The Chitina Leader
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter, November 12, 191#, at the postofflca at
Ckltina, Alaska, uader the Act of Congress of March 3, 1(79.
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CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1915.
SUBSIDIES VS GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
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Isn’t there something peculiar in the logic of that section,
of “big business” that opposes as paternalistic and unconsti
tutional the project of the government to own and operate
railways and ships (other than war vessels) yet favors govern
ment subsidies to railways and ships which would enable
private individuals and corporations to make greater profits j
off the publicf Yet that is the attitude of those for whom;
James J. Hill, the great railway builder and empire maker, j
was the spokesman last Saturday at a convention in St.
Louis. The principal difference between the two systems is j
this: Government ownership and operation would mean all
the people sharing in the benefits of “a good thing’ through,
lower cost and fully as good service to them, while private,
ownership with subsidy means that all the people are taxed
in order that private dividends may be increased.
The reply to Mr. Hill made by Secretary of Commerce Red
field may seem to the uninformed somewhat exaggerated, hue
it is possible some of the Alaskan’s readers have had experi
ences which will enable them to appreciate the lull meaning ol
the words of the secretary quoted in our Saturday dispatches.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, in a recent speech at
Chicago, defending the administration shipping bill, stated
that it offers the only solution of the problem of how to build
up an adequate American merchant marine. It promises, lie;
said, to overcome many obstacles the European war has thurst
in the path of American trade expansion and to help;
prosperity.
“The Democratic party,” he added, “now has the power;
to legislate and it will be equally culpable if it fails to act. it,
will be even more culpable, if it does nothing, since the:
emergency created by the European war has emphasized, as1
nothing else could have done, the supreme folly of subjecting'
the foreign commerce of this great nation to the hazards of
ocean transportation under the flags of nations now engaged;
in the most gigantic war of all time. Regardless of these
hazards, it is even greater folly from an economic point of view
to continue deliberately the policy of trying to build up a
srreat foreign trade by leaving to our rivals the control ot the
vitally important instrumentalities of ocean transportation.
So long as our competitors own the ships they make the rates,;
they control the service and they determine the routes. "W ith ;
this power it is easy to favor their own commerce and discrim-;
inate against ours.
“So long as England commands the sea our commerce wid
not be stopped. But who can foretell the eventualities of a
great war? It is conceivable that a daring German squadron
might get into the Atlantic and play havoc with our commerce
in British bottoms. Xo one can tell how long the war will last,
find every day that it continues our foreign trade is subject to:
its vicissitudes and dangers. Is it fair to our producers, our;
merchants and our manufacturers to force such risk upon
them? Are we justified in putting the prosperity of our
country in needless jeopardy?”
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ALASKA ROADS AS AGENCIES OF PROGRESS
Colonel Richardson voiced a self-evident truth when he!
said that “the Northern Territory could not he developed
without additional roads and trails.”
“Roads are agencies of progress.” They are civilizers.
When they precede the pioneer, they speed his entry into a
new country. When they follow him, they speed the move
ment of his products to the outside world.
There should be no conflict between the Alaska road build- j
ing program and the Alaska 'railroad-building program. Hi eh j
is important in its relation to the other—but' both are;
necessary.
Even the suggestion that there might be a clash between
these two propositions is regrettable. Moreover, it is difficult I
to see where any sane person could find a reason for sacrificing!
one to promote the other.
Alaska needs additional roads and trails. It needs all it,
can get. It needs more than it can ever expect to get as a;
result of Congressional appropriations. Such facilities will
be provided only in full measure by the settling up of the
country.
Without these roads the settlement of the territory would
be woefully slow. It would not be prevented in toto—but the
number who would go into the Northland under such conditions
would be distressingly small.
Provide the railroad facilities that the administration
•seems to contemplate, howeevr, and the movement into the
country will at once assume important proportions. Many
of those at work on the lines will remain and many more will
come from the United States, Canada and Europe, to take up
land.
