trail from Fairbanks
to Valdez, and express themselves as
delighted with the scenery along the
route.
William A. Gilmore, of Nome, ad
Iresscd a large audience recently at
Cordova on the issuees of the cam
paign. He is on his way outside to
Seattle.
Judge Tucker, of the District court
of the Second division, was an outgo
ing passenger on the Umatilla re
cently to spend his vacation in the
states.
John Barrett and A. V. Doze re
turned to McCarthy recently from a
prospecting trip on the Chitina river
bringing some fine specimens of cop
per ore.
Fred Miller, of Fairbanks, has pur
chased the roadhouse on the govern
ment road known as “Martin’s,” and
will immediately open the place for
business).
Ed. Bartlett and W. T. Pinkerton
& Co. have taken a contract to grade
9,500 feet of the government railroad
out from the Happy station near
Fairbanks.
Work on the new steel bridge
across Chena river, being built by the
Alaska Road Commission, has been
commenced, and it is expected to have
it completed this fall.
Mike Gottschalk, the American
trader arrested in Siberia last year,
has been sentenced by the Russian
court to a term of imprisonment for
five years at hard labor. The charge
against him was giving liquor to na
tives and resisting an officer.
Buck Hoyt, of Gulkana, on the Val
dez-Fairbanks trail, recently purchas
ad a Chevrolet automobile, and will
use it in passenger service and for
pleasure.
It is reported that the Nizina sec
tion will produce over $300,000 this
season. There are five large hydraul
ic outfits working and a dozen or
more small ones.
Coal is now being delivered at Ka
talla from the McDonald mine on
Bering Lake. The mine is now oper
ating continuously and producing a
good grade of -fuel.
There have been over 100 Pioneers
of Alaska to sign the honor roll and
arrangements have been made for a
permanent organization with a re
quest to Fairbanks for a dispensation
to organize the order in this city. This
body of Loyal Alaskans expects to
have a smoker in the near future that'
will be one of the many reasons why
the old-timers should get in line and
assist in the organization.
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Newsy Items
About Town
(Prom Tuesday’s Dally.)
Charlie Ward was among the Knik
visitors who took in the Labor Day (
celebration. t
Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer at- 1
tended the baseball game at the Juno- <
tion Sunday. i
Mr. Prendergast, resident engineer (
located at residency 8 was an Anchor- 1
age visitor over Sunday. (
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Landers arriv
ed in Anchorage Saturday from Knik 1
and were interested spectators of the £
Labor Day festivities.
Jas. O’Reilly, the railrdad bvylder, ‘
came in from the Junction Saturday
evening and remained over for the ]
Labor Day celebration.
R. S. Hickey, one of the many sue- j
cessful Matanuska valley farmers, (
was down to spend Sunday and par- ,
ticipate in the Labor Day celebration. ]
The prize awarded to the Shonbeck <
grocery store and the Anchorage j
Chamber of Commerce was generous- ;
ly turned over to tjje Alaska Labor ;
union. j
Jadk Robinson, United States depu- 1
ty marshal and special inspector for <
the A. E. C., left this afternoon for ]
Talkeetna and surrounding camps on 3
a tour of inspection.
Mrs. Victor Blodgett and Miss D. 1
Blodgett, of Knik, were among the
many out-of-town visitors for the La
Labor Day festivities and took a ■
prominent part in the spoil: events at
Recreation park.
The special train of the Grjat Alas- j
ka railroad ran true to form and!
brought in several hundred people j
from the Junction, Moose creek and i
surrounding country to help swell the!
Labor Day crowd.
A. A. Shonbeck has recently pur
chased two lots on the corner of Chris
tensen road and Second avenue from
Geo. Campbell and contemplates build
ing a $3,000 residence for his future1
home in Anchorage.
In the absence of a greased pig for
yesterday’s events it was suggested
that the city marshals enter into a
blind pig hunting contest, but the
HI iuvai
Duggcowuu uiu iiw inuci i
and was not down in the events.
