The Cordova Daily Times
y0Ll MK TWO. NUMBER 377. roRDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1916. TRICK TEN CENTS.
y WASHIN'OTON, March 1. — The la
bor situation at Anchorage, Alaska,
where the government is building a
railroad, is causing the administration
some concern. Secretary Tame has
been deluged with telegrams and let
ters, protesting against conditions
there, and today he called upon Sec
retary of Labor Wilson, and requested
that he appoint a commission, whose
duty it will be to go to Anchorage at
once and seek on adjustment of the
difficulties between the engineering
commission and the men employed in
the construction of the railway, which
differences resulted in a labor strike.
Secretary Wilson has announced that
h« will name this commission on
Thursday, and arrangements will be
made to have it leave Seattle on the
first boat for Alaska.
, TO EMPLOY/
With the price of copper nearly
thirty cents, the mining of that metal
has been stimulated to such an ex
V tent that all producing properties are
now being worked to their capacity.
This condition is especially noticeable
at the Beatson mine of the Kennecott
Copper Corporation at Uatouche. A
few months ago the management in
stalled a process of concentiuting the
metal from tin* lower grad ores by the
use of crude oil and so successful lias
this been that the mill is to be dupli
cated. thus allowing for the treatment
of double the amount of ore as at pre
^ sent.
The company has just completed a
modern bunk house, which will ac
commodate 150 men. and every con
venience lias been installed to make
the place comfortable. There ar^ at
present 220 men employed at the mine,
hut this number will be increased to
five hundred as soon as the weather
. conditions will permit or the new
buildings that are contemplated being
erected.
The property is owned by the Ken
necott Copper Corporation, which re
cently acquired the Kennecott Mines,
the Braden Mines in South America,
400.000 shares in the Utah Consoli
dated. the Copper River & Northwest
ern Railway and the Alaska Steamship
Company. Stephen Birch, the presi
dent of the company, is well known
here, having been connected with the
^ Copper river exploring expedition un
der Captain Abercrombie in 1S99.
The Beatson ores are a chalcopy
rite, averaging about ten per cent cop
per. tu t the ore is especially valuable
for its use as a flux. The mine pur
chased from \. K. Beatson a few years
ago. has been a steady producer.
LUMBER ARRIVES FOR CANNERY
> . PLANT.
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The freighter Cordova arrived at
the local dock yesterday afternoon
with an unusually large cargo for this
place. It consisted of 300,000 feet of
lumber for the Carlisle Packing Com
pany. which is erecting a new cannery
here; 200 tons of coal for Cordova;
flvp box cars, twenty tons of dynamite,
120,000 feet of lumber and too tons
m of coal for the Copper Itiver & North
western railway.
J. V. Carter is now filling the posi
tion of guard at the federal jail.
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QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $1.00 I
PER SHARE.
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The Kennecott Copper Corporation
has just declared its initial quarterly
dividend of $1.00 a share. The divi
dend represents a payment from the
earnings of the Kennecott Copper pro
perties alone, without reference to in
come from the Utah Copper Com
pany, whose stock is extensively held
in the Kennecott treasury. The divi
dend was made payable March 31 to
Stockholders of record March 10. >
President Stephen Birch submitted
a statement which showed a surplus
on hand amounting to $0,705,387. fig- J
uring unsold copper at 18 cents a
pound. The first dividend will re- '
quire about $2,800,000 as the bulk of f
the company’s 3,000,000 shares are '
outstanding.
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ATT’Y. GENERAL;
BE ELECTED IN ■'
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Throughout the territory it is not 1
generally known that at the next ter- f
ritorial election the voters will be f
called upon to elect an attorney gen- 1
oral for Alaska, but such is the fact. 1
the office having been created by the ’
last session of the legislature. At the 1
present time there is no attorney gen- f
oral, but .1. H. Cobb, of Juneau, is act- ‘
ing as chief counsel for the territory, '
attending to some of the duties that 1
will be imposed on the attorney gen- 1
eral.
The Republican convention to be 1
held at Seward on April 19 will choose
a candidate for this office, and the 1
Democratic convention to be held at '
Juneau on May 24 will select a can- 1
didate also.
