ALASKA
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■The steamer Alameda that left here
Yesterday morning for Seattle took on
board at this port 1155 tons of copper
ore, and 5,000 cases of salmon. This
has become such a common occur
rence to us in Cordova that we fail
to realize just what it means. If one
would stop and think however, he
would realize the astonishing fact
that the boats leaving Cordova for
Seattle get more freight in this port
alone, than they get in Seattle for all
the towns they touch at coming north.
That is a concrete example of how
great the exports of Cordova have
mounted this summer, and this is but
a beginning.
The Alaska Syndicate is preparing
to spend $10,000,000 in further develop
ing its copper properties in the Cop
per River valley. The immense ship
ments of ore that are now leaving
Cordova for Tacoma come only from
one mine. The shipments could be in
creased ten fold within a short time
with the proper railroad development.
That part of this $10,000,000 will be
used to purchase other valuable cop
per properties along the line of the
railroad seems to he reasonably as
sured. This will mean that the Syndi
cate can build spurs from the present
railroad to its new mines, and place
more of them on a shipping basis. The
only thing that keeps the Mother Lode
mine from being an all the year round
shipper is the fact that the mine is
13 miles from the railroad, and the
only way to get the ore down the trail
is to sled *t when the snow comes. The
Mother Lode mine could be sending
out as much ore per month as the
Kennecott mine if a spur was built,
and proper development machinery
installed.
This brings Cordova to the fore as
the premier port of Alaska in the point
of exports. More wealth goes out of
Cordova to the states than any city or
town in Alaska, bar none. This fact
was conclusively proved by the Cham
ber ef Commerce in the brief sub
mitted by it to the Railroad Commis
sion last fall, before the government
picked the route for their road. The
unanswerable facts of tonnage were
for some reason Ignored by the Com
mission, and there has been much ad
verse criticism by various newspapers
throughout the country because of
that fact. Investigations show noth
ing in the line of tonnage along the
Susitna route to the interior except
the Matanuska coal. That is all that
has been uncovered that is positive,
although one may hear various stories
of rich mines in the Broad Pass coun
try and elsewhere.
The truth is, however, that the
shipments from Cordova, are actual
and real, they are not estimates, they
are not in the future, and they spell
tonnage in large letters. Practically
all the boats of the Alaska Steamship
Company are being used to carry the
southbound freight of Cordova. Even
the boats running to Nome, are com
ing back this way to relieve the con
gestion of ore at the dock. Every
available car of the railroad is in com
mission this summer and being
worked to its full capacity. And still
the ever growing tide of copper ore
keeps coming to Cordova for trans
shipment to Tacoma, and the trains
that are bringing down the ore are
carrying from Abercrombie a carload
or two or three of canned salmon on
every trip to swell Cordova’s tonnage,
while here at Cordova we have two
more canneries sending out their sil
ver horde properly canned for the
markets of the world,
When it comes to actual business
showing of her mines and fisheries,
Cordova’s lead over the other cities
of Alaska has been well established.
The value of the salmon shipped
monthly from here is in the tens of
thousands, while this montlf over two
million dollars worth of copper ore
was sent from here to Tacoma. What
other city in Alaska can boast of as
much. And like a famous American
once said, “We have not yet begun to
fight.”
Laws Made to Sell
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Following is a copy of instructions
and regulations concerning the sale of
lots at the townsite of Anchorage
which will commence July 9, 19X5:
Reservations
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion will file with the Secretary of the
Interior, when deemed necessary, its
recommendations for the reservation
of such areas as in its opinion may be
needed for townsite purposes. The
Secretary of the Interior will there
upon transmit such recommendations
to the President with his objections
thereto or concurrence therewith. If
approved by the President, the reser
vation will be made by executive
order.
Survey
When in the opinion of the Presi
dent the public interests require a sur
vey of any such reservation, the Sec
retary of the Interior shall cause to be
set aside such portions for railroad
purposes as may be selected by the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, and
cause the remainder, or a part there
of, to be surveyed into urban or sub
urban blocks and lots of suitable size,
and into reservations for parks,
schools, and other public purposes and
for government use. Highways should
be laid out, where practicable, all
along shore lines, and sufficient land
for dock and wharf purposes along
such shore lines should be reserved in
such places as there is any apparent
necessity therefor. The plats of sucn
survey will be prepared in triplicate,
one for the General Land Office to be
on tracing linen, one for the local
land office, and on^Jor the Recorder
of the proper recording district. The
survey will be made under the super
vision of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office and the plats will
be approved by him and by the Chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission.
Public Sale
The unreserved lots will be offered
at public outcry to the highest bidder
at such time and place, and after such
publication of notice, if any, as the
Secretary of the Interior may direct,
and he may appoint or detail some
suitable person as Superintendent of
the Sale to supervise the same, and
may fix his compensation and require
him to give sufficient bond.