Glen Wilson, until recently employ
ed at the cyanide plant of the Win.
Martin mine in the willow creel: dis
trict, came down yesterday and will
be a passenger on the steamer Ala
meda bound for Seattle where he will
enter the sophomore class of the state
university.
Cupid and Judge David are working
hand and glove with each other; Cu
pid starts and the worthy Judge fin
ishes. The most recent certificate
signed by Judge David making two
young people happy, was that of Dora
Names and Alex Dichson, who came
in from Hope this morning on the
bunch Brighton.
Charlie Kemp, former Nomeite, is
a recent arrival in Anchorage. Mr.
Kemp will be an addition to the musi
cal circles of the town, in that he is
both a vocalist and instrumentalist.
He was the organizer and sang sec
ond tenor in the famous Elite quar
tette at Nome and is a vioinist of
more than average ability.
Dr. M. S. Coble has an apartment
house under construction on Third
avenue between H and I streets that
promises to be a credit to the city.
This new apartment house will consist
of four three-room apartments and
are modem in every particular, with
an ideal frontage overlooking the
bay.
Thos. Cavny has resumed his du
ties with Brown & Hawkins after a
vacation of several weeks. Mr. Cav
ny was formerly manager 6f the
Knik branch of this firm bur came to
Anchorage with the transfer of the
Knik store to Anchorage. Mr. Cavny
has recently completed the erection
of a two-room bungalow on Sixth av
enue, between D and E streets.
Jack Stine, who handles the key
“I beg to report that the good steam
er Alameda should reach Anchorage
about 9 o’clock tomorrow night with
173 tons of freight and a capacity list
of passengers. Alaska at Juneau
now.” Jimmie Lankin, the agreeable,
substantiates the report so the people
of Anchorage may look for the steam
er Alameda to whistle in at 9 o’clock
tomorrow night.
The exhibition of Monte Cook, pre
ceding the baseball game, was a feat
ure of the Labor Day program. Mr.
Cook recently came to Anchorage in
charge of the government horses ship
ped in on the Crook and is,an artist
with the lariat, displaying remarkable
skill and science in handling the rope.
That Mr. Cook has appeared before
the crowned heads of Europe is easily
understood and the many people of
Anchorage who had the pleasure of
witnessing yesterday’s performance
admit that it was a distinct feature
of a notable day.
It is estimated that over 5,000 peo
ple were in Anchorage yesterday and
enjoyed the big Labor Day celebra
tion.
There were many parties made up
for week-end outings, leaving Anchor
age Saturday afternoon and returning
today.
Milo Kelly, the Willow creek oper
ator, came down yesterday from the
scenes of operations and is particular
ly optimistic over the showing of his
claims. Mr. Kelly, is interested with
local capitalists in some valuable
quartz property in ithe neighborhood
of the Independent
pate doing extensh i development on
the property next a ason.
mine and antici
Covered Scows to
Bring Freight to
Ports in Alaska
SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Organization
f a covered scow freight service be
ween Seattle and southeastern Alas
:a points, off the regular routes, is
ontemplated by the Washington Tug
i Barge company, it was learned to
lay from the officials of the two cor
>o rations, says the Times of last Fri
lay.
The joint plans of the two compan
es are unique. Seattle has a barge
crvice with the north, but the idea
ff using covered scows on long voy
ages is decidedly new in the shipping
vorld.
As a beginner the two jeompanies
low have the scow Cheasley No. 9
m route from Seattle to the cannery
ilant of the Swift, Arthur, Crosby
company on Hecta island. South
‘astern Alaska. The scow is owned
>y the Washington Tug & Barge
:ompany of the Independent Tow
ng company. She* is taking north
.0,000 cases of empty salmon cans
md a consignment of general sup
fljes. On the return voyage she will
iring 12,000 cases of canned salmon,
i full cargo, from the Hecta island
plant. The scow and tug got away
'or the north Monday night.