Richardson’s appeal for more money with which to build
roads and trails is important. It is sincerely to be honed that
Uongress will heed it. However, the greatest of all issues at
this time is the Alaska railroad—and anything that would in
any way distract attention from that enterprise is to be
•deprecated.—Seattle Times.
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Since the Standard Oil tanks at
Juneau were ready two weeks ago
to supply customers, the prices of
gasoline and fuel oils have been re-|
duced 20 per cent In that town.
The citizens or Ruby made such
a vigorous kick last fall when they!
were charged $808.75 by the Alaska
Yukon Navigation Company as^
freight for bringing a Keystone drill
from St. MichaeJ to Ruby that the
company has now blown back witn
a refund of $272.S3.
Tollac OllestaJ and Miss Lucille
Cleghorn. both of Scldovia, were,
married aboard the gas schooner j
Rosebud on the 14th, by J. D. Nor-'
dyke, master, in latitude 59 degrees^,
32 minutes north and longitude 1511
degrees and 41 minutes west. The(
word tub is used in the technical.
nautical sense as the schooner is a
little one running between local
points.
Machinery for the Millard mine
at Port Wells was brought up by:
the steamer Admiral Watson last
week. The mill is to be electrified
and enlarged to a capacity of 45
tons a day. «
Owing to the death by freezing
on New Year’s day of a Dominion
telegraph lineman named Elephan
stone, stationed at the third cabin'
north of Hazelton, that line was put
out of commission for several days
and all messages either to or from
the Canadian Yukon had to de
despatched through Skagway via the.
W. P. & Y. line to Whitehorse and
from thence to their address or
around by the way of Valdez and
Fairbanks.
Harry C. Gunn, a well known
pioneer steamboat man of the
Yukon, who made Iditarod bis last
headquarters in the interior, was
sent to the Pioneer Home at Sitka.
He is 68 years of age and not in
good health.
Andrew Johnson, Peter Carlson
Maggie L. Bergmann and owners of
the Sumdum Placer Mining Associa
tion claims, have completed the
negotiations and signed up an option
for the sale of said property to
Messrs. Ernest Warren, Johnson
Thane and others.
The Alaska Silver Fox and Fur
Farms Company filed articles of in
corporation with Secretary David
son. This is a Delaware corporation
with its home office in Wilmington.
The capital stock is placed at $500,
000. F. S. Gordon of Fairbanks is
named as Alaska agent.
As an instance of what may hi
done in the way of farming in
Alaska. Governor Strong told the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce of «
man near Fairbanks who cultivated
60 acres and cleared $15,000. Con
sidering the popular notion tha
Alaska is all a land of snow and
ice. this is calculated to make the
eastern farmer sit up and take
notice.
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A new government barn is to be
constructed at Teikhell for use of
the military telegraph line. The
barn will he used for the stabling
of the horses kept at the station and
will also be large enough for the
storing of the winter’s feed for the
horses and supplies for the oper
ators.
SERIAL 01697
Notice of Application for Patent for
The .Minneapolis Lode Wining Claim
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UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT
JUNEAU. ALASKA, July 20, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that the
Galena Bay Mining Company, a cor
poration, whose Post Omce aUQress ;s
v aldez, Alaska, has filed an application
for patent for the "Minneapolis” lode
mining claim, situated in the Chitina,
formerly Valdez, mining and recording
district. District of Alaska, oeing min
eral survey No. 906, said lode mining
claim being described as follows, to
wit: Magnetic variation 30 deg., 3u
min. E.
Beginning at cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
Min. Mon. No. 19, Valdez series, bears
S. 65 deg., 14 min, 20 sec. E. 5,251.60
feet dist. Corners Nos. 2 and 3, Blue
Bell and Pennsylvania lode claims,
respectively, sur. No. 892, bear N. 49
deg., 21 min. E. 918.33 feet dist. Thence
N. 61 deg., 46 min. W. 600 feet to cor.
No. 2: thence S. 28 deg., 14 min., W.
