Valdez has organized a new cham
ber of commerce.
Leon Hatten, believed to be in Alas
ka, is sought by his mother, who Hires
in Colorado.
Alaska is noted for its hospitality,
says an editorial writer on the Tost
Intelligencer.
The salmon pack will be short this
season, according to salmon packers1
along the coast. * ’
A telephone system from Haines to
Porcupine, a distance of 38 miles, is
being pushed to completion.
Large quantities of dried shrimps
are being shipped from Petersburg,
Alaska, to the outside markets.
Representative and Mrs. Shoup of
Sitka report the arrival of a fine ba
by boy in their happy home.
F. X. Gosselin, prominent pioneer
and barrister of Dawson, died recent
ly, a victim of heart failure.
Jefferson Dowling, formerly of Val
dez, now of Juneau, has invented a
shell, which he thinks will be effect
ive in war.
Reports indicate that the Alaska
codfish banks are wonderfully well
supplied with fish this year. All tlie
vessels report big catches.
J. A. Grimes and R. H. Sales, big
mining men of Butte, figure on taking
over the mining property at Wind
ham bay, near Juneau.
The famous Knudsen farm near Ju
neau has been sold to real estate men
and will be cut up into acre-tracts
and sold to any who wish to buy land
near Juneau.
Simpson McKinnon, recently ap
pointed to AnnapoUs by Delegate
Wickersham, has left Juneau, en route
to the naval academy, to take up his
studies.
Dan Sutherland for senator and A.
J. Nordale and E. B. Collins^ will be
the candidates of the independents in
the Fairbanks districts. All are sup
porters of Delegate Wickersham.
R. H. H. Guilland, special timber
cruiser for the land office, stationed
at Fairbanks, is believed dead. He
has been missing since July 9. Search
ing parties are seeking his remains.
William Strouse, son of Mrs. Geo.
Treat, of Valdez, who himself form
erly resided there, is serving with the
American forces on the Mexican bor
der, being in the transportation de
partment.
Miss Crystal B. Snow, long a resi
dent of Juneau, and Dr. Chas. P. Jen
ne, a physician of that place, were
married in Seattle recently. Mrs. Jen
ne is the daughter of George T. Snow,
the veteran actor who went to Circle
City in the early days.
Attended only by the necessary wit
nesses, Elizabeth S. Churchill and T.
C. Burchett, both of Cordova, wrere
married Wednesday evening, says the
Cordova Times of July 7. The bride
has been a resident of Cordova but
five >nt!is, but the groom is well
known he-c, having held a position
with lie Copper River & Northwest
ern Ry. for years.
White Pass Hustling.
G. B. Buhmann has been appointed
traveling agent for the White Pass
and Yukon route and has jumped in
to the harness with a vim and deter
n i^a.ion La make things hum for the
White Pa.-r. Mr. Buhmann will work
tiie Canadian boats from Prince Ru
pert. soliciting business for the White
Pass ovei the Summit.
To Fortify Resurrection Bay.
The A r y and Navy Journal in one
of it- i.-. uiv; this month contains an
article about the tentative plans for
the fori ifj log of Resurrection bay.
The plans spoken of are suggested by
the war college and show that the
subj'.-.i ii receiving attention again.
Chicken Pox at Fort Liscum.
Lieut. Gf . Ncwlove, post surgeon
at Fort I.i cum, reports the occuvr
e > of chi. en pox at that place. The
wile and chiM of Corporal Jerry T.
Allen are suffering from the disease,
and the family has been quarantined
until further notice. Dr. Newlove
states that the disease was contracted
presumably in Valdez, although, so
far as known, no case of the disease
has been reported there.
To Patent Townsite.
At an adjourned regular meeting of
the council held Wednesday afternoon,
July 5, with all members present, it
was decided to employ Attorney John
Rustgard, of Juneau, to take up the
matter of securing a patent to Peters
burg townsite, the council agreeing to
pay the sure, of $300 for his services
when the patent is allowed, says the
Petersburg Report ,
Mountaineers Organize.
