1!MG. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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STRIKE
h|«car Brecdmnn is the first man in
Ccmlova to signify his intention of
going to the new strike in the Shn
shanna. He received a wire this
morning from 0. A. Simons, of Shu
shanna, advising him to come at once,
and Breedman has decided to act on
the suggestion. He will leave Mon
day on the train, taking with him one
horse from Cordova. He has another
at Chitina, and will take the two over
the trail.
In hia wire Simons says nothing
about the extent or richness of the
new find, but merely advises Breed
man to come immediately.
Scolai pass is now passable, accord
ing to Simons, and that route will he
followed by Breedman.
AIR PROPELLER BOAT
TO OPERATE ON STIKINE.
One of the fleet which will operate
on the Stikine this winter will cer
tainly be a singular appearing vessel
for river navigation. The new vessel
If being built in the boat house near
th^ sanitary Cannery by Charles
'Cllfk ami Ktl. Larson. The boat is an
air propelled vessel, powered " ith a
high speed sixty horse power engine.
It is a regulation flat bottomew scow
model, and the aero-propeller makes
it possible to operate in shallow waL r
where a submerged propeller boat
could not go. The new vessel is 38
feet long with a 10 foot beam, and will
(Ira A tight, three inches of water. The
LoaCwill carry about lb tons of freight
and they expect to have it in opera
tion by the fifth or May. —Wrangell
Sentinel.
TREACHERY CHARGED BY
MAYOR IN WIRE TAPPING.
NEW YORK, May 24. — Mayor Mlt
chell today accused ^Senator George
twi'hompson, chairman of the legis
Wfi\e committee which has been in
vestigating wire tapping activities of
the police, 44of treachery to the United
States’4 because of his attempt 10 in
vestigate the tapping of the tele
phones of the firm of Seymour Ai Sey
mour.
Sensational disclosures were made
yesterday that the police discovered
by tapping the telephone wires that
someone in J. P. Morgan & Co.'s of
lices had been giving out secret Infor -
mation in regard to munitions con
tracts as a result of which outside
parties had been reaping a harvest.
The Morgan tips were given toi
someone who had desk room in Sey
mour & Seymour offices, District \t
torney Swauu declared. He made it j
dear that Seymour <£• Seymour had
no connection with this transaction.
Wire Tapping Gets Into Congress.
\Jfc».HWOTON, May 24. — Hepre j
seuWtlive rioft. of New York, today
introduced a resolution for invest !ga
tion hv a house committee of five,
members of tapping wires in N'*".v
York by city authorities.
JAPANESE UMBRELLA TRADE
SHOWS GREAT ADVANCE.
4(^KIO, May 22. — The export
trade in Japanese umbrellas is rapidly
increasing, in recent years the ex
ports amounted in value to $8,500,000
and this year the figures are expected
to he exceeded. Manufacturers in
Japan are now overwhelmed with or
ders from China, India and other
countries in the South Pacific, be
muse of the falling off of imports
England and Europe generally.
ARE GETTING
BUSY
The salmon run at Cordova has now
begun in earnest, and all the can
neries in this vicinity are either op
erating now or expect to begin can
ning fish early next week.
Yesterday the Carlisle Packing Co.
received 5.000 fish, and today started
two lines of machinery io work can
ning them.
The Copper River Packing Company
at Mile 55 is getting a good run and
already have started operations.
The Canoe Pass Packing Company
is in readiness for a big catch of fish,
which is expected to arrive from the
fiats tomorrow, while the Clark-Gra
ham Packing Company, at Kyak. have
been operating for several days.
The Carlisle Parking Company
looks for about 10,000 fish on Monday,
and from that time on expect a steady
increase until the plant is running to
capacity.
The cannery lender Glacier, built
for the Canoe Pass Packing Company
at I'o'i'ilaml, arrived this morning, and
will he sent out to the flats immedi
ately. The new tender is a beautiful
vessel of the type used in Alaska. She
is 15 feet long, and equipped with a
80 horse-power Atlas engine.
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LARGE FAMILIES ORGANIZE IN
FRANCE TO DEFEND INTERESTS
PARTS. May 21. — “La Plus Grande
Fainille” (The Largest Family) is the
title of an association just formed for
the defense of the interests of fathers
mup mothers of families of five or
more children in France. Its objects
tire explained to be the study of the
rights and interests, moral and ma
terial of large families, to favor by
' propaganda all movements destined
to further those rights and interests,
and to aid materially the members of
such families. One of its projects is
a competition reserved to families of
geven or more children with prizes of
five hundred francs to those that have
the largest number of sons In the
arm.
COMMITTEE OF
SENATE FAVORS
CORDOVA RAILWAY
WASHINGTON, May 20.—The senate committee on ter
ritories has authorized Key Pittman to confer with Secretary
Lane on plans for building sixty-five miles of railroad from
Cordova to the Bering coal fields.
The committee, after hearing Alaskans on the need of the
new road, decided in favor of the proposed plan.
The above telegram was clipped
from the Juneau Dispatch, the Times,
owing to the irregularity and slowness
of the telegraph service having re
ceived no word of the action taken.
