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CHITINA. ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter,
November 12 1910. at the postoffice j
at Chitina, Alaska, under the Act of
Congress of March 3, 1879.
Office: Hotel Chitina Building.
Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
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LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
CHITINA, ALASKA. JULY 1, 1911.
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
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We occasionally read some very !
nice things said about the country !
newspapers by our big dailies but j
after all too n.uc .hcannot be j
said in their praise. The country ed-!
itor does more and donates more, j
than any individual or combination of I
individuals towards the upbuilding
of the country. In making this asser
tion we will not even except our
development clubs, for although they
are able to accomplish more perhaps
in a given time, it is the gratuitous
use of the columns of the country
weekly that makes it possible. This
is not only the ease in booming the
country Itself but. in booming any |
specialty, such as the A. Y. P., the ;
Panama Expositions, and other sinii- :
lar affairs, for which copy is furnish
ed by the column, and no matter how
financially successful the affair is,
the country weekly has to he con
tented with a vote of thanks.
It Is to be wondered at that there
are so many good weeklies produced. .
A few years ago the editor of an all
home print could glean a good deal
from his city daily exchanges, that
would be news to his readers. If he
used a patent, giving the telegraphic
news, it would still be news to them.
But this is all changed now, and
the most desirable country papers
are those that are filled entirely with
home news. The chief cause of this
in our idea, is the rural route deliv
ery, which makes it possible for the
country people to have a daily mail
and for the reason of law rates, made
at certain times by our big dailies,
the consequences being that the far
mers and country readers get all the
news of the world daily and it ceases
to be news in the country weekly
With this also, the price of paper
and all printers material has advan
vanced at least 25 per cent, while •'he
subscription prices of the weekly has
declined fully that much. But never- |
theless the country weekly continues j
to plod along often giving dollars!
for cents when it comes to doing good
for the country and state in which ic
is published. The country weekly is
deserving of all the good words that
can be said about it.
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The Chamber of Commerce at Cor
dova is desirous of securing samples
from every likely locking prospect
throughout this mining belt and re
quests that all prospectors who have i
good samples to send the same to j
Cordova with a description and loca
tion of the property. Falcon Joslin,
the well-known interior mining man,
has made a request that a big ex
hibit of all ore from along the Copper
river way be prepared at Cordova.
and then shipped to Seattle for a
public exhibit there, which will be a
big factor in advertising this mineral
belt.
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The war department declares Alas
ka the healthiest country where U.
S. troops are maintained.
GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION OF ALASKA
According to the edict issued yesterday* by the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office at Washington, the now
famous Cunningham group of coal claims at Katalla have
been cancelled and are not open for relocation, and simply
because a young man named Fred Dennett has decided that
these locations were made with the understanding that they
would be turned into one association and were thus illegally
located. To those who have made a careful study of this
controversy and are familiar with all of the facts in con
nection thereto, the decision is not a judicial one but was the
culmination of a political scheme to curry favor with the
conservationists who have built up a powerful machine in
the United States, and whose influence and prestige may be
needed in the coming presidential election.
After five years of patient waning for their rights the
Alaskan pioneers and prospectors entered a vigorous protest
against the dilatory tactics of the government in passing upon
the legality of the hundreds of coal claims located in the
Bering river and Matauuska districts. Xot a single patent
issued and the people became restless. The matter was then
forcibly brought to the attention of the people of the I nited
States and from every section came the cry that Alaska was
retrograding instead of progressing, and the inquiry as to the
reason therefor. The answer was a simple one and it threw
a new light upon the whole situation. Conservation had
been overplayed and Alaskans declared themselves almost
unanimously in favor of unlocking the coal deposits which
were retarding the development of the resources of the coun
try. As a culmination of the intense feeling of the people
against the injustice done them Cordova had its coal party.
This news was flashed over the United States and the leading
journals of almost every city not only commended the action,
but also demanded that legislative relief be given those suf
fering from the burden placed upon the men who had braved
hardships to open up one of Uncle Sam’s richest possessions, i
The agitation bore fruit but not the kind that Alaskans
cared to pluck. It forced a decision in the Cunningham cases,
but unfortunately it is rotten to the core. Every man, woman
and child in this part of Alaska knows that these claimants
located in good faith, expended thousands of dollars in prov-!
ing up title and in complying with every requirement of the
department to secure patent, only to be compelled to silently
submit to criticisms unjust, to calumnies unworthy, awaiting |
the time when their cause might be submitted for final ar
bitrament to a tribunal composed of public officers solemnly
sworn to determine their rights judicially, according to the
iaw and the evidence. Have they done their sworn duty
We think not. After carefully reading the record in this
case we here assert, as a fact not open to dispute, that every
circumstance shown as a badge of the eonspirary and fraud
charged by the government is completely irreconcilable with
the truth of their affidavits and sworn statements. We ask
no favor, no indulgence, but we demand, as men whose rights
the law protects, that the questions involved be decided sim
ply in conformity with the law and with the evidence.