On the Republican side of the house
there has been little talk regarding
the office, and in the interior no one’s
name has been mentioned as a pos
sible candidate. Whether or not any
of the coast Republicans are after the ‘
job is not generally known.
.1. H. Cobb, of Juneau, is actively 1
out for the Democratic nomination, it 1
is said, and will probably be the 1
choice of that party.
At the next November election the
people will have an opportunity to
vote for a delegate to Congress, a ter- (
ritorial senator, four representatives 1
to the legislature, a territorial attor
ney general. At the following regular
election, the territorial treasurer will 1
be added to the list.
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SER¥ICE
FOB COLLEGE !
STUDENTS :
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 29. The i
Senate committee on military affairs <
has agreed on a provision in the army s
bill, providing for summer military f
encampments of college students. The t
matter of selecting the. times and
places of holding the encampment has t
been left to the President. e
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VICTORIA COMING TO CORDOVA. ,
\ The steamship Victoria, which is r
now at Unalaska with a cargo of sup- )
plies for canneries to the westward, s
will return to Seattle via Cordova, i
where she will load 2,000 tons of cop
per ore. The Victoria is due here t
about March 5 or 6. c
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W. T. Ford, general auditor for the o
Alaska Syndicate, was scheduled to $
leave Seattle last night for Cordova, f
on his annual tour of inspection of the c
business of that corporation in this i
section. t
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George \V. Sias, president of the
'aide/. Creek Placer Mines, reports
hat he is spending $125,000 this year
or supplies and equipment for the
'aldez Creek Placer mines. The
quiprnent consists of 1,400 running
eet of Ilouery patented steel riffles,
weighing 278,184 pounds, and costing
. o. b. Seattle, $1 1,477; also 1,000 feet
f 15 inch. 12-gauge double riveted
teel pipe; 1,000 feet of 18-inch, 12
auge pipe, with all the necessary
r's; and a five ton capacity guy der
ick, with 70-ton steel mast. 85 foot
teel boom, five guy lines and all the
lecessary blocks and hoisting lines;
Iso a double drum electric hoist slew
ng gear; and a G. E. 35 horse-power,
50 R. P. M., 115-v direct current mo
or, complete with controller and re
istance box. The latter was fur
dshed by the General Electric Com
iany of Schenectady, New York. Also
pedal electric sliding contact device
or the derrick to prevent twists in
he electric conductor cables. The
iipe, derrick, and extra supplies with
he riffles cost $22,215.24. Also three
4o. 6 double jointed ball bearing
iants, with 15 inch flange inlet, with
ompanion flange gaskets; three No.
-inch no/.zles, and three No. 7 Smith
,a Grange deflectors. He has also
iiirchased 150 feet of extra heavy pipe
nd equipment, for the No. 3 traction
leys tone drill now on the property.
Hardware, store supplies, electric
quiprnent and sundries, purchased
hrough S. Blum A- Co., will cost $10,
00.
Horse feed will cost about $10,000.
Sleds and horses. $6,400.
Freight on railroads and steamship,
bout $16,675. '
Wages to June 1. $17,500.
These supplies have all been pur
hased, and are now on the way to
'aide/, creek; Twenty men. forty
iorses and sixty eight bobsleds are
noving this freight. *AikUion the equip
tunt which is now on the way to the
roperty has been installed, which
, ill be about May 20, the water will
e running and the Valdez. Creek Pla
er Mines will be one of the largest,
idlest and best equipped properties
nown today.
The ditch carrying the water to the
enstock and pipeline is 6,200 feet
ang, 8 feet wide on the bottom, 15
eed wide on top, and 3 feet deep. The
lain pipe line is 4,000 feet long, with
5-foot intake, and lesser branches
mounting to 1,000 feet, with No. 6
tydraulic giants with 6-inch, 7-inch
ml 8-inch nozzles. This season the
rustees purchased sixty acres of ad
itioual dumping ground, which can
e completely covered with tailings
o a depth of 75 feet, and makes pos
ible a second hydraulic pit. This al
iost doubles the efficiency of the hy
raulic system. This second pit will
ie equipped with 1,000 feet of 18-inch,
2-gauge steel pipe and 1,000 feet of
5-inch pipe. Both pits are being
quipped with a new permanent flume,
ml 1.400 feet of patented Boucry rif
les, which modern practice has proved
o be the most efficient riffle known.