The Alaska Mountaineers, a new or
ganization which will operate in the
territory of Alaska, was launched re
cently at Skagway. The charter mem
bers of the new order are Lowell
Jackson Thomas, instructor in Prince
ton university and lecturer on Alas
ka; Harold Stetson, a White Pass
man; William Bledsoe, local mer
chant; J. C. Stewart, a White Pass
man, and Cecil Cole, also a White
Pass man.
Begins Shipping to Granby.
Owing to the recent decisions of
the Tacoma Smelter Co., to hence
forth pay to small shippers only 50
per cent of assay values of the copper
ores consigned to them and the re
mainder when the ores have been re
claimed, the lessee of the War '‘Eagle
have made arrangements to ship the
product of that mine to the Granby
smelter in British Columbia. If this
proves satisfactory there are doubt
less others in this district who are de
veloping their properties on a small
scale, will likely follow their example.
—Whitehorse Star.
Bear Hunting Slumps.
Bear hunting to the westward has
tapered off a littld now as the hides
are reported to be no good, the ani
mals shedding at this time of the
year. Some ten or 12 bears were
killed there this spring.
Steamer Mariposa
Comes and Goes
(From Thursday’s Daily.) .
The steamer Mariposa reached- An
chorage at 6:45 o’clock this morning
with the following first-class passen
gers for Anchorage:
Ralph Swanson, B. Jenney, Mrs. E.
E. Swanson, Miss Edith Swanson,
Miss H. H. Swanson, Mrs. C. M.
Swanson, P. Stewart, Ella Thocelfall,
Mrs. Louis B. Hill, Dr. A. L. Drtina,
Mrs. Drtina, Mrs. C. H. Thompson,
Esther Thompson, Willie Thompson,
Mrs. R. O. Scott, Glen Carrington,
Airs. Carrington, W. M. Wheeler, E.
E. Hurja, G. H. Danford, H. Marcus,
F. A. Martin, J. C. Murphy, C. Wj
Pring, J. Holfner, Airs, llolfner, Irene
Holfner, Mrs. A. T. Williamson, W. D.
Wandling, Miss L. M. Mills, Miss J.
Murphy, Clara Silvcira, Haven Sil
veira, L. H. Colfe, Geo. W. Sherwood.
The following tourists were aboard
the steamer Mariposa and spent a
fewr hours on shore taking in the
sights of Anchorage:
Mrs. E. L. Newhouse, Kathleen
Newrhouse, Garold Newhouse, John
Newhouse, Mrs. Evelyn McLoud, M.
D. Jones, Mrs. Jones, A. E. Cliff, Mrs.
Cliff, D. S. Oliver, Mrs. Oliver, Miss
Celia Foley, Miss Julia Foley, Mrs.W.
E. Bennett, Miss Grace Bennett, Miss
K. Nagel, P. Anchstetter, Mis. Anch
stetter, Mrs. F. II. MacBennett, Miss
Emma Bucey, Mrs. E. M. Kernaghan,
G. H. Schoellkoff, Mrs. Morgan May
field, Lucy E. Bauer, A. M. Bowman,
W. A. Babcock, David Thomson, Hil
da Anderson, E. G. Anderson, Miss
Irene Kimball, Mrs. A. Bingham.
The steamer Mariposa which sail
ed for Seattle this afternoon, took the
following passengers aboard from
Anchorage:
Mrs. L. Jenkins, R. Wakelin, Miss
Pickena, P. Nelson, W. Collier, P. II.
Smith, Adolph Nilsson. W. Aiken, M.
G. L. Madden, J. Mahern, J. L. Lous
sac, A. C. Wolff, B. F. Matlock, Mrs.
S. Bunde, E. T. Lindner, C. W. Bush,
Mrs. Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Woods, J. W. Hanilla, C. Nelson, R. G.
LaVoe, Mrs. McArthur, C. Arnndell,
Sam Guyat, R. H. Chadwick, Win. E
Lee, Maud Wilson, Emma Aland.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Bush and
son left on the steamer Maiiposa fo;
a month’s visit with relatives am!
friends in Portland.