Before she loaded for the voyage
he Chesley No. 9 was housed over
vith a structure extending the full
ength and width of the scow and
laving a height of ten feet. The
scow is 100. feet long and 30 feet
vide. The house has a cargo ca
pacity of 600 tons. The two vessels
eft port with Capt. J. C. Brown
icld, president of the towing com
pany, in commarfd of the Crosby,
l'he scow looks like a floating ware
louse. The walls and roof are wat
jrproffed.
The officials of both corporations
pelieve that there is a good open
ing for a freight service to the var
ious southeastern Alaska points that
ire off the regular steamship run.
fhey plan to establish a permanent
service with a fleet of scows housed
over in the same manner as the
Chesley No. 9.
Accidental Death
of David S. Troy
The Seattle Times of recent date
tells of the killing of David S. Troy,
brother of John W1. Troy, of the Ju
neau Empire, as follows:
“Something went wrong when for
mer state Senator David S. Troy
started his automobile on the wharf
of the Glendale dairy at Port Town
send yesterday afternoon and the
car shot into the bay, precipitating
Troy, his mother, Mr. and Mrs. Al
len Weir into the bay. Early this
morning Troy died as a result of the
injuries he received; Mrs. Troy, who
is 75 years of age, is suffering from
a severe shock, and Allen Weir, an
early secretary of state and one of
best historians in Washington, lies in
a critical condition in a Port Town
send hospital.
Senator Troy was one of three
brothers prominent in democratic po
litics in this state and in Alaska.
He was the author of the bill that
created the department of agricul
ture in this state and could have had
the appointment as commissioner last
year had he been willing to accept
it. Troy had an ambition to reor
ganize the bureau as ho planned it to
be and attempted to arrange his af
fairs to accept the appointment.
He had been manager and partner
of the Ladd estate, of Portland, in a
big dairy farm at Chimacum and
branches,scattered through Jefferson
and Clallam counties. Senator Troy
found it impossible to dispose of his
interests of the Ladd estate.”
Interesting Legend
of the Aborigines
The Indian legends, with their mix
ture of superstitions and poetry, are
not uninteresting in connection with
the story of this great country. One
pertaining to the origin of the na
tive tribe of Alaska is thus told:
“A long time ago it is said the
larth sank beneath the water, and
the water rose and covered the high
est places, so that no man could live.
It rained so hard it was as if a sea
fell from the sky. All was black,
ind it became s odark that no man
:new another. Then a few people
\:.n here and there and made rafts
if cedar logs, but nothing could
hand together against the white
vaves ,and the raft was broken in
v/o . On one part floated the an
'estors of the Thlinkets, on the other
he parents of all the other nations,
rhe water tore them apart and they
lever saw each other again. Now
heir children are all different and do
lot understand each other.—Ex.
NOTED YUKONER ILL.
DAWSON, Y. T., August 21.—
fhomas W. O’Brien, a noted Yukon
noneer, here long before the Klondike
trike, is seriously ill and intended to
tart today for Seattle under the spe
ial care of his nephew, Dr. Maurice
)wyer, of Seattle, who arived here
everal days ago. Mr. O’Brien was
oo weak to' make the start.
Law Covering
Location of Placer
■ Mining Claims
Responding to numerous requests,
The Times herewith publishes the
territorial mining law which relates
to the location of placer claims:
Section 1. Any person qualified
under the laws* of the United tSates,
who discovers upon the public do
main within the Territory of Alaska,
a placer deposit of gold, or other min
eral which is subject to entry and
patent under the mining laws of the
United States, may locate a mining
claim thereon in the following man
ner, to-wit:
1st . He shall post, or write upon
the initial post, stake, or monument
on the claim, a notice of location con
taining:
a. The name or number of the
claim.
b. The name of the locator or lo
cators .
e. The date of discovery and of
posting notice on the claim.
d. Number of feet in length and
width of the claim.