Superintendent’s Authority
Under the supervision of the Secre
tary of the Interior, the Superintend
ent of the Saie will be, and he is
hereby authorized to make all
appraisements of lots and at any time
to reappraise any lot which ip his
judgment is not appraised at the
proper amount, or to fix a minimum
price for any lot below which it may
not be sold, and he may reject any
and all bids for any lot and anytime
suspend, adjourn or postpone the sale
of any lot or lots to such time and
place as he may deem proper.
Manner
Bids may be made either in person
or by agent, but not by mail nor at
any time*or place other than the time
and place when the lots are offered
for sale hereunder, and any person
may purchase any number of lots for
which he is the highest bidder. Bid
ders will not be required to show any
qualifications as to age, citizenship, or
otherwise. If any successful bidder
fails to make the payment and file the
application and other papers at the
time and in the manner hereinafter
required, the lot awarded to him may
be reoffered for sale, and his right
thereto will be forfeited. Nothing
herein will prevent the transfer by
deed of the interests secured by the
purchase and the partial payment for
the lot, but the assignee will acquire
no greater right than that of the
original purchaser when all payments
are made.
No lot will be sold for less than
$25.00, and no bid exceeding that
amount will be accepted unless made
in multiples of five dollars, the mini
mum of $25.00 on each lot sold for less
that $75.00 must be paid in cash
within the time hereinafter specified,
and if the price bid is $75.00 or more,
one third of the bid price must be paid
in cash within said specified time; the
remainder of the purchase price will
be divided into five equal annual in
stallments, payable in one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively, from
the date of the register’s certificate of
sale, and no final certificate of entry
will be issued until the expiration of
said five years and until payment has
been made in full for the lot, and no
patent will be issued thereon during
Baid period. The successful bidder
will be given by the Superintendent of
Sale a memorandum certificate for
identification purppses, showing name
and address of bidder, lot, and amount
of bid, and the bidder must file it with
the Superintendent of Sale before the
close of the next succeeding sale day,
or the next business day if bid is ac
cepted on last sale day, together with
his application to purchase the lot
properly filled, signed, and acknowl
edged before any officer authorized to
administer oaths and using an official
seal, and accompanied by the cash
payment required by these regula
tions, all on the forms attached here
to, respectively, and hereby approved
and made a part of these regulations.
The Superintendent of Sale will
issue a memorandum receipt to the
bidder for the money paid, describing
the lot purchased, and he will as soon
thereafter as possible deposit with the
receiver of the proper local land office
the money received, and file with its
officers the papers deposited with film
by said bidder, together with his cer
tificate as to successful bidder. There
upon, if no objection appears, the
register will issue his certificate of
sale in duplicate and transmit the
duplicate copy to said bidder.
If it be deemed advisable, the Com
missioner of the General Land Office
may direct the receiver of public
moneys, of the proper district, to at
tend sales herein provided for, In which
event, the cash payment required shall
be paid to said receiver who will issue
his official receipt therefor, in lieu oi
the memorandum receipt of the
Superintendent of Sale.
Conditions and Forfeitures
If any lot or lots or any part thereof
shall be used for the purpose of manu
facturing, selling, or otherwise dispos
ing of intoxicating liquors as a bev
erage, or for gambling, prostitution,
or any unlawful purpose before final
payment is made, and during a period
of five years from the date of regis
ter’s certificate of sale, or if the pur
chaser shall fail during said period to
comply with any and all regulations
and requirements which the Secretary
of the Interior, in his discretion may
make or authorize to be made, for the
improvement of streets, sidewalks,
and alleys, promotion of sanitation and
fire protection in the townsite, all
rights of the applicant under his pur
chase of said lot or lots shall termi
nate and a forfeiture thereof and of
the payments theretofore made there
on may be declared by the Secretary
of, the Interior, and his finding of fact
thereon shall be final. If any person
who has made partial payment on the
lot purchased by him fails to make
any succeeding payment required
under these regulations at the date
such payments become due, the money
deposited by such person for such lot
will be forfeited, and the lot, after
forfeiture Is declared, will be subject
to disposition as provided herein. Lots
remaining unsold at the close of sale,
or thereafter declared forfeited for
nonpayment of any part of the pur
chase price under the terms of sale,
will be subject to future disposition at
public sale at such time and place as
may thereafter be provided.
Warning
All persons are warned against
forming any combination or agree
ment which will prevent any lot from
selling advantageously, or which will
in any way hinder or embarrass the
sale, and all persons so offending will
be prosecuted under section 2373 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, which reads as follows:
Every person, who, before or at the
time of the public sale of any of the
lands of the United States, bargains,
contracts, or agrees, or attempts to
bargain, contract, or agree, with any
other person, that the last-named per
son shall not bid upon or purchase the
land so offered for sale ,or any parcel
thereof, or who by intimidation or un
fair management hinders or prevents,
or attempts to hinder or prevent, any
person from bidding upon or purchas
ing any tract of land so ofTered for
sale, shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars or Imprisoned
not more than two years or both.