IN WILDS OF ALASKA
DIDN’T HEAR OF WAR
FAIRBANKS, July 20.—After an
absence of two years in the Lake
Minchumina and Mt. McKinley dis
tricts, Stephen Foster and Walter
Ames are back in Fairbanks once
more. During their long absence
they saw but very few white people;
and, in fact, for the first 14 months
they never laid eyes on anyone but an
Indian, and only a few of them.
One of the interesting facts of their
trip, and showing how far they were
removed from civilization, was the
fact that they did not hear of the war
in Europe until March, 1915, or eight
months after it had started. It was
by the merest accident that they
learned of it. Mr. Foster was visiting
at Tleda, where he met a couple of
prospectors. Casually one of the
partners remarked something about a
battle. Mr. Foster, at once curious,
asked what battle, and for the first
time learned of the great struggle
and gained what meager information
the trappers had.
While in the Lake Minchumina dis
trict they did some trapping and
hunting.
SALMON SEASON IN
ALASKA IS DELAYED;
CATCH TO BE SMALL
Prolonged cold weather this spring
has made the Alaska salmon season
much later than usual and may possi
bly decrease the total catch, says J.
L. Smiley, cannery man of Elaine, on
his return from a trip into the north,
says the Seattle Times of last Fri
day. Smiley visited many of the
leading canneries of Alaska dur'fg
his trip. He is a guest at the Seattle
hotel.
“It is not generally known that cold
weather in the spring will delay the
fish seasons just as easily as it does
the fruit and vegetable yields,” said
Smiley yesterday. “When the water
is too cold at spawning time the fish
do not go up stream, but remain in
deep water. When the season is ex
ceptionally late the total catch is
much smaller.
“Alaska cannery men are not mak
ing any predictions on the coming
season. They hope for a large catch
because of an apparent good market,
but are unwilling to state that they
see prospects for the capture of many
fish.”
Smiley said the Puget sound catch
this season as far as appearances at
present go will be nearly normal. He
jxpects great activity in fish canning
In Washington this year.
Officials Want
Privilege of Killing
Game for Food
WASHINGTON, August 3.—It has
been decided that under the law . it
will not be possible for the war de
partment ofiicials, when traveling in
Alaska, to kill game necessary for
food. It was urgently recommended
by the chief signal officer that the
game regulations be modified so as to
permit this killing, but it was decided
after carefully reading the law that
this would not be possible.
It is explained in support of the re
quest that it is permissible for In
dians, prospectors and explorers to
kill game for food, and it was thought
wise to extend the privilege to gov
ernment officials.
Before this permission can be giv
en it will be necessary to change ex
isting law, which forbids the killing
of any wild game in Alaska except
during certain seasons, and contains
an exemption clause authorizing the
killing of game at any time by na
tives, miners or explorers, “when in
need of food.”
It is clear, say the authorities, that
the secretary of agriculture, to whom
it was suggested that the appeal be
made, has no authority to enlarge the
exempted list. He is only authorized
to vary statuatory regulations and
when he shall deem it necessary for
the preservation of game, placing re
strictions and limitations on the kill
ing of such animals and birds.
An effort will be made to amend the
law in the interest of the object here
! set forth.
Tolstoi District
Is Not Proven
Clyde Coleman is in receipt of a let
ter from United States Commissioner
W. A. Vinal, in regard to the Tolstoi
camp where he is stationed. Mr. Vi
nal does not speak very encouraging
ly about the present prospects of the
new camp, but says that there is no
need to be discouraged and that he
thinks there will be some develop
ments by October.
He mentions several deals involving
considerable money and says there
are a few well equipped outfits in the
country. He mentions several of the
old-timers who are well known to
many of the people in Anchorage and
says that Toni Muckle and Harry
Madison have “almost pay” on Eser
nato. He also mentions A. K. Thomp
son, Healy, Griffiths, Porter, Tom
Marshall, Ed Fernald and Hugh Mor
land, as being in the country and
waiting for developments.