This notice shall be known as the
location notice.
2nd. He shall distinctly mrak the
location on the ground so that its
boundaries can be readily traced, by
placing at each corner or angle there
of substantial stakes, or posts, not
j less than three feet high above the
j ground and three inches in diameter,
hewed on four sides; or by placing
at each corner or angle thereof
mounds of earth or rock not less
than three feet high adn three feet
in diameter, and the stakes, posts or
monuments so used must be marked
with the same name or number of
the claim and the designation, by
number, of the corner or angle. The
initial stake or monument shall be
one of the corner stakes, or posts or
monuments of the claim located.
If the claim is located on ground
that is covered wholly or in part with
brush or trees, such brush or trees
shall be cut or blazed along the lines
of such claim, so as to be readily
traced.
If located in an open country, the
boundary lines shall be located by
placing line stakes or line monuments
so as to be readily traced from cor
ner to corner of said claim.
Sec. 2. Within ninety after the
discovery and posting of the notice
aforesaid, the locator shall record
with the recorder of the district
wherein such claim is situated, a cer
tificate of location. Such certificate
shall contain:
a. The name or number of the
claim.
b. The name of the locator or lo
cators.
c. The date of discovery and of
and width of the claim.
d. The number of feet in iengti;
posting of the location notice.
e. It sha’l set forth the description
with reference to tome natural ob
ject?, permanent monument, or well
known mining claim, together with a
description of the boundaries thereof,
so far as applied to the numbering of
the e-takes or monuments.
A failure to record a certificate of
location of claim as herein provided
shall operate as and be deemed aban
donmerA thereof, and the ground sc
located shall be open to relocation;
provided that if a full compliance
with the preceding provisions of this
act shall have been made before any
location by another, such compliance
shall operate to prevent the aban
donment or forfeiture of such claim
and save the rights of the origins'
locator.
Sec. 3. No association placer min
ing claim shall hereafter be located
in Alaska in excess of forty acres,
and on every individual or associa
tion placer mining claim located in
Alaska after August 1st, 1912, and
until patent has been issued therefor
not less than one hundred dollars
worth of labor shall be performed ci
improvements made during each cal
endar year, including the year of lo
cation, ior eacn ana every twenty
acres or fraction thereof, and where
the title of two or more continguous
placer claims has become vested ir,
the same person or persons, or cor
poration, the said annual assessment
work or improvements may be done
or made at any place or places or
said contiguous placer claims; pro
vided, that such work or improve
ments inures to, and is for the bene
fit of the entire area of such placer
claims. In computing the value of
assessment work or improvements
the rate of wages paid in the vicini
ty for similar work shall be allowed
Sec. 4. And it is further provided,
that a survey of the claim or claims
by a United States mineral surveyor
may be credited to annual assessment
work, but in no case shall the credit
for such survey and its attendant ex
pense, exceed the required assess
ment for one year on the claim or
claims surveyed. When credit is
sought for such work or impfovement,
the claimant must file in the record
er’s office in the district in which the
claim is situated the field notes of
the survey, together with a voucher
showing the cost of such survey,
properly attested by the surveyor, in
corporated into the proof of annua!
'abor as in case of other class of la
bor or improvements, as provided for
in section 7 of this act. «
Sec. 5. That no individual placer
location hereafter made shall be more
than thirteen hundred an'd twenty
(1320) feet in its greatest length;
and no association placer mining
claim hereafter located shall be more
*
than two thousand six hur.dr 1 and
forty (2640) feet in its greatest
lengtth. N
Any location made cmitj.ining an
excess of ground beyond the limits
prescribed in this act, either in area
or length, may be relocated a;; to such
excess, but such relocation shall be
upon the end of the claim farthest
from the initial stake, or post or
monument.