Additional equipment consists of
wo Belton water wheels: a complete
leetrie generating plant, furnishing
ower for lighting, running the saw
llll and other purposes; an Ingersoll
land air compressor with nine jack
ammer rotating rock drills; a Key
tone drill for drilling and prospect
lg the ground. I
The Veldez Creek Blacer Mines es
Imnte that " ill not cost over ten
ents per cubic yard to hydraulic the
ravels. The bedrock gravels cleaned
uring 1915, after there had been i
21 per cubic yard taken out. tunuel
lg by hand methods, averaged J1 pe^j
ublc yard. At the end of the work
tg, 1.200 feet from the portal of the
mnel. the bedrock gravels yielded
$23 per cubic yard. They estimatt
that the capacity of the Valdez Creel
Placer Mines will give 2,400 miners
inches every 24 hours, Alaska prac
tlce shows 5 cubic yards per miners
inch every 24 hours. The worklnf
time is computed at 130 days. Thej
will get at least 100 days hydraulick
ing before the cleanup in 1916. Tak
ing the gravels at $1 per cubic yard
24 hours per day. at only 2 1-2 cubii
yards per miners' inch, would give f
total of $600,000. Operating expense!
and Interest charges for the season o
1916 should not exceed $100,00(1
Therefore, the estimate of a net profi
of from $200,000 to $300,000 for thi
season of 1916 seems reasonable ant
conservative.
The properties will be under thi
management of M. Pierre Bouery. whi
for fifteen years has been manager o
the La Grange Mines at Weaverville
.Mining men have long considered thi
La Grange mines as one of the mos
successful hydraulic mining propertie
ill the world, and the owners ascribi
their success to Mr. Bouery. At thi
L Grange mines Mr. Bouery brough
his water for hydraulieing over fort:
miles, and worked 4-cetit gravel at i
profit. At Valdez creek the source o
water supply is within two miles o
the hydraulic pit, and the gravels, ac
cording lo expert engineers, yield $
per yard. Mr. Bouery had the offe
of (tie Veidez Creek Placer Mines un
der consideration for a month, am
gave the matter careful thought. Hi
third five-year contract with the Li
Grange Mining Company expired li
October. Before renew ing for allot he
five-year period he received the offe
of the Veidez Creek Placer Mines, am
signed a five-year contract with them
The properties of the Valdez Creel
Placer Mines, consisting of abou
.3,000 acres, are all paid for. as wel
j's the supplies, provisions and alsi
the labor up to date. In the repor
made In 1911 by Forbes Rickard, inin
ing engineer of Denver, Colorado, hi
estimated that by handling 3,000 yard
per day, there will be at least twent:
years' work in these high gravels.
WOMAN IS JAILED
LONDON Feb. C9. — Mrs. Xellii
West was tried in the London polici
court today and sentenced to servi
six months in jail for circulating lit
erature opposing conscription, and on
couraging the British public to refusi
to obey the compulsory service lav
passed by parliament.
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NO PRESS DISPATCHES RECEIVEC
YESTERDAY.
The wireless failed us last night
and as a result the Dally Times did
not receive its Associated Press news
dispatches for today’s paper. The rea
son given for being unable to hnndlt
this business Is the fact that the night
letter service has grown to such an
extent that with the commercial mes
sages the newspapers were nlmosi
entirely overlooked, as only a few
brief messages came through late last
night. v
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/Henry Matllard has accepted a po
sition with the Blum. O’Neill Com
pany, being in charge of one of the
delivery wfagons.
navy department will en
large CORDOVA PLANT.
d' Secretary of the Navy Joseph Dan
1 iels has approved contracts with the
Federal Telegraph Company of San
Francisco, for the construction and
equipment of large radio stations at
'San Diego, California. Cavite and
Pearl Harbor.
Secretary Danniels also announced
! that the advancement in the wireless
department would consist of en targe
; ment of the plant at Cordova and other
1 I’aeific coast points.
The secretary stated that the de
■ part mem was anxious to have a line
of wireless stations in shape to sweep
ttie whole Pacific coast from Nome to
the Panama canal.