Possibilities of
the Yukon River
Told by the News
(Marine and Railway News.)
In the Yukon river of Alaska the
United States should be the proud
possessor of the longest navigable
river operated by regular steamboat
service in the world. Without fig
uring the navigable length of the
waterway lying within Canada, the
river within the United States is 2,614
miles by the regular transportation
lines. It is impossible to segregate
the commerce on the river as between
Canadian and United States figures,
from th head of navigation to the
rivers north in Bering sea, but the
value of commerce on the Yukon for
the last twenty years has been $150,
000,000. On looking over the iniquit
ous river and harbor appropriation
bill, the Yukon, standing first in val
ue by commerce and first in navigable
length, is conspicuous by its absence
in the list of rivers to be made over.
No great breakwater or levee sur
mounted by bronze eagles and sil
ver-coated statues are planned to be
erected at its mouth in Bering sea.
No solid concrete locks with nickle
plated machinery are designed for
any section. No dredging, rip-rap
ping, bridging, piling or concreting
are provided for, notwithstanding the
fact that the Atchfalaya river is go
ing to be surveyed, and few people
know where it is. The Hackensack,
Penobscot, Wicomico, Kennebec, Mer
rimac and Housatonic are all going
to be cleaned, dredged, polished and
navigable length is less than 100
miles, and the value of the commerce
practically nil. The Santee, Wateree,
Congaree, Altamaha, Oconee, Ocmul
gee, are all to the fore with big im
provements planned and the depth of
the deepest water in any of them is
four feet. Petaluma creek and Co
hansey river are still in the running
but the mighty Yukon gets neither
mention nor appropriation but, like
Tennyson’s “Brook.” it flows on for
ever, building up the most valuable
commerce carried on any river of
this great but politically mismanaged
nation.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM OREGON PEN
SALEM, ORE., August 3.—Six con
victs, employed in the flax camp of the
state prison, made their escape yester
day afternoon. The county sheriff
and scores of special deputies are in
hot pursuit of the convicts and their
capture is but a question of time.
(
Hope and Sunrise
Signal Service to
Connect Here
The T. & T. department of the
commission thinks it is entirely prac
ticable to establish a signal service
with Hope, Sunrise and other points
on Turnagain Arm via some station
on the railroad after operation be
gins .
Until such time as wire communi
cation can be established, ordinary
telegraphic messages could be han
dled across the Arm from these
points to some station on the rail
road by means of heliograph or flag
by day and the acetylene gas lamps
at night.
The signals used are readily learn
ed and the railroad relay point could
be handled by an employe having oth
er duties, while the Hope and Sunrise
stations would be operated by some
suitable person already employed at
those places.
While this kind of a service is not
as good as wireless, it is much cheap
er and would answer the purpose for
some time. The apparatus, consisting
of a double set of flags, heliographs,
lamps and field glasses, could be had
for around $200.
TELLS OF POSSIBILITIES
IN THE MATANUSKA
The thrift of a farmer and the sta
bility of a farming community is
known by the class of buildings that
the different farms afford. People
from the east always look for the big
red barn and implement sheds and
granaries. The pioneer farmer of
Alaska has been blessed with plenty
of timber for his log cabin and caches
and did not have to resort to the sod
houses of prairie country of the early
days of Kansas and Nebraska.
The class of farm buildings erected
by the Matanuska farmer have been
built with the view of furnishing both
warmth and comfort and it is only a
question of a year or two unt’l he too
will have ample granaries and the big
red barn.
While education is always an asset,
a diploma from an agricultural school
is not absolutely essential and it has
been proven conclusively that any
man with ordinary brains combined
with energy and thrift can make the
farm lands of the Matanuska valley
produce prolific crops that bring in an
income justifying the investment of
time, labor ind mnning expenses.