The facts in this case clearly' establish that between the
date of the passage of the Act of 1904 and the date of the
location of each of the claims of the several defendants there
was no conspiracy- between them, or any- of them, to violate
the law or defraud the government in any- manner whatever.
By the fact of location the several claims became segregated
from the public domain and the rights of several locators
initiated and vested in them. By the express words of the
statute these righte constitute such an estate or interest iD
the land as may be sold or transferred. Such transfer carries
with it the unrestricted right to receive a patent, providing
only that the transferee is a citizen of the United States and
that the preliminary steps prescribed by- law have been com
plied with. Subsequent acts, therefore, become immaterial.
The utmost claim asserted by the judges of these defend
ants goes no further than to maintain that their subsequent
acts disclose the existence of a plan or purpose to organize
a corporation after obtaining their patents, and then to traus-1
fer their titles to such corporation in consideration of an
equivalent in its stock. Such a plan or purpose entertained in
the minds of any, or agreed by them all, after their locations j
would not even constitute a violation of the act of 1873 under
the rules of the Interior Department in force at all times prior
to the adoption byr the Secretary- of the Interior of the new j
rules promulgated May 16, 1907.
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Until recently we boasted only of our copper, coal and
scenery. Uncle Sam has seen fit to delay the mining of our!
fuel, but the gold quartz strikes have added another industry
to the list.
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Who is this Willis J. Abbott, alleged Washington corre
spondent ? We find his regular letters in many of the. Dem
ocratic papers and it is quite evident that some of the enemies
of Alaska are trying to break into the Democratic press, es
pecially the country papers, with incorrect, unfair and mali
cious dope on the Alaska situation. Is Pinhead Pinchot or
Jim Wickersham behind this last effort? We are on the trail
of AVillis J. Abbott and our gleanings will be faithfully re
ported for the benefit of the press in general.
Seattle? July 1.—Charles Heiffner,
representing the Commercial Club,
has returned from a trip to Washing
ton, and says Caat Chairman Flood,
of the house committee on territor
ies, assured him that a favorable re
port would be made on the Alaska
home rule bill.
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TOWNS
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The Alaska r:sa Company has been
organized by Tony Tubbs, former
steward of the Treadwell boarding
houses, to operate a cannery at Hook
Bay. Portland capital is backing the
enterprise.
A high official of the Masonic or
der is to visit Alaska in July to con
fer thirty-two degree work.
Prof. Blake, former assistant prin
cipal of the Juneau school, has been
selected as principal of the Ketchikan
school.
The Fort Seward soldier’s ball j
team play both the Juneau and Doug
las teams a game on the Fourth of
July.
Juneau business men are urgin ; an
organization to build a modern hotel
at' Juneau.
Governor Clark makes a tour of.
the interior of Alaska in .-\ugust.
Bishop Rowe has arranged to put :
in a modern hospital at Iditarod.
Matron Davis, formerly of the Simp
son hospital at Juneau, will have
charge.
The democrats in the house and
the democrats and insurgents in the
senate have promised to pass the
Alaska home rule bill next Decem
ber.
Jacob H. Schiff, the New York
banker declares Alaska is being
strangled by conservation.
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Katalla, Jnly 2.—The hearing in
the investigation of the Lippy-Davts
group of coal claims has been trans
ferred to Katalla and the proper of
ficials are coming here on the next
trip of the Admiral Sampson to take
the tesetimony of local witnesses
who have been subpoenaed to appear
on July 11.
JEFFTslilNG
FO ALASKA
New York, July 1.—James Jeffies,
returned today from New York and
says he is going to Alaska to hunt
big game.
Washington, July 1.—Both houses
of Congress adjourn Wednesday, and
President Taft will spend the Fourth
with former Vice President Fair
banks at Indianapolis.
ALASKA COAST CO.
“The Inside Route”
To Juneau and Puget Sound Ports and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamer Bertha leaves Seattle June 2rtth.
Steamer Sampson leaves Seattle June 15th.
Steamer Sampson leaves Seattle July 5th.
Steamer Bertha leaves Seattle July 20th.
j Steamers connecting at Seattle with the Alasi.a-Pacifie Steam,
ship Company’s steamers sailing from Seattle Monday and Thurs
day of each week for California points. Through service. Low
rates.
Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates without
notice. ALASKA TRANSFER CO.. Local Agents .
B. F. WATSON, General Agent.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Chit
ina Precinct, before M. R. Healy,
Commissioner.—In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Char
les W. Babbage, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Charles W. Babbage, de
ceased, are hereby required to present
them for settlement to the undersign
ed, the administrator of the said es
tate, at his office in Chitina. at the
Chitina Pharmacy, not later than six
months from date.
All persons owing money to the
said estate are required to pay the
same to the said administrator at his
office without delay.
Done at Chitina. Alaska, this 9tlx
day of June, A. D. 1911.
A. G. MOREY,
6-12-4 w Administrator.
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Alaska Steamship Co. has promised
for southwestern Alaska has stirred
up its competitors and announce
ments are being made of new boats
for the Alaskan trade.
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