It is probable that if the matter was
properly presented to Secretary Lane
Immediately after the recommendation
of the committee, further action ai
ready hha been taken.
I. C. C. WILL LUUK
WASHINGTON. May 24. — The
Interstate commerce commission is ex
pected to take up soon the question
of a general overhauling Of freight
rates between Washington state and
Alaska.
The demand for an inquiry into tilt
rales now charged hy the steamship
companies operating between Alaska
and Washington has come from the
Alaska engineering commission,
which, it is said, alleges the rates are
prohibitive.
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The Times today is unable to
give its readers any telegraph
news later than May 24, no news
having been received today, as
the radio station has been unable
to clear the accumulation of mes
sages which have piled up. In the
meantime the Burnside is in dry
dock.
SEWARD, May 27. Lots in the
terminal tract at Seward, owned by
the government, will be sold at auc
tion between July 10 and 15, accord
irig to word received by the Alaskan
engineering'- commission. Byllnine
Brothers, owners of the greatest part
of the Seward townsite. will offer for
sale at auction 200 lots at the same
time.
The terminal tract is 60 acres, ori
ginally owned by the Vlaska Northern
railway, adjoining the incorporated
town of Seward. Wh< n the govern
ment bought the railroad, it also ar
quired ownership of this property.
The sale of lots will he conducted
on tlie same plan as at Anchorage last
year, one-third down and the balance
in five equal annual installments, it
is supposed the Hallaine lots will lie
offered at the same terms.
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Love is a dream; marriage is an
alarm clock.
i —
The cannery at Kenai, belonging
i to the Northwest Fisheries Co., was
i burned to the ground Monday night,
j and is a total loss, according to Cap*
I tain M. M. Jensen, master of the
' steamship Admiral Watson, which ar
rived from the westward today.
The fire started at 11 o’clock, and
when discovered was already beyond
control. How the fire started is not
j known. The loss is about $50,000.
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RELATIVES WRITE FOR NEWS
OF PERSONS IN ALASKA.
Inquiry lias been made through the
governor's office at Juneau for the
| following persons:
I Reuben Earl Todd Left SI 1 vert on,
Colorado, in 1 for the Klondike,
and not heard from since arriving in
Dawson. Is about 39 years old, if
living.
Albert Gilbert Last heard from
when in Seattle In March, 1!'I2. at
which time he stated he intended to
go to Alaska.
Any information as to their where
abouts will be appreciated if forward
ed to Governor Strong at Juneau.
C. C. MORGAN. OF
FAIRBANKS. PAROLED.
FAIR RANKS. May 23. — C. Mur
t gan, who was sentenced from Fair
banks in the winter of 1U09 10 to
! serve a term of fifteen years at Me
Nell's Island penitentiary for a staut
! tor.v offense, has been paroled. In
a letter to Deputy Marshal Percy
j Charles, of tditarod. in which he
^thanks that official for interest taken
I in his case, he says that the official
! will never have reason to regret it. He
! expects to secure employment imme
diately.
Mr. Charles states that there were
some peculiar features about the con
dition of Morgan, which raised some
thing of doubt in his mind as to the
guilt of the accused.
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The rapidly diminishing number of
clams on the Pacific coast and the
ever increasing demand for them has
turned the attention of the coast can
nery tnen to Prince William Sound,
which probably has more of this edi
ble sea product than any other place
in the world. There are now two clam
canneries established at or near Cor
dova, with a third one. the Carlisle
Packing Company, about to turn their
attention to clam canning as soon as
the salmon <juit running. All these
canneries are operated by outside
capital, and the profits all go to the
1 people on the outside, and there is no
benefit in them for Alaska.
There is no reason why this money
should not lie left in Alaska if the
citizens of the town have the enter
prise to go into tlie business them
selves. According to figures produced
by those interested in a proj> i t of
this kind here, the hue ti t is cot
a large one. and the pr-dil p' **
to lie very large and the h. i .1 ss v. ill
furnish employment for a number of
men.
Some of our local men have spent
the past two months in a thorough in
vestigation of the subject of a can
nery for this section. They have
visited and prospected the < lam beds
and are absolutely convinced that
there is an unlimited supply of the
shellfish. They have selected a situ
for the proposed cannery, and have
made a visit to Cordova to investigate
the methods of canning employed
there, and they are convinced that
there is nothing to prevent one or
more canneries being succ<-->"l!y op
erated here.
A company is being organized, and
tlie progress appears to tie so meri
torious that ttiere is little doubt the
organizers will have no difficulty in
obtaining outside capital with which
lo operate, hut before making any ef
j fort in this direction it is the inten
tion of the promoters to give the peo
ple of Valdez an opportunity to sub
scribe for the stock, and if 5 iiito.
make the corporation a purely local
nnfl It is pxnM'tpd the stock sub
scriptions will be opened within a day
or two. and it is anticipated that a
large part of the stock will be taken
here. The plan has been placed be
fore several of the local business men,
who have given it their unqualified
approval. Prospector.
ins will be
operated out of Seward as far as Mile
71, by July 15. according to It. J. Weir,
engineer in charge of construction
work at Seward for the \laskan en
gineering commission, who returned
this morning from a trip over the line.
