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ANCHORAGE, Feb. 20 (Special t
the Daily Times).—Out of respect t
the memory of the late Mrs. Marth
White, Anchorage business houses c
every kind—banks, hotels, stores, res
taurants, pool halls and cigar stands
suspended for an hour the other aftei
noon during th£ funeral services o
the famous pioneer woman. Mor
than a thousand persons followed th
cortege to the cemetery and, witl
bowed heads, listened to the brie
prayer that committed the remains t
their last resting place.
With the passing of Mrs. White th
Cook Inlet country lost its most widelj
known resident, and one who fo
twenty-seven years had taken a lead
ing part in directing its destiny am
developing* its resources. Her death
which was preceded by severa
months’ illness, was the consequeno
of cancer.
Mrs. White was born in 1867 in Scot
land. Because her birth occurred 01
the anniversary of Washington’!
birthday, and on account of he:
mother’s great admiration for th<
United States,, she was named Mar
tha, for Martha Washington. Witl
her parents she cairfe to America whei
she was seven years old. The family
made its home in New York. As t
young woman she was married ant
with her husband moved to what i:
now North Beach, Grays Harbor
Washington, where they took up j
homestead. There, in the course of t
lew years, she attained national re
nown for risking her life to save thre<
sailors shipwrecked off a British bark
For this feat she was awarded gob
medals by the congress of the Unitet
States and the Chamber of Commerci
of Portland, Ore. One- of the grea
consolations of her declining days was
the recollection of a short visit sh<
made about a year ago to North Beach
She was signally honored by the genia
greetings and hospitable reception!
given her by the citizens of the town
some of whom, in years gone by, hat
witnessed her heroic deed on a gale
swept sea.
tyr. and Mrs. White, when the]
came to Alaska, settled at ’a smal
vfllage near Tyonlc, ,on Cook inlet
There Mrs. White gave birth to he
daughter, also named Martha, the firs
. white child born in the Cook dnle
country, and there Mrs. White, madi
i a widow and forced to support a son
a daughter and herself, engaged ii
her first business venture. Shi
opened a small store. Her trade al
most entirely was with Indians, whi
paid for their purchases in furs. Shi
f had profited to the extent of severa
thousand dollars when pay dirt wai
struck at Hope, on Turnagain arm
and, with her two children, she stain
f peded there.
At Hope Mrs. White went into thi
' hotel business,,and then, by grubstak
ing prospectors and investing in lo
j, cated claims, became heavily int^er
ested in mining. During the activitiei
at Hope and at the neighboring cam]
of Sunrise she made and lost in min
5 ing several comfortable fortunes. Ii
later years she delighted to tell, whei
r in a reminiscent mood, of a trip shi
made to the States to visit her chil
* dren, then in boarding school, oi
’ which occasion, before leaving Hope
1 she sewed, for safekeeping while trav
! eling, $50,000 in currency—cheechakt
money—in her skirt.
MrS. White came to Anchorage ai
1 the time the government laid out tht
1 town. At the first auction sale ol
lots she bought a piece of propertj
on the principal business street'and
erected on it a two-story hotel. Its ap
pointments are modern, but aside from
this fact the personality of its pro
prietor always assured it of good pat
ronage. Mrs. White died there.
During the participation of the
United States in the world war Mrs
White’s loyalty to the nation's cause
found expression in efforts that she
exerted to raise funds for the Red
Cross. She was not an officer of the
organization. Her aspirations were
directed to obtaining liberal contribu
tions to its treasury. For instance
early in 1918, while traveling over the
winter trail from Anchorage to Sew
ard, she found a man’s woolen sock
badly worn, which had been thrown
away by a trail musher. She sold it
ior $600. The sale was negotiated af
an auction she held during an enter
tainment one evening in the social hall
of the south-bound steamship. A few
months afterward, on her return tc
Anchorage, she planned, arranged and
managed “The Days of ’98,” which
was given under tl]e auspices of the
ladies’ auxiliary of the order of Alaska
Pioneers. As a result of this affair
she turned over to the Red Cross
nearly $2,000.
Mrs. White by thousands of her
friends and acquaintances was known
and will be fondly remembered as
"Mother” White. To some the term
“mother,” when used in public fash
ion of a woman who for more than a
quarter of a century struggled with
the vicissitudes of life on Alaska's
frontier, might connote negligently
kept gray hair, a careworn face, stoop
ing shoulders, a scarcely discernible
waist line, and clothing not at all re
lating to present modes. But no such
attributes could be credited to Mrs.
White. Her figure, to the day her last
illness put her to bed, was strong,
erect and graceful; her face, with its
regular, well-proportioned features
and fresh complexion, seemed to belie
the age evidenced by thex silver
strands in her luxuriant growth oi
hair; her attire, which inclined tc
tailored modes, waff always stylish
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■ without extreme.* With respect to hei
"mother” was a term of endearment
Mrs. White's estate consists of pei
I haps the most valuable collection o
diamonds, nugget Jewelry and furs ii
• Alaska; the hotel property In Anchoi
; age, and extensive mining holdings ii
; the Hope, Sunrise and other district
! of the Cook Inlet country. Her jewels
, very few of which she ever wore, am
i her furs, will go to the daughter, Mre
! Frank Cotter of Seward. ' The hote
■ and mining properties will continue ti
i be looked after by the son, Rober
i White of Anchorage.
' NEW MlNINcloMPANY '
FORMED IN FAIRBANKS
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A new mining company was bort
. when the owners of the famous Ryai
i lode claims got together and incorpo
, rated an Alaska company with a capi
. tal stock of $500,000. The Ryan lodi
, comprises eight quartz claims situat
i on the divide between Eva and SI
i Patrick’s cr|ek, and developmen
work already done has uncovered :
large ledge of gold bearing ore, am
, now that the war is over and condi
tions will soon become normal again
with reduced cost of supplies and bet
ter facilities for transportation It h
believed the property can be made ti
pay. There is no doubt but what th<
Ryan lode Is the source of the place
deposits found on Eva and St. Pat
rick’s creeks, and the owners believe t
little further work on the ledge wil
develop a mine.
The directors of the compan;
named in the articles are Ben Thomp
son, August Peterson, James G. Me
Cann, Falcon J[oslin and G. B. Erwin
As all the owners of the propert;
could not be reached at this time t
block of the capital stock has beer
set aside for them. The balance o
the stock will be sold in the States, ar
option having been given to Mr. J. W
Platt of Butte, Montana, trtto is leav
ing in a few days with tbie direct ob
ject of raising the money to start de
velopment work at once, 'f Mr. Prati
has been working on this project foi
about a year in an endeavor to get the
owners of the Ryan lode In a positior
where it could be handled by capital
and he has practically assured the
company that money for developmem
purposes will be forthcoming this
year.
Here is hoping the Ryan lode wil
soon be helping Alaska pay the na
tional war debt—-Fairba|§* Citizen
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Any person taking fire apparatui
from the fire stations without permis
sion will be prosecuted.
D. T. PHILIPS, Chief.
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