The cry of “hack to the farm’' has
reached the city man, the man of ed
ucation and refinement and the farm
life in romantic Alaska has been espe
cially inviting to this class of Ameri
can citizens, many of whom have tak
en advantage of their prerogative
rights and settled on homesteads in
the Matanuska and Susitna valleys.
A splendid example of this type of
citizens who have cast their lot in this
country is that of E. L. Saindo/i who
has been in Anchorage for several
days on business connected with his
Matanuska valley farm.
In speaking of farming conditions
in the valley Mr. Saindon said he was
so well pleased with the future pros
pects of what his 320 aci i homestead
could produce that he had given up all
idea'- of ever returning to the states
except for a visit to the home folks
and that he was certainly glad that
he made the move from the crowded
conventional life of the city to the
free and untrammeled life of this
part of Alaska.
“My farm is located two and a half
miles from Matanuska Junction on
the Chicaloon branch of the railroad,
and it would be a revelation to the
eastern farmer to see my oat crop
which would more than compare fav
orably with theirs; while I only have
in three and a half acres of oats they
are waist high and fully headed out.
In addition to this I have in two and
a half acres of potatoes in full bloom
and my 3,000 cabbage plants are be
yond the stage of uncertainty and I
am assured of a bumper crop. This,
Too, is in addition to several acres of
smaller grains and vegetables and as
I said before I feel assured of the ul
timate ouicome of the farming indus
try of this valley and also feel justi
fied in just closing a $2,000 deal with
the North Side Lumber company for
concrete and lumber sufficient to
build a new concrete residence 26 by
26 on my farm.”
It is a pleasure for this office to re
ceive calls from such men as Mr.
Saindon, especially when they sub
scribe for the paper. The Daily Times
is doing all within its power for the
farmer of the Matanuska artd Susitna
valleys and is ever ready and willing
to take up any matter pertaining to
their welfare and at this time de
sires to impress upon their minds that
they are always more than welcome
and moreover the Daily Times ex
pects them to visit this office when in
Anchorage.
THREE THOUSANDS TONS OF
RAILS TO COME NORTH
SEATTLE, July 15.—The freighter
Burlington, of the Alaska Steamship
company, is now loading 3,000 tons of
rails which will be taken north to be
used in the construction of interior di
vision of the Alaska railroad. The
rails will be consigned to Nenana. The
Victoria will take 600 tons of general
constructon material for the north for
Nenana. Both steamers will sail from
Seattle on July 25, and the interior
cargoes will be reshipped at St. Mi
chaels.
Daily Times Want Ads bring quick
results.
LOCAL JOTTINGS j
ABOUT TOWN:
/ ]
(Prom Wednesday’s Daily.)
Mr. and Mrs. Max Kollm left yes- j
terday for a few days’ trip to make 1
sketches of the country in the vicinity '
of Knik. ^
Mrs. Ida B. Chase, the 4th avenue ]
milliner, will leave for Knik Friday to ,
spend the week-end with her friend, j
Mrs. Don Ray.
Among the contributions sent in for 1
the aid of the Indians at Point Pos- j
session were the material ones of i
Mrs. Ike Bayless and Mrs. M. L. Ger
ber.
Miss Christine Standiford has been
enjoying the hospitality of Miss
Thelma Wilkinson on government hill
for the past week, returning to her
home at Mile 112 last evening.
Jeremiah Murphy and Fred Martin
who represented the Anchorage
branch of the democratic party at the
Seward convention, will return tomor
row morning on the steamer Mari
posa.
Commissioner F. Mears, Superin- ,
tendent Jas. O’Reilly and District En
gineer C. R. Breck are expected back
from their inspection trip tomorrow
morning; coming by the way of Susit
na station on the river steamer Omi
neca.
Z. J. Loussac will leave for a three
weeks’ trip to Juneau on the steamer
Mariposa. Mr. Loussac is exception
ally well pleased with his business in
Anchorage and will purchase addi
tional stock for his modern drug store
while on this trip.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
H. Marcus, of Seattle, was a Mari
posa passenger and is a guest of the
White House|
Axel Olson, the MatanusKa farmer,
received two fine draft horses from
Seattle on the Mariposa.