Sec. 6. That no power of attorney
for the location of placer mining
claims in Alaska kail be valid or n
have any force or effect hwatsoever,
nor shall any locations thereunder be
valid or hare r.r.v f rce or effect un
less such p~\vrr of attorney be duly
executed and atkrr,v.-’ edged before an
officer authorized o administer oaths
and recorded in tlm < ffice of v'.ie re
corder for the dia l nit ; in whi ’ . such
claim is located, prior to the date of
filing for record of any such location
thereunder. And no person shall be
authorized to act as agent or attor
ney in^fact for the location of placer
mining claims except under written
power of attorney duly executed and
acknowledged, and no person shall be
competent to act as agent or attorney
in fact for the location of placer min
ing claims for more than cne indi
vidual in any one recording district
during the same calendar month.
That no person shall hereafter locate,
or cause to be located for himself,
more than two placer mining claims
in any one calendar month, in any
one recording district, one or both of
which locations may be included in
association claims.
Sec. 7. In order to hold a claim or
claims after the annual assessment
work has been done thereon, the own
er of such claim or claims, or some
other person having knowledge of the
fact, shall make and file an affidavit
of the performance of such assess
ment work with the recorder of the
district in which such claim or claims
is or are located, not later than nine
ty (90) days after the close of the
calendar year in which scuh work
was done, or the improvements made,
which affidavit shall set forth the fol
lowing:
a. The name and number of the
claim and -where situated.
b. The number of the days work
Qn/1 flin ellnrnnfnr nnrl I’ulna nf
the improvements made there
on.
c. The date of the performance of
such labor and the making of
such improvements.
<j. The place where such work was
dqne and improvements made
1 made with reference to the
boundaries of such claim.
e. At whose instance the work was
done and improvements made.
f. The actual amount paid for such
work and improvements and
by whom paid, when such
work was not done or improve
ments made by the owner.
The failure to file for record the
proof of assessment work as herein
provided, shall bo deemed an aban
donment of the location and the
claim shall be subject to relocation
by any other person, provided, how
j ever, that a compliance with the pro
visions of this section before any re
location, shall operate to save the
rights of the original locator, and
further provided, that it said placer
claim or claims have not been relo
cated by any other persons or per
sons within one year after such for
feiture, the last locator, claimant or
owner of such forfeited claim may
return to said forfeited claim or
claims and relocate the same as
though the same had never been lo
cated.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall
make or subscribe any affidavit re
quired to be made under the provi
sions of this act, knowing the state
ment therein contained, or any of
i .hem, to be false, in whole or in part,
or without knowing the statements
therein contained to be true, shall be
deemed guilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
by imprisonment in the penitentiary
not less than one year nor more than
five years. Any person who shall in
duce or procure, or shall aid in in
ducing or procuring another to com
mit perjury as herein dfiened, shall
he guilty of subornation cf perjury
and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as herein provided for per
jury.
Sec. 9. That any placer mining
claim located or attempted to be lo
cated in violation of any of the pro
visionp of this act, shall be null and
void and revert to the public domain
ana, may dc locatcu oy any quaunea
locator as if no such prior attempt
had been made.
ADDITIONAL ALASKA NEttS.
A shortage of carpenters is report
ed from the new railroad town of Ne
nana.
Two hundred and four pupils are
enrolled in the grades at the Juneau
schools.
Col. D. C. Jacklin, promoter of the
Alaska-Gastineau mine at Juneau, is
on an inspection trip to the big prop
erty.
The report that Clerk of the Court
Clark, ©f the Fourth division, had
handed in his resignation, proves to
be without foundation.
It is reported that several opera
tors in the Iditarod country are plan
ning to install dredges to economi
cally work their holdings.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Bank of Seward, a
special dividend of 20 per cent on the
capital stock was declared.
Col. Hayes, son of the late Presi
dent HayeS, accompanied by his wife,
were passengers on the Umatilla on
her recent trip, making a tour of the
territory.
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