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Never since the purchase of Alaska
has there been such a movement on
. foot to secure tourist trade for the
( north that there is this year. Through
, out the east, and particularly the na
tional capital, tons of literature is in
^circulation, setting forth the charms
r of tile northland as a paradise for
^ tourists. Practically every leading
, railroad of the country has united in
,; tlie movement, with the slogan, "See
Alaska First. "Excellent inducements
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are being offered by the transconti
, nentai railway companies, and it is
believed that several thousand people
I will make the trip north during the
( summer.
t In addition to the trips across the
! country, the steamship companies are
advertising attractive trips through
. ilhe Panama canal, with a visit at the
I San Diego fair, and a railroad Journey
from there to Seattle, and thence to
. Waska by boat.
t ' Some of the eonipannies are simply
I advertising a trip along the southern
( -oast of Alaska, but the majority of
t booklets tell the prospective traveller
that to see the north as it is, to see
, the country that is to be ooened un
J by the building of the government
r railroad, it will be necessary to make
tlie trip down the Yukon and up the
Tanana valley, thence out by way of
St. Michael and Nome, and back
around via Seward, Valdez and Cor
dova.
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ATHLETIC MEET
APRIL 22
DES MOINES, Feb. 29. — Arrange
, meats have all been completed for a
big meet of track athletes from all
j parts of the country to be held in the
j Drake University Stadium, on April
22. All the universities in the coun
try, from coast to coast, have been
invited to send their premier cinder
j artists, and replies have already been
received from sufficient athletic
boards to guarantee the largest col
lection of amateur athletes ever gath
ered together at one time In this
country.
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;big shipment of mail.
An extra shipment of 3,000 pounds
of mail will leave on this morning's
train for Fairbanks. It consists prin
cipally of parcel post packages, and
is in addition to the regular dispatch
\of 1,000 pounds, which Is sent to the
interior three times a week.
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You can rely on the news being cor
rect when you see It in the Times.
GERMANY SINKS
VESSELS
LONDON, March 1. — Ormanr's
submarine program of sinking armed
merchant ships opened at midnight,
and the steamships Thornsby and
Malvina were the first ones sunk. The
jcrew of the former vessel were lost,
but it is not known what became of
the crew of the Malvina. Whether or
not these ships were armed is also
unknown. There are now twelve big
liners near the war zone.
WASHINGTON, March 1. — Presi
dent Wilson has decided that he can
not proceed with the German subma
rine negotiations while dissension is
rampant in Congress, and he asks for
an early vote on the question of warn
ing Americans from traveling on
armed merchant ships. Wilson is
anxious to show the Kaiser that his
position has the endorsement of the
people of the United States.
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i1 UN!
REGULATED
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Just how much work will be done
i by the Alaska road commission dur
| ing the coming season will depend al
i together on how much money Con
i gress appropriates. The usual $150,
oOO, which Is carried on the war de
! partment appropriation bill is assured,
but the extra $400,000 asked by the
'commission to complete the Fair
j banks-Valdez rOad is still pending in
the committee room.
The Chambers of Commerce all
'over Alaska have petitioned Congress
i to make this appropriation, and Col.
I Richardson, who is at present in
Washington, is hopeful that the money
will be made available. This will per
mit of gravelling the road the entire
distance, and will be invaluable to
reducing the time required to make
the trip between tidewater and the
Tanana metropolis.
The commission is now engaged in
\ transporting the supplies to points
along_ the road to be used in the re
| pai#t work during the summer, and is
I under the immediate supervision of
| T. H. Ingram, who is now at Chitina.
| Major Davison is the only member of
■ the commission at present in Valdez,
j Mont. Mehaffey being away on a trip
I of inspection in the interior, and as
) before stated. Col. Richardson is in
I Washington.
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EUUTBALL RULES
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NEW YORK, Feb. 29. — The foot
ball rules committee, which held its
annual session in this city last Satur
day. has announced the results of its
.deliberations. The committee' is an
fVereolleglate one. representing the
big universities of the east and middle
west, and they decided to leave the
rules practically the same as they
were the past fall, no radical changes <
having been made.
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Grover Frame is now operating an
automobile on the trail from Chitina
to Fairbanks, and expects to operate
three ears this summer.
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