The Whitehouse, June 19, 1915.
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With the recent development in
Southwestern Alaska the demand for
gasoline and other petroleum prod
ucts has become so great that the
Amalgamated Oil Co., operating at
Katalla, Alaska, is contemplating an
increase in the size of its refining
plant. Meantime several new wells
are being sunk, among them being one
owned by the Alaska Coal & Oil De
velopment Company, which has at
tained a depth of 900 feet, and the
only well in the district that has pene
trated the limestone. This is the gist
of a statement made by George T.
Barrett, a pioneer Alaskan, who first
settled at Katalla in 1880. “The
Amalgamated plant,” said Barrett, “is
now refining about 35 barrels of ais
tillate and gasoline a day, but inis is
not sufficient to supply the local de
mand. All of the product is sold in
Southwestern Alaska, where the
freight charges from Seattle and Cali
fornia give the home product a de
cided advantage. Much of it is used
by the fishing vessels.” Barrett ex
pressed the opinion that development
of the Alaskan oil fields have been
held back because many of the claim
owners feared they would share the
fate of the coal claimants if they
brought in paying wells. Many wells
had the caps screwed on after oil had
been struck.—Alaska & Northwest
Mining Journal.
NATIVES AT TONSINA NOT
SUFFERING FROM EPIDEMIC
Dr. W. H. Chase returned yesterday 1
from a hurried trip to Lower Tonslna,
where it had been reported an 1
epidemic of diphtheria was rife among
the natives. The doctor went from
Chitina to the native village on horse
back, and found that one native had
died, probably from ptomaine poison,
and another one was sick and suffer
ing from a tubercular throat
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ALBERT PEARCE LOSES
LIFE NEAR ANCHORAGE
Albert Pearce, an employe of the
government, was drowned at Eagle
River, near Anchorage, two weeks ago.
Pearce departed from Anchorage en
route to Eagle River, to accept em
ployment on a railway job there. He
was last seen aboard a scow that had
been used in conveying supplies fori
the work there. A bundle containing
a roll of blankets and clothing, belong
ing to Pearce, and also his coat, were
found on the scow. The pike pole was
missing. It is supposed that Pearce,
in navigating the scow with the pike
pole in the river, lost his balance and
fell overboard. His remains have not
been found, although search has been
instituted.
Pearce was well known In Seward,
Cordova and Katalla, where he for
merly resided. He went to the west
ward a month ago to seek employment
with the government. He was gener
ally called “Slivers” by his intimates.
He leaves a wife and daughter, who
are in Seattle.
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FOR SALE
Mrs. T. J. Erickson wishes to sell
a one-fourth interest in Lucky Strike
mine, which ore shows up well. Full
particulars given at A. J. Adams office.
BONANZA MINE
PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
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If the price of copper holds there
is a good chance that the Kennecott
Copper Corporation will earn $8 per
share for the year to end December
31. The preliminary estimates indi
cate the net profits of $6,000,000 for
the current year applicable to divi
dends on 720,000 outstanding shares.
From the operations of the Bonanza
mine alone there has been paid this
year to date $1,500,000 dividends to
the former owners, the Alaska Syndi
cate. Hereafter, the operations of
three mines will supply the earnings
for dividend purposes, one of which,
the Jumbo, has a large amount of ex
tremely high grade ore, some of the
copper glance running better than 50
per cent.
It is understood that small quanti
ties of the Kennecott stock have been
coming from persons originally the
holders of the Beatson Copper com
pany, who exchanged five shares of
that stock for one of the new Kenne
cott Company.
The Kennecott bonds put out at 100
a few weeks ago have sold up to 118,
with a subsequent reaction. The stock
has became active around $27.—Bos
ton News Bureau.)
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FIND MAN’S SKELETON
AT ABERCROMBIE CANNERY
While working at Abercrombie re
cently, excavators discovered the
skeleton of a man. According to
George Scott of the train crew, Harry
Kerr performed an autopsy and de
cided that the man died in 1898.
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Seven angora goats were landed at
Haines on the last trip of the Hum
boldt and were taken to Klukwan to
see if they prove a success.
Many believe that they will do bet
ter than sheep and that the forage of
the country is their natural feed.
Should the experiment prove success
ful larger flocks will follow.
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ALBANY, N. Y., July 3.—Governor
Charles Whitman, in discussing the
case of Lieutenant Becker, to whom
he has granted a reprieve until July
20, said that he granted the reprieve
so as to forego any suspicion that his
attitude towards Becker was still that
of a prosecutor. He said that he was
absolutely convinced that Becker was
guilty of the crime of which he had
been convicted.
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Just received a new shipment of
STYLEPLUS Clothes at S. BLUM &
Co.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
June 24.NORTHWESTERN.July 4
June 30.. MARIPOSA.July 10
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
Good Passenger and Freight
, Service to Interior Alaska
For Rates and Other Information Apply
OFFICE