Ted Julian and A. Kallestad, of Ju
neau, were passengers on the Maripo
sa and are registered at the Crescent.
Miss Emma Allard and Miss Maude
Wilson of Seattle left on the Mari
posa today after a visit of several
days in Anchorage.
Mr. Swanson and family will leave
tomorrow morning for his 140-acre
farm on Finger Lake, about six miles
from the Junction.
W. M. Wheeler, registering from
Seattle, is a guest of the White House
and arrived in Anchorage this morn
ing on the Mariposa.
Mrs. Anna Bingham and Miss Irene
Kimball, of Bellingham, Washington,
were among the Anchorage passen
gers on the Mariposa and are stop
ping at the White House.
Mrs. R. O. Scott, of Astoria, Ore
gon, was a passenger on the steamer
Mariposa, coming to Anchorage to
join her husband, R. 0. Scott, who is
employed by The Daily Times in the
capacity of linotype operator. Mr.
and Mrs. Scott will make Anchorage
their future home and are occupying
the M. J. Conroy dwelling on 5th ave
A consolidation of the Matanuska
and Knik hardware stores was made
yesterday and articles of incorpora
tion were filed in the secretary’s office
at Juneau and with the clerk at Val
dez. The name of the new hardware
firm will be Dohrmann-Herning and
Company, Incorporated, with a paid
up capital of $25,000.00 and Henry C.
Dohrmann, O. G. Herning and H. C.
Feldmann as stockholders.
The new firm will open for business
in the new concrete building on the 1
west half of lot 8 in block 26, that
will be constructed by Mr. Dohrmann
as mentioned in yesterday’s issue of
The Daily Times.
In order to help defray the expen
ses of the Seward trip the baseball
boys are going to give a dance Satur
day night at Robarts’ hall. Seward
has guaranteed $300, but this amount
will not be sufficient to meet the ne
cessary expenses. The proceeds of
the dance will be turned over to the
baseball management after deducting
actual expenses of music,, rental and
incidentals. Miss Marion Reed and
trap accompaniment will furnish the
music and everything possible will
be done to make the dance a success,
even to a cool, refreshing punch that
will be free to the dancers.
There is one important industry in
Anchorage that is little known but
whose products demand a ready sale. !
The Young brick yard located near i
Chester creek, about one mile from ;
Anchorage, has turned out 70,000
brick to date and C. J. Young says ,
the season’s output will reach in the ,
neighborhood of 200,000 brick. This ,
yard has supplied most of the brick ]
for chimneys and fire places in An
chorage and compares favorably with .
outside brick and were used for the 1
facing in the Chamber of Commerce '
building.
Mr. Young ha,s only the one kiln at
the present but is planning on doub
ling the capacity of the yard next
year by the installation of an addi
tional kiln and making further im
provements in connection with this
important industry.
D. W. Grant, P. J. Knight and O. J.
Lejanelli who are connected with Lib
by, McNeill and Libby arrived in An- ^
chorage on one of the cannery boats j
and are registered at the Crescent. j
C. M. Swanson came in from Mat- t
anuska Junction yesterday to meet j
his family consisting of Mrs. Swan- ^
son, Mrs. E. E. Swanson, Miss Edith ^
and Miss H. H. Swanson and Ralph ^
Swanson who arrived on the steamer |
Mariposa.
Miss Paola Kena who has made
nany friends during her three weeks’
isit in Anchorage, was an outgoing
tassenger on the steamer Mariposa.
Aiss Kena wiR visit in Juneau a few
reeks before returning to her home
n Detroit.
Miss Ella Threlfall, of San Fran
:isco, is a guest of the White House,
irriving in Anchorage on the steamer
Mariposa. Miss Threlfall is a friend
>f Mrs. Maud Cattle of the Style Shop
md is an expert bookkeeper, coming
o this city for employment in this
opacity.
