DRUGGIST HELD
ON SERIOUS
M’CARTHY, Oct. 10—Gustav Priess
ner, the local druggist, has been placed
under arrest by the United States Mar'
shal. eharged with selling liquor with
out a license. Mr. Priessner gave
bond and is cited to appear before the
district court at Seward.
W. R. Faddis has received the ap
pointment to the office of Commission
er vice F. R. Barnes, resigned. Mr.
Faddis will take office as soon as his
bond is accepted.
Sam Sanderson and Jas. Hyland are
in town after a busy season in which
they were occupied in working the
Bfooks ground on Rex Creek. Hyland
has lost 53 pounds in weight but he
still retains his glad Hibernian smile.
George Goshaw, who for the past
past two years has been in charge of
the Breedman interests in the Chisana,
arrived in town last night. He will
leave for the coast on the next train.
Building operations around McCar
thy continue. George Rust Is having
an addition put on his pool hall. Tim
Eckstrom's new cottage is completed.
C. F. M. Cole hag finished a two room
addition to his house and half dozen
more buildings are to be erected.
J. H. Murray, attorney and placer
miner, arrived from Valdez yesterday.
He will return to his Young Creek
property for the winter.
The fourteen hundred dollars appro
priated for use on the McCarthy
Nizina trail is being spent under the
direction of Gust Johnson, of the Road
Commission.
McCarthy is the livest town in
Alaska.
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FEDERAL JOB AT IDITAROD
CAN FIND NO TAKERS
Postmaster Albert Wile, of Iditarod,
was an arrival on yesterday's train.
He is on his way to Sacramento,
where he may locate. Mr. Wile ten
dered his resignation as postmaster
several months and is anxious to give
up the office, but as yet his successor
has not been appointed. He is an
old-time Alaskan, who has lived in dif
ferent parts of the territory, but says
there is too much red-tape and too lit
tle pay for him to hold his present fed
eral job.
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Going Is Slow on Trail.
Ex-Senator Henry Roden, of Fair
banks and Iditarod, was an arrival on
yesterday's train, having made the
trip as far as Chttina by automobile.
He reports the trail soft and heavy,
seven days being required to make the
run. Attorney Roden is on his way
to the states.
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Mike Maker, who has been working
for the company af Mile 62, is in town
and will leave on the Northwestern for
a trip to the states.
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and send it to your friends.
FIBRE DIES IT
ROME IN
FBINCE
ORANGE, Fracne, Oct. 13—Henri
Fabre, noted eutomologist died here
today. Fabre was a world figure In
his chosen line endeavor and had add
ed greatly to the world's store of
knowledge on the subject his writings
and books being accepted everywhere
as authoritative.
C. N. Orary, of Nizlna, was a Cor
dova passenger on yesterday's train.
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Inside Railroad Dope.
In discussing future construction
work, Chairman Edes said that if suf
ficient funds are forthcoming the con
necting link between the present Alas
ka Northern road and the new line out
of Anchorage can be completed in
from one year to year and a half.
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Editor Daily Times:
I would like to give you a few facts
about the conditions in the Shushan
na.
The work hns ceased and the camp
is abandoned, with the exception of
some fifty or sixty people, who will re
main and prospect this winter. These
fifty or sixty people still have con
fidence in the camp. We are all glad
the most of the no-good element and
knockers are gone. A great many
men came into the country with a
good grubstake, but made no use of it.
I can mention a number of them who
never left the cabin, and many more
who have never seen Bonanza, Eldo
rado or any other creeks in the dis
trict; who sold their outfits and hit
the trail, and it has made a great dif
ference in the feeling of those were
trying to do something. Everyone
was glad to be see the “misfit” go. I
have spent many, many years all over
Alaska, but the element who stam
peded to Shusanna were the oddest
bunch I have ever seen. Among them'
came sneak thieveg and hold-up men
from Dawson, pimps and tinhorn gam
blers from Fairbanks, cache breakers
and murderers from Nome, etc. The
riff raff of rotteness from all parts of
Alaska and the outside took refuge in
the little camp of Sbushanna and lived
and thrived, robbed cabins and caches,
committed depredations and murder;
jumped claims and brought about liti
gation and trouble for the rightful
owner. But now we are almost clear
of this element; they have gone down
the river or over the hump of ice that
that seperates us from outside hu
manity,the people remaining here are
now getting their winters meat. But
they have to go fifty miles further
now than they the first year on ac
count of the havoc wrought by the
"would be” hunter who would go out
and cripple sheep, caribou and moose
and leave them to wander away and
die. The cost of provisions in Sbu
shanna has been a vital subject, and
only can be overcome with the de
velopment of the country. We have
had no assistance whatever in way of
building trails and bridges only indi
vidually, and about 100 miles of
rough mountainous, glacial country
seperates us from the nearest point of
transportation.
The past season has been very dry,;
no rain at all, even Bonanza was short!
of water for slucing, only on the lower!
end. The James-Nelson people are
installing a large hydraulic plant on
Bonanza and expect to operate exten-j
sively next summer. The “pay” golt}
that has been taken out of the district
so far, was taken with very little min
ing, the ground on Bonanza, Little and
Big Eldorado ets. all being shallow.
The outlook for Big Eldorado is good
and almost the entire creek has been
let out on lays for next season.
Now comes our great want. Shu
nhnniig rli«frint in that p-rput nlln.
vial belt. This great belt reaching
out across Alaska and Yukon , terri
tories has produced countless millions
in placers and quartz etc. and as a
matter of fact less than two fifths of
this great country lies unexplored.
Getting back to Shttshanna what we
need here, * assistance. This is a big
country with 25 or 30 fine big creeks—
with fine wash gravel that will pan to
within a few feet of surface. But on
no creek in the district, except Bonan
za and Eldorados, has a hole been
put to bedrock. Aider, Johnson,
Trail, Rabbit, Ruby, Notch, Copper,
Lime, Powell, Wilson, Bryan, and
m;T;y more w'fh >u< a single hole to
bedrock—Why? Simply because it
costs too much for foodstuffs and
freight, and not many men in camp
who ever get the money together at
one time, to buy enough grub to last
them while he puts a hole to bedrock.
On Alder creek two holes are down
over a hundred feet, but owing to the
lack of pumps and other facilities for
taking care of the water these had to
be abandoned.
Mr. Capps, a geologist of wide re
pute says Alder Is one of the ancient
channels and deserves a fighting
chance as do all the old channels and
in all probabllty when Alder creek has
been prospected and bedrock reached,
we can begin to realize a camp of
some importance. These old chan
nels laying across the country hav
ing been covered up by volcanic action
—upheaval and settling of mountains
Into the river beds of long ago—where
the wealth in inestimable figures lies
sleeping—patiently waiting the ener
getic and never tiring prospector to
burrow into it and help himself. Now
what we most need is the drill, one |
that will go to the bottom of these ]
channels and toll us what is there. Up
to the present time not on edollar's!
worth of mining machinery has come 1
into this camp, excepting, ot course,
(he small prospecting outfit, and the
small outfit is useless without high
pressure pumps and othei ways -and
means of handling water. Now I t|tjpik
if th° Seattle and Cordova spirit would j
wake up. it could help us materally,, in
bolding down exhorbifant prices and
lending an encouraging hand In land
ing mining machinery. Robt. Clark,
one of Shushanna pioneer operators is
in the city preparing to bring in a
wake up, it could help us materally, tn
touch with the Immediate needs of the
country, and I wish him every suc
cess in this venture. Thanking you
Mr. Editor, very kindly,
I hope to remain,
Yours Respectfully,
M. 8. McAU.ISTER.
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