1.492 feet, to cor No. 3: thence S. 61
deg., 46 min., E. 594 feet where witness
cor. to cor. No. 4 Is set, thence to cor.
No. 4 at 600 feet from cor. No. 3.
thence from cor. No. 4, N. 28 deg., 14
min., E. 1,492 feet to cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning, containing 20.551'
acres. Lat. 61 deg., 40 min. W., Long.
14t deg., 46 min. vV. on the rugged ir
regular sl^pe of a mountain facing
east toward Nugget Creek a tributary
of the KuskiUana River, about mile
\V. of said Nugget Creek and about 3
miles from its mouth.
The g-eneral course of the lode is
northeasterly and southwesterly. The
number of feet claimed on the lode is
1.493 feet. The surface ground is 300
feet on each side of the lode line.
The notice of location of said claim
•s of record in the office of the recorder
for the Valdez recording precinct, in
book — of locations, at pace — an-l
the notice of amended location is of
record in the office of the recorder for
Cnitina recording precinct in Book 4
of Locations at Page 225.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the mining ground, veins, lode,
premises or any portion thereof, here
inabove named and described, so sur
veyed, platted and applied for, are here
by notified that, unless tlietr adverse
claims are filed according to law and
the regulations thereunder, within the
t!"v> prescribed by law and regulations,
with the Register of the United States
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, they will
be barred by virtue of the provisions
of said statutes, and of the law in such
case made and provided.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska, July 20, 1914.
it is hereby ordered that the fore
going notice he published in the Chitina
Leader, a newspaper of general circu
lation published at Cnitina, Alaska, for
the period of sixty days
C. B. WALKER, Register.
First publication, December 22, 1914.
Last publication, February 23. 1915.
SERIAL 01698
Notice of Application for Patent fox
The Prank in, Franklin Wo. 2 and
Franklin Wo. 3 Lode Claims
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT
JUNEAU, ALASKA. July 20, 1914.
Notice is hereby given thut the
Galena Bay Mining Company, a cor
poration, whose postofflce address is
Valdez, Alaska, has filed an application
for patent for the Franklin, Franklin
No. 2, and Franklin No. 3 lode mining
claims, situated In . the Chitina, for
merly Valdez mining and recording dis
trict, Alaska, being mineral survey No.
908, said lode mining claims being
described as follows, towit: Magnetic
variations of survey, being as noted In
i description below:
Franklin
Beginning at cor. Xo. 1, whence U.
S. Min. Mon. Xo. 31, Valdez series,
bears X. 29 deg. 3S min., 50 sec., \V.
327.15 feet dist.; thence X. 27 deg., 12
min, E. 600 teet to cor. Xo. 2, variation
34 deg. E. witness cor. to cor. Xo.
is set at 311 feet, because impractic
able to set true cor’; thence from true
cor. Xo. 2. X. 62 deg., 48 min. W. 1,180
feet to cor. Xo. 3; this cor. not set;
witness cor. bears X. 27 deg., 12 min.,
E. 7.50 feet. dist. variation here 35 deg.,
30 min. K.; thence from tr o cor. Xo
3, S. 27 deg. 12 min., W. 600 feet, to
cor. X'o. 4, identical witn cor. Xo. 1 of
Franklin Xo. 2 lode claim; witness cor.
set at 468 feet, thence from true cor
Xo. 4, S. 62 deg., 48 min., E. 1,1S0 feet
to cor. Xo. 1, the place of beginning,
containing 16.254 acres.
Franklin No. 2
Beginning at cor. Xo. 1, whence U.
S. Min. Mon. Xo. 31, bears S. 73 deg.,
58 min., 10 sec., E. 923.59 feet dist.
thence X. 27 deg., 12 min., E. 600 feet
to cor. X'o. 2, identical with cor. Xo.
3, Franklin lode: thence X. 62 deg., 48
min., W. 1,382.40 feet to cor. Xo. 3,
variation here 34 deg., thence S. 27 deg ,
12 min., W. 600 feet to cor. Xo. 4, iden
tical with cor. Xo. 1 of Franklin Xo. 3
lode; thence S. 62 deg., 48 min., E.