Tex Jones, who recently purchased
he building formerly occupied by
Urs. A. J. Walters, next to the Two
jirls cafe, has made extensive im
irovements on the interior of the
milding and has fitted it up in an at
;ractive manner for a cigar and con
'ectionery store and is open for bus
ness to his many friends.
Wickersham
Appreciates the
Work of Friends
In supporting the cause of Hon.
lames Wickersliam for delegate to
congress the Daily Times sees daily
ividence of its good judgment. Re
ports coming from representative
men at Washington 'fcarove the high
?steem the statesmen of this nation
nave for him and there is aot a" mem
ber in congress who has endeavored
to do more for their constituents
than has Mr. Wickersham. Moreover
the people realize this and his bills
before congress and his attitude on
national questions are quoted by the
press throughout the country who
recognize his worth.
Nor does he forget the little tilings
in life and is always grateful as is
evidenced by a letter recently re
reived by Chas. E. Herron, in which
be says: “I especially want to thank
you for the interest you have taken
in my behalf and I wish you would
say to my friends who were at Val
lez and who assisted in securing my
endorsement that I value their ser
vices very highly and shall make
the race for delegate and hope they
will all continue their assistance un
til we overcome the combination
which is against us.”
Mr. Wickersham writes under date
>f July 19th that he expects to leave
Washington in about ten days or two
weeks and will make Anchorage a vis
it after his trip to Nome.
In closing Mr. Wickersham wants
to be remembered to his friends and
again offers his influence and assist
ance on any personal or public matter
pertaining to the welfare of Alaska.
Barton Hepburn
Boosts Alaska in
Leslie’s Weekly
(Barton Hepburn in Leslie’s Weekly)
Alaska has the same latitude as
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Fin
land and similar climatic conditions.
1'he same development may be ex
pected in Alaska that has obtained in
those Scandinavian countries, in
creased and intensified by her en
ormously great latent resources. The
Scandinavian countries have 16,000
square miles under cultivation and
1(5,000 square miles in grazing. Our
iepartment of agriculture has classi
ied 60,000 square miles in Alaska as
suitable for cultivation, located most
y in the Susitna, Tanana and Kus
tokwim valleys, with an additional
100.000 suitable for hay and grazing
ind another 100,000 square miles of
reindeer range. This estimate makes
available for agricultural purposes
160.000 square miles of the 566,466
square miles which constitute Al
aska's total area.
The four Scandinavian countries
lave 12,000,000 population and 14,
)00,000 head of live tsock. Applying
;he same ratio to the available lands
if Alaska would give her a population
if 30,000,000, with 50,000,000 live
stock. The present population of
\laska is, last census, 64,356, includ
ng natives. Her growth in popula
;ion and commerce is bound to be
steady and pronounced if not phenom
enal. Alaska has 4,000 miles of navig
ible rivers. The government has ap
iropriated $35,000,000 for railway
■ontruction, now in active process,
vhich will connect the commerce of
;hese great coal fields and mines and
■ivers and render accessible the for
ssts and agricultural products and will
nvite settlement by making ingress
ind egress easy of accomplishment.
DATE FIXED FOR
SEWARD SALE
SEWARD, August 4.—Andrew
Christensen, manager of the land an«7
ndustrial department of the Alaskar
Engineering Commission, announce:
he sale at public auction of 320 lot:
a the Federal and Cliff additions to
he town of Seward. The sale will
egin September 11. The minimum
rice for each lot has been fixed at
25.
Fine Job Printing at Times office.
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Enthusiastic
Over Mines in
Willow Creek
“Very few Anchorage people with
whom I have come in contact seem to
realize or appreciate the importance
of the Willow creek mining district
as a factor in the upbuilding of a real
city here. What I saw and learned
during an inspection trip of several
days to the mines and mills convinced
me that they will for an indefinite but
lengthy period be the most tangible,
permanent and profitable source of
the city’s prosperity.” The foregoing
statement was made by C. H. Pack
ard, who returned yesterday from a
visit to the famed Matanuska valley
and the 'mines. “Now don't misinter
pret me as belittling the coal and ag
ricultural resources, for they are un
developed assets of unmeasurable
value; but at present the big yellow
bricks of gold being turned out daily
at the Gold Bullion, Martin, Inde
pendence and Mable mills are more
tangible than the 1,000 tons of pota
toes which Matanuska farmers will
harvest in the season or the coal
which will be coming down over the
new railroad from Moose creek with
in a few weeks. However, production
of vegetables and coal will give em
ployment to a greater number of peo
ple than the gold mines, and eventual
ly the average yearly output of vege
tables and coal may represent more
value.
