Cordova, November 11
The steamer Northwestern arrived
from the south last night at 8 o’cloca
with 176 tons of freight for this city,
of which 61 tons are to go out to
points along the railroad. The voy
age wras an uneventful one, with fair
weather all the way from Seattle.
The vessel departed for Valdez and
points to the westward at 1:30 this
morning. She is expected to arrive
at Cordova next Friday on her re
turn trip. Following are the passen
gers for this section of Alaska:
For Cordova—Mrs. M. A. Hill, E.
L. Kimball, Guy Busch, J. G. Billow,
A. J. Huldberg, T. C. Burchet.
I For Valdez—Max Dunlap, Neal
Dunlap, C. H. Dunlap, Mrs. Dunlap,
A. E. Hobbs, Mildred Clancy.
For Latouche—Alma Brooks.
For Seward—W. G. Weaver, G. It.
Manthy, Joe Martindale, Maggie
Derendorf, Miss E. Joslin, J. A.
Deming.
A cablegram to the Daily Alaskan
states that R. W. Baxter, vice presi
dent of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, departed this morning from
Seattle for San Francisco with a
view of purchasing the steamship
Kansas City and adding her to the
company’s fleet in the Alaska trade.
The vessel is to be placed in readi
ness for service early in the spring,
if the sale is consummated.
The Kansas City is owned by the.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
is being operated between Panama,
San Francisco and Portland. She was
built at Chester. Pa., in 1889, and
her speed is 17 knots and her
engines have 4,000 indicated horse
power. Her dimensions are: length.
327 feet; beam, 45 feet. Her gross
tonnage is 3,679 and net tonnage,
2.163 and she carries a crew of 64.
She is 13 feet longer and four feet
wider than the Alameda.
The Chamber of Commerce is en
gaged in packing up its mineral and
agricultural exhibit to be forwarded 1
by the steamer Northwestern for dis- j
play at the San Francisco and San .
Diego expositions. It will make an j
excellent showing of the mineral and :
agricultural resources of the Copper
River valley and the entire country
tributary to Cordova and aid in dis
pelling erroneous ideas about Alaska
—ideas that this territory has no
agricultural resources, either de
veloped or undeveloped.
One of the. largest mails ever re
ceived at Cordova arrived on the
steamer Northwestern from the
south last night. Postmaster H. G.
Steel stated thatf it was pracically
half of all that left Seattle for all
points in the erriory. There were
308 pouches and sacks in the lot and
filled two large trucks to the limit
of their capacity.
Cordova, November 12
P. B. Burke, owner of a fine farm
known as Long Lake Park, which is
one of the attractions of the Copper
River valley, starts on the steamer
Northwestern tonight for a visit of
■*t least five months with relatives
J 4 the east. He expects to spend
Christmas with some of his children
at Minneapolis; has not notified
*hem of his coming, and will give
•them a pleasant surprise on Christ
inas e.ve. Mr. Burke will spend a
few weeks at the national capital be
fore returning.
The Klondike region has produced
approximately $176,000,00 in virgin
gold. These figures are made up
from present Canadian royalty re
turns, American consular export
records of earlier days, and from
other reliable sources. Of this grand
total no less than $150,000,00 came
from the territory lying within a
radius of 50 miles of Da'.vson.
Cordova, November 13
Col. W. P. Richardson was a pas
senger on the steamer Northwestern
going through from Valdez to
Seattle. There he will meet Lieut.
Edgerton and together Hiey will
txavel east to Washington., In the
very near future the Lieut, is to be
married and the Colonel will be one
of the attendants at the wedding.
The steamer Northwestern arrived
from the westward last night at 9
o’clock and took on 200 tons of
copper ore for the Tacom* smelter,
sailing south about midnirht. Her
passengers from Cordova were as
follows; \
For Seattle—J. A. McLeal, G. L.
V Peruse, H. H. Deth, Isaac Shith, J.
O. Malcolm, L. D. Black, J.^ Brew
ster, Wm. Helmold, H. Helntold, S.
pNChapin. Elmer Larson, J. Hjghes,
,T J. Frendwell, Louis TBomas,
Powel,, G. Aarons, E. Danlelsta, E.
Littlefield, Kenneth Hearnes, \. B.
Hargraves, Fred’k. Mears, . J
Dwyer and 10 second class.
Far Juneau—I. Alderman, . *•
Meeis, Ben Thomas, and 2 second
class. , . 1 .
The steamer Mariposa is duel to
arrive from the westward tomorrow
afternoon or evening and will be in
port five or six hours taking on a
cargo of copper ore. While it is not
ye.t known definitely, it is expected
that she will sail south from here
about Sunday midnight. The fol
lowing passengers have been booked
for Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mc
Kenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sapiro,
Mrs. Krippahne, Father Van der Pol,
Will A. Steel.
Gov. J. F. A. Strong has appointed
the following Alaska mining men as
delegates to the annual convention
of the American Mining Congress
which will convene at Phoenix, Ari
zona, December 7th next:
B. L. Thane, Juneau; F. W. Brad
ley, San Francisco; E. P. Kennedy.