1.3S2.40 feet to cor. Xo. 1, the place of
beginning, containing 19.041 acres.
Franklin No. 3
Beginning at cor. Xo. 1, identical
with cor. Xo. 4 Franklin Xo. 2 lode,
waence U. S. Min. Mon. Xo. 31, bears
S. 67 deg., 16 min., 10 sec., E. 2,195.5
feet. dist. thence X. 27 deg., 12 min,
E. 600 feet to cor. Xo. 2, identical with
cor. Xo. 3 Franklin Xo. 2 lode; thenc.
X. 62 deg., 48 min., l\. 1,106.6 feet it,
cor. Xo. 3, variation 31 deg. j^. cor. not
set; witness cor. set at 814.60 feet.;
thence from true cor. Xo. 3, S. 67 deg.
45 min. \Y. 301.90 feet to cor. X'o. 4, at
idge of Kluvesna river; variation 31
deg. E. thence S. 27 deg. 12 min. W.
346 feet to cor. No. 5; thence S. 62 deg.,
48 min., E. 1,260.05 feet to cor. No. 1
the place of beginning, containing
16.898 acre*. The change of variation
along courses is probably due to un
equal distribution of iron in porphyry
dike paralleling survey.
Located about 30 miles northeast of
the town of Ciiitina and 4 miles north
of the Kotsina river and on the face
oi the mountain side facing west
toward the Kluvesna River and Galcier.
a tributary of the Kluvesna River
lying about opposite the point where
me Kluvesna River issues from under
the glacier.
The general course of the lode it
X. 62 deg., 48 min. W. x he number ot
feet claimed on the lode are: on the
, Franklin, 1,180 feet, on the Franklin
So. 2, 1,382.40 feet and on the Franklin
Xo. 3. 1,260.05 feet. Surface ground
300 feet on each side lode line.
The notices of location of said claims
are of record in the office of the
recorder for the' Valdez Recording Pre
cinct, ahd the notices of amended loca
tion of said.claims are of record in the
office of tlte recorder for the Ciiitina
recording precinct, in book 4 of records
at locations, at pages 224, 226 and 227
respectively.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the mining ground, veins, lodes,
premises, or any portion thereof, here
inabove named and described, so sur
veyed, platted and applied for, are
hereby notified that, unless their ad
verse claims are filed according to law
and the regulations thereunder, within
the time prescribed by law and regula
tions, with tne Register of tjie United
States Land office at Juneau, Alaska,
they will be barred by virtue of the
provisions of said statutes and of the
law in such case made and provided.
GALENA BAY MIXING COMPANY.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 7, 1914.
Why Not^ Invest?
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With the building of the government railroad from
Chitina to Fairbanks, the future of the Town of Chitina
is assured.
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Lots are still offered at attractive prices and there
are many desirable ones remaining.
A few months later lots in Chtiina will be held at
largely increased values. Why not invest NOW?
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GEO. C. HAZELET,
Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
It is hereby ordered that the fore- i
going notice be published in the Chilina'
Leader, a newspaper of general eirrula
j tion, published at Chitina, Alaska, for
tne period of sixty days.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
First publication, December 22, 1914.
Last publication, February 23. 1913.
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~£BIAX. 01699
!T*tic* of Application for Patent for 4
Tli* Mullen, Angi* and Sport
Ziod* Mining Claim*. ’
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, ]
Juneau, Alaska, July 20, 1914. j
Notice is hereby given that the j
Galena Bay Mining Company, a cor- 1
poration, whose postoffice audress is 4
Valdez, Alaska, has tiled an application i
for patent tor the 'Mullen,.Angle" j
and "Sport” lode mining claims, situ- 4
ated in the Chitlna, formerly Valdez, J
mining and recording district, Alaska, ,1
being mineral survey No. 904, said lode 4
mining claims being particularly de- J
scribed as follows, magnetic variation 4
in survey being noted as 31 deg. K., to 4
wit: j
“Mullen” Claim 4
Beginning at cor. No. 1, whence U. 4
S. Min. Mon. No. 30, Valdez series, j
bears S. 49 deg., 30 min. E. 96.39 feet. 4
dist. Thence S. 59' deg., 17 min., 1C. j
560.30 feet to cor. No. 2: thence N. 31 ]j
deg., 29 min., E. 1,470.20 feet to cor.