The four mills are now’ running
night and day and crushing an aver
age of 150 tons of ore every 24 hours,
with about 200 men employed in
mines and mills. The managers do
not care to make public the value of
the output, but an inquisitive visitor
may learn from one person the num
ber of tons mined and milled, from
another the number of ounces of bul
lion produced, and only a slight know
ledge of mathematics is necessary to
ascertain the total value of the out
put. By this process I learned that
bullion to the value of at least $75,000
is each week cornin ' to Anchorage.
This amount will be considerably in
creased during the remainder of the
season, because the new Denver mill
at the Independence, increasing the
daily capacity of that plant from 10
to 50 tons a day, commenced operat
ing this week. The trial run «vas
made Monday forenoon on ore re
ported to be valued at $200 to $300
per ton, from a new body recently
uncovered in the winse sunk from the
adit on the lowrer vein.”
Referring to a subject which re
cently attracted public attention un
favorably to the Gold Bullion mine,
Mr. Packard said:
“I know nothing of conditions
which prevailed there under the old
management —conditions complained
of by former employes and which
were referred to by Mine Inspector
Smith in a recent interview in The
Times; but such conditions are not to
be found there now. Early in the sea
son, before trails and roads were
passable, fresh meat was not to be
had; now there is abundance. An \
additional bunk house and a drying
and changing room have been pro
vided at the mine and a pipe lino con
veys the purest of mountain rater
direct to the camp. I met several per
sonal acquaintance^ and none of
them complained, or appeared io have
reason to complain, about either food
or accommodations. I have had more
than 25 years’ experience in the min
ing game, from prospector to opera
tor, and I never sat at hi camp table
supplied with a better quality or a
greater variety of palatable food than
that served at the mill mess house.
In fact, there isn’t a restaurant in An
chorage that serves better meals than
the supper and breakfast at which I
joined manager, superintendent, fore
men, packers and other employes,
‘highbrows’ and ‘roughnecks’ all at
“I met several prospectors going- in
to the hills north of Willow ami Fish
hoc to creeks, attracted there', a by the
recent rich discoveries reported in
The Tin es, extensions and improve
ments on 'oads and tra i l at <* greatly
needed, mospeciors and min owner?
joining in the complaint that the road
commission is not giving the di strict
the attention which it justly deserves.
A little work is being done on the op
per end, but for at least two-thirds of
the distance between Knik and mile
32 teams can not pull full loads be
cause of the need of a little work that
might be done with scraper or drag.
CORONER’S JURY FINDS
SUICIDE WAS CARLSON
The coroner's jury composed of J.
H. Smith, A. S. Koch, S. J. Kennedy,
S. S. Soper, J. J. Sherlock and T. R.
Nagle, impaneled to serve at the in
quest over the body brought in from
Big Rabbit creek yesterday found
that the body was that of John Carl
son and that he came to his death by
his own hands. Mr. Carlson was a
native of Sweden and 35 years of age
and there is no doubt but what the
man was mentally unbalanced.
According to a witness it seems
that Carlson was put off the govern
ment launch Alaska at Rainbow creek
and acted strange to the men around
the railroad camp at that place. He
was found looking into different bags
and grips, 'presumably after a pistol
and was called a thief by one of the
men; his remarks to this name show
k1 conclusively that he was intent up
>n suicide, as he said, “It doesn’t
make any difference what you call me,
’or I will be dead this time tomor
•ow.” This was on July the 30th and
;he next morning he was found hang
ng by a rope from a tent frame.