Juneau; John Richards, Treadwell;
U. G. Rush, Ketchikan; B. F. Mil
lard, Valdez; James J. Godfrey, Mc
Carthy; Alexander H. Bradford,
Seward; Geo. James, Nome; Falcon
Joslin, Fairbanks.
Dean Officer, who was shot by A.
E. Todd, former commissioner at
McCarthy, during a political dispute
one day last week, is recovering
from the ecects of the wound in his!
head. He is said to have stated j
that he will not prosecute Toda,'
against whom he bears no ill will.
Lieut. Frederick Mears, a member;
of the Alaska Engineering Commis- j
sion, departed on the Northwestern;
last night for the outside. He will
meet Wm. C. Edes and Thos. Riggs, j
other members of the commission
who preceded him, at Seattle where1
a portion of their report to Secre
tary Lane will be prepared.
Our former townsman H. P. King,
of Valdez, reports that he has given j
a lease on the Lone Star property, in,
the Port Wells district. He has con- j
tinue,d to do the assessment work on j
these claims and this summer a lead ,
of good ore was struck. A number
of Seattle people have stock in this;
property.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sapiro will j
leave on the Mariposa to spend the
holidays with relat’ves and friends
at Seattle.
The old reliable steamer Dora,
relieving the Dirigo and with the
latter's crew under Captain McMul
len, departed for the westward this
morning loaded almost to capacity
with machinery and supplies for
points as far as Dutch Harbor. The
woodwork of the, old vessel has j
been during the time she has been ;
tied up at Cordova, considerably dis-'
figured by the knives of souvenir
hunters.
Miss Anna Hassel returned to the
city on the steamer Mariposa after
having enjoyed a vacation of several
months outside. She went back east
as far as Minneapolis, where she
visited some of her relatives.
Judge 3. P. Chapin departed on
the Northwestern last night for his
old home in East St. Louis, where he
will practice law. He is one of Cor
dova’s pioneers.
Cordova, November 14
The United States circuit court of
appeals at San Francisco has ren
dered a decision of far reaching im
portance and one of especial inter
est to mining men, as it sustains a
decison of an Idaho court prevent
!ng one company, operating on an
adjoining claim, from working
underneath the other. The case is in
favor of former United States Sen
ator Jonathan Bourne, jr., of Ore
gon and the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Mining & Concentrating Company in
their suits against the Stewart Min
ng Company and settles a contro
versy involving several million dol
lars. Bourne owns a claim in Sho
shone county, Ida., which has been
worked some, years by the Bunker
Hill Company. Bourne brought suits
to prevent the Stewart company,
operating an adjoining claim from
working underneath the other.
The steamship Admiral Evans of
the Pacific-Alaska Navigation Com
pany, which sailed from Seattle for
Alaska points yesterday, is bringing
the following passengers: Mrs. N.
Nathan, for Cordova; Miss Maud
Kraemer and A. Miller, Katalla, and
Otto Litteg and C. Carlson, for
Valdez.
Will A. Steel was a passenger on
the steamer Mariposa, sailing for
Seattle. He expects to be gone a
couple of months.
Cordova, November 16
The Nome Nugget reports a strike
of considerable Importance on bench
claims Nos. 1 and 2 below discovery
on Sunse,t creek by Prank Rice and
Chas. Haering. A pay streak of over
100 feet in width carrying values f
1 to 25 cents from grass roots down,
has been developed and is said t*'
extend a considerable d’stanc** Rice
[and Haering extracted |5u m three
days with a scant supply of water.
NEW LAW OPENS COAL LANDS
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terest in another lease, or who shall
knowingly act on behalf of such cor
poration in the sale or transfer of
any such Interest in any lease held
by Buch corporation to any corpora
tion or individual holding any Inter
est in any such a lease, except as
herein provided, shall be guilty of a
felony and shall be subject to impris
onment for a term of not exceeding
three yearB and a fine of not exceed
ing |1,000.
Sec. 8a. If any of the lands or
deposits leased under the provisions
of this act shall be subleased,
trusteed, possessed, or controlled by
any device, permanently, temporarily,
directly, indirectly, tacitly, or in any
manner whatsoever, so that they
form part of or are in anywise con
trolled by any combination in the
form of an unlawful trust, with con
sent of lessee, or form the subject
of any contract or conspiracy in re
straint of trade in the. mining or
selling of coal, entered into by the
lessee, or of any holding of such
'ends by any individual, partnership,
association, corporation, or control,
in excess of 2,560 acres in the Ter
ritory of Alaska the lease there.of
shall be forfeited by appropriate
court proceedings.