Cam pa already are being stablished
for the work along Turnagain Arm.
and a busy summer is. expected in
that vicinity.
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Professor 11. W. McCracken, repre
sentative of an eastern university,
was an arrival on the steamship
Northwestern last night, and left this
morning on the train for the interior.
He expects to study the animals of
this region.
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STORY OF BIG STRIKE ON THE TOLSTOI
(Iditarod Pioneer, April 22.)
Because of the fact that practically
all of the men who staked ground in
the Tolstoi district have been com
pelted to return to Iditarod. Ophir,
(’ripple and elsewhere for supplies. |i
ihere has been little to report in the!
..ay of new developments. All evinced 11
a desire to rush supplies to the scenei,
prior to the break up. rl herefore there
has been little new work as yet. Front
now on it may be expected that work
will progress in all parts of the dis
liid. Humors have been rife, as is
usually tilt* ease in such instances, and
lurid tales of new pay, pay on now
creeks, etc., have been poured into
tlte ears of willing listeners. Sifted
down, however, these seem to have
been largely (lie result of imaginative
minds working overtime.
How Pay Was Discovered on Boob
Creek.
The story of how Jint Pitcher, the
owner of discovery claim on Boob
creek, staked his faith on the riches
of that region, how lie was unable to
Interest others in what he believed
would bring handsome returns, and
how finally he was enabled to carry
on prospecting work there through the
intuit ill ve belief In his judgment of
a well known lady of Ophir, makes a
rather Interesting recital, as told by
■eturned stampeders from the Tolstoi.
It appears that some three years
tgo a Finn and his partner, whose
lames are not recalled, sank a shaft
in the upper part of lioob creek, just
tbove where the Ophir-Dishkaket'
rail crosses. They had reported find
ng colors, hut became discouraged ■
md abandoned the claim. Jitn Fit |
■her often passed this prospect, and i
jecame inquisitive ns to what had
leen disclosed in the shaft. So one
Jay he cut down a tree and made a
■ude ladder, with which he entered
he shaft. The result of his investi
gations showed several cents to the
lan, and as the gold was found to be
juite well distributed on bedrock, Mr.
Pitcher became interested. He re
jorted the result of his investigations
it Ophir, and endeavored to interest
someone. For a long time he was
lnsueeessful, but his enthusiasm fln
illy impressed Mrs. W. A. Vinal, wife
if the United States commissioner at
Dphir, and a partnership was formed.
11 r. Pitcher was enabled to take in
m extensive outfit, and the result of
work done on claims located farther
lown the creek than the original shaft
if the Finn and his partner was the
incovering of values which have been
ecited heretofore in these columns.
Mr. Pitcher's work had been the
ibject of much interest to the people
of Ophir, and when he returned to
camp lie was closely questioned. He
gave evasive answers to all except
those who were interested with him,
the intention being to keep the find
quiet until after April 1, when]
additional claims could he located by!
them.
In the meantime \ndy Swartzdahlj
and partner, who had been sinking a^
shaft on Mastodon creek, also had,
found pay, and the.\ likewise desired'
to keep the matter a secret until af
ter the first of the month, and for the
l
same reason. Swnrtzdahl. who is said
to be u chaechako, was in Ophir forj
the purpose of purchasing supplies on ]
March 2ft, and the residents of the
Innoko camp endeavored in every way
to learn the result of his work on
Mastodon. He was extremely reticent
until one of his questioners hazarded
the statement that Jim Pitcher had
found pay running several dollars toi
tlie foot on Boob creek. The random]
shot had the desired effect. Swartz
dahl dug out of ills pocket small vial
containing coarse gold, and exclaimed:
• Well, I guess Jim Pitcher isn't the
only one who’s struck it: we’ve got
pay, too.” And then the story came'
out as related in the Pioneer of April ]
S. When he mentioned the fact that
single pans had run as high as from
10 to 5ft cents, the stampede germs
had been planted. Quick as a flash j
the building deserted, and in an In
credibly short time outfits were hur-’
riedly gotten together, dogs were!
hooked up, and the stampede was on.
Before midnight almost every male
inhabitant of Ophir, and every dog
team avails hie were on the way to tile
new Eldorado. Mushers over the Sew
ard trail arriving at that city on the
morning of March .‘Id, and tor a few
"days thereafter w> re treated to the
unique spectacle of a prosperous In -i
terior Alaska mining town inhabited
almost exclusively by women for the.
time being.
The sequel to the storm is one that
e:r,phasi/.es the uncertainties of the
mining game The Finn who had sank*
the original shaft on Uoob creek which ,
was llie remote cause of the great!
rush to the Tolstoi region and the
staking of hundreds of claims on that
and adjoining creeks, had been Out
side. Tiring of Oheechuko land, he
determined to return to Alaska and
prosecute further work on his claims,
on Boob creek. He walked in from!
Seward, and arrived at Boob creek
after his 600 mile walk the day alter
the stampeders from Ophir arrhed.
only to find that his'claims had he«u I
staked by the stampeders. Had Im
been a day earlier he would have re
gained his claims.