No. 3; thence N. 59 deg., 17 min., \V. *
599.50 feet to cor. No. 4, identical with
cor. No. 2 of Angle lode claim; thence
S. 29 deg., 57 min., W. 1,470.20 feet io
cor. No. 1, the place of beginning, con
taining 19.570 acres.
“Sport” I.od« Claim.
Beginning at cor. No. 1, whence U.
S. Min. Mon. No. 00, bears S. 49 deg.,
50 min., E. 96.59 feet dist., identical
with cor. No. 1 of Mullen lode; thence
S. 10 deg.. 17 min., W., 1,464.50 feet to
cor. No. 2; thence S. 79 deg., 43 min.,
E. 598 feet to cor. No. 3; thenca* N. 9
deg., 30 min., E., 1,463.40 feet to cor.
Vo. 4: tljence N. 79 deg., 43 min., W.
578.30 feet to cor. No. 1, the place of
beginning, containing 19.779 acres, less
1.335 acres in conflict with Mullen
claim, net area Sport claim, 18.444
acres.
“Anglo” Lode Claim.
Beginning at cor. No. 1, on lifle
of Mullen claim, whence U. S. Min.,
Mon. No. 30 bears S. 23 (leg., 10 mill.,
W. 804.96 feet dist. thence N. 29 deg.,
67 min., E. 688 feet to cor. No. 2,
identical with cor. No. 1 Mullen lodj;
thence N. 9 deg., 17 min., \Y. 812 feet
to cor. No. 3; thence N. 59 deg., 17 mill.,
W. 600 feet to cor. No. 4; thence S. 9
deg., 17 min., E. S12 feet to cor; No. 5;
thence S. 29 deg., 57 min., Y\ . 688 feel
to cor. No. 6: thence S. 59 deg., 17 min.,
E. 600 feet to cor. No. 1, the place ot
beginning, containing 18.043 acres,
cocated in latitude 61 deg., 43 min.,
N.; longitude 143 deg., 46 min., YV\,
about 19 miles NE. of Chitina in the
region of the headwaters of Coppei
Creek, a tributary of the Kotsina River
from the south.
As nearly an can be ascertained, the
lodes in said claim extend as follows:
trom point of discovery: Mullen lode S.
30 deg., ->3 mln„ W. 748.55 feet and N.
30 deg., 43 min., E. 721.65 feet. Sport
lode, S. 9 deg., 30 min., W. 1,465 feet
and the Angie lode, N. 2? deg.,' W man..
E. 688 feet to an^Ve and thence N. S
deg., 17 min., W. 812 teet.
The netices of original location ‘of
said claims are of record in the office
of the recorder for the Valdez record- ,
ing district, and the notices of amended
location of said claims are of recora
in the Chitina recording district, in
book 4 of locations at pages 239, 238
and 240 respectively.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the mining ground, veins, lodes
premises or any portion thereof, here
inabove named and described, so sur
veyed, platted and applied for, are
hereby notified that, unless their ad
verse claims are filed according to law,
and the regulations thereunder, within
the time prescribed by law and such
regulations, with the Register of the
United States Band ottlce at Juneau,
Alaska, they will be barred by virtue
of the provisions of said statutes, and
of the law in such case made and
provided.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska, July 20, 1914.
It is hereby ordered that the fore
going notice be published in the Chitina
Leader, a newspaper of general circula
tion published at Chitina, Alaska, for
the period of sixty days.
' C. B. WALKER, Register.
First publication, December 22, 1914.
Last publication, February 23, 1915. ]
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