Sec. 9. That for the privilege of
mining and extracting and disposing
of the coal in the lands covered bv
his lease the lessee shall pay to the
United States such royalties a may
be specified in the lease which
shall not be less than 2 cents per
ton, due and payable at the end of
each month succeeding that of the
shipment of the coal from the mine,
and an annual rental, payable at
the beginning of each year, on the
lands covered by such lease, at the
rate of 25 cents per acre for the first
year, thereafter, 50 cents per acre
for the second, third, fourth, and
fifth years, and $1 per year for each
and every year thereafter durine
the continuance of the, lease, except
that such rental for any year shall
be credited against the royalties as
they accrue for that year. Leases
may be for periods of not more than
50 years each, subject to renewal, on
such terms and conditions as may
be authorized by law at the time of
such renewal. All net profits from
operation of government mines, and
all royalties and rentals under leases
as herein provided, shall be deposited
in the Treasury of the United States
in a separate and distinct fund to be
applied to the reimbursement of the
government of the United States in
account of any expenditures made
In the construction of railroads in
Alaska, and the excess shall be de
posited in the fund known as The
Alaska Fund, established by the Act
pf Congress of January 27, 1905, to
be expended as provided in said last
mentioned act.
Sec. 10. That in order to provide
for the supply of strictly local an.l
domestic needs for fuel the Secre
tary of the Interior may under such
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rules and regulations as he may pre
holding, or operating under the
limited license, in this section per
mitted. And the holding of such a
license shall be no bar to the acquisi
tion or holding of such a lease or
interest therein.
Sec. 11. That any lease entry,
location, occupation or use permitted
under this act shall reserve to the
government of the United States the
right to grant or use such easements
in, over, through, or upon the land
leased, entered, located, occupied, or
used as may be necessary or appro
priate to the working of the same or
other coal lands by or under author
ity of the government and for other
purposes: Provided, That said secre
tary, in his discretion in making any
lease under This act, may reserve to
the United States the right to lease,
sell, or otherwise dispose of the sur
face of the lands embraced within
such lease under existing laws or
laws hereafter enacted in so far as
said surface is not necessary for use
by the lessee in extracting and re
moving the deposits of coal therein.
If such reservation is made, it shal>
be so determined before the offering
of such lease.
That the said secretary during Ihp
life of the lease 1b authorised r~
issue such permits for easement*
herein provided to be reserved, ana
to permit the use of such other pub
lic lands in the Territory of Alaska
as may be necessary for the con
struction and maintenance of coal
washeries or other works incident
to the mining or treatment of coal,
which lands may be occupied anti
used jointly or severally by lesseer
or permittees, as may be determined
by said secretary.
Sec. 12. That no lease issued
under authority of this act shall be
assigned or sublet except with the
consent of the Secretary of the In
terior. Each lease, shall contain
provisions for the purpose of insur
ing the exercise of reasonable dili
gence, skill, and care in the opera
tion of said property, and for the
safety and welfare of the. miners and
for the prevention of undue waste,
including a restriction of the work
day to not exceeding eight hours m
[any one day for underground work
ers except in case,s of emergency;
provisions securing the workers com.
plete freedom of purchase, requiring
the payment of wages at least twice
a month in lawful money of the
United States, and providing proper
rules and regulations to secure fair
and just weighing or measurement of
the coal mined by each miner, and
such other provisions as are needed
for the protection of the interests
of the United States, for the preven
tion of monopoly, and for the safe
! guarding of the public welfare.
Sec. 13. That, the possession of
any lessee of the land or coal de
posits leased under this act for all
: purposes involving adverse claims to
the leased property shall be deemed
the possession of the United States,
and for such purposes the lessee
shall occupy the same, relation to
the property leased as if operated
directly by the United States.
Sec. 14. That any such lease may
be forfeited and canceled by 'appro
priate proceeding in a court of com
petent jurisdiction whenever the
lessee fails to comply with any
i provision of the leas or of general
| regulations promulgated under this
act; and the lease may provide ror
the enforcement of other appropriate
remedies for breach of specified con.
ditions thereof.
Sec. 15. That on and after the
approval of this act no lands in
Alaska containing deposits of coal
withdrawn from entry or sale shall
be disposed of or acquired in any
manner except as provided in this
act: Provided, That the passage of
this act shall not affect any proceed
ing now pending in the Department
of the Interior and any such proceed,
ing may be carried to a final deter
mination in said department not
withstanding the passage hereof:
Provided, further. That no lease
shall be made, under the provisions
hereof, of any land, a claim for
which is pending in the Department
of the Interior at the date of the
nassage of this act. until and unless
such claim is finally disnosed of by
the department adversely to the
claimant.
Sec. 16. That all statements, rep
resentations. or reports required, uu
less otherwise specified, by the Secre
tary of the Interior under this act
j shall be upon oath and in such form
and upon such blanks as the Secre
tary of the Interior may require, and
any person making false oath, repre
isentation, or report shall be subject
to punishment as for perjury.
Sec. 17. That the Secretary of
Interior is authorized to pre
j scribe the necessary and proper
-tiles and regulations and to do any
-nd all thines necessary to carrv nut
and accomplish the purposes of this
act.
Sec. 18. That all acts and parts
of acts in conflict herewith are here,
by repealed.
Approved. October 20, 1914.
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A miner of Idttarod has patented
a drill which is proving a big success.
It works on the same1 prnciple as a
hand drill but is operated by a gaso
line engine. Several of the drills
will be taken to Ruby to prospect
placers in that district.
The late and authentic war news
is read In the Chitina Leader.
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