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Former Well Known Alaskan Ends His Successful Career With a Gun—
“Tired and Worn Out” Is the Only Excuse Given For
the Taking of His Life.
Seattle, June 23.—Captain D. H. Jarvis committed suicide.
This was the news flashed on the bulletin boards of the daily
newspapers this afternoon and created a decided sensation
throughout the city.
Apparently in the best of health and spirits he secured a
room at the Seattle Athletic Club, where he shot and killed
himself. The only explanation of this rash act is found in a
note which he left. It is brief and says: “Tired and worn
out. That’s all.” A wife and children survive him.
Captain Jarvis was one of the most prominent residents of
this city. He was formerly connected with the army and serv
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DUSES
COAL SITUATION
Governor Walter E. Clark who has
ju=t returned to Juneau from an ex
tended stay in Washington, gives
out the following interview on the
Alaska coal situation:
“Secretary Walter Fisher, of the
interior department is causing gov
ernment agents to work night and
day to clear up the coal land situa
tion. and it is probable that patents
to some of the coal claims in Alaska
will be granted within a short time,”
according to Governor Walter E.
Clark, of Alaska, who reached Se
attle last night after spending six
weeks at the national capital in con
ference with the heads of depart
ments and officers of the administra
tion.
Notwithstanding the Commission
er of the general land office has in
timated that the decision in the Cun
ningham cases will be unfavorable to
the claimants, Governor Clark be
lieves that this decision will not ef
fect other claimants whose titles are
now being considered, and some of
which may be passed to patent.
Just before leaving the capital
I had a long and earnest interview
with the secretary of the interior,
and urged the necessity of hastening
the process of expediting such Alas
ka coal land entries as are not in
valid, or in which the claimants have
not been indicted by grand juries, ■
with a view of ascertaining if it is
not possible to patent some of them
in the near future.
“ ‘I told Mr. Fisher that, in my
opinion, such a course was required,
not only by the exigencies of the fuel
situation in Alaska, but also by ev
ery consumer. Mr. Fisher replied
that he had determined to push the
examinations as rapidly as possible,
and that if he found any entries that
could be clear-listed he would pass
them to patent at the earliest pos
sible moment.
“Both the secretary of the inter
ior and the commissioner of the gen
eral land office told me that agents
are working night and day with a
view to an immediate closing of the
investigation.
“As a later step towards the open
ing of the Alaska coal lands, I hope
to see passed at the next regular ses
sion of congress a comprehensive law
that will permit the mining of coal
on the public domain in Alaska on
a large scale. It is evident that the
present unfortunate condition has
been brought about not any more by
the extremeists of the conservation
school than by lack of favorable laws
on the statue books. The long and
short of the proposition is that we
haven’t a favorable coal land law for
Alaska.”
CONVERSATION HEARD
AT CHITINA DEPOT
“What do you know about Doc
Smith killing a bear?”
“What, Doc Smith? You don’t
mean the chief surgeon for the Kat
alla company?”
“Yep> thats the feller. Got him the
first shot too, and if you ever saw
a tickled medico he was it.”
“Where did he kill it?”
4 Oh, somewhere near mile 140.
You see the doctor and his wife went
up with Superintendent Van Cleve
and his party on the superintendent’s
private car last Tuesday to the Bo
nanza mine, and laid over at mile
146 Thursday night on the way back.
Someone reported seeing a black
bear a short way from camp, so he
and Doc Council followed the report
and after a few hours out saw Mr.
Bruin in the distance. Doc Smith
was for shooting the animal instan
ter, but Council held him until the
hear got close enough and then let
the little medico get busy.”
“Only shot him once, you say?”
“Yep, that’s all, got him through
the heart the first time. Good job
he did, I reckon, for I heard some
one joshing him and saying that he
forgot to throw another shell in
to the rifle.”
“Gun was new to him maybe, and
he wasn’t wise to the mechanism.”
“Well, that might have been the
how of it, but I’d hate to go on
record as saying he was so excited
he forgot to reload his gun, es
pecially after making such a good
shot.”
“Yes, he might have been just as
cool as when he takes a fellers’ ap
pendix out. Don’t take much stock
in that yarn of him getting so rat
tled he couldn’t reload his gun.”
‘‘Guess that’s right too, for they
don’t make ’em any cooler than that
sport around an operating table, but
then cuttin’ off a limb, or whittling j
into a few tendons and arteries j
might effect him some different than j
cutting loose at a bear.”
“Well, he got the bear, anyhow.” j
“You bet he did, and say, when'
that private car hit the Chitina yards
the doc didn't wait for the con to
give the highball to the hog head to
slow up, but jumped like a bunch of
coiled springs and made a rush for
the depot.”
“Hey Brownie,” he yelled, “1 got
a bear.”
“Brown is the relay man, you
know, but it was 5:30 in the morn
ing. Brownie hadn't opened up.
There was no more sleep for the
busy relay man after that, for the
doc was tellin’ him all about it,
while Brownie was gettin’ into his
pants, and all the fellers he saw, be
fore he left for Cordova say he was
just about the happiest medico this
far north.”
Washington, June 23.—Senator
McCumber, of North Dakota, intro
duces an amendment to the pure food
law, as recommended by President
Taft.
Los Angeles, June 23.—In the
private room of a downtown cafe was
found the bloody clothes, jewels and
part of the $15,000 belonging to H.
Reid, a broker, who had been robbed
and beaten. ^
ed for years in Alaska as lieutenant on the revenue cutter
Bear. During the early days he made a trip overland from St.
Michael to Herschell island as a member of a relief party
and for his bravery was awarded a medal by congress. At
the time Governor Brady’s successor was named Capt. Jar
vis was offered the position, which he declined. He after
wards became connected with the Northwestern Fisheries Co.
and was later made treasurer of the Alasky Syndicate, which
position he resigned several months ago. He was also a part
ner of Henry Bratnober in a rich quartz mine at Chichagof,
near Sitka. W* —w—
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Mining Companies and
Mineral Claim Owners
Publication of final Proof Notices
Preparations are now making by many com
panies .for the securing of patents to copper and
gold claims in that rich mining section known
as the Chitina-Kotsina-Nizina district. Publi
cation of final proof must be made in accord
ance with the requirements of the law- which
are contained in the following excerpts of in
structions issued by the General Land Office at
'Washington:
A notice of intended final proof must l>e published
in a newspaper of established character and of general
circulation in the vicinity of the land affected thereby,
such paper having a fixed and well known place of pub
lication.
Xo newspaper shall be deemed a qualified medium
of notice unless it shall have been continuously publish
ed during an unbroken period of six months immediate
ly preceding the publication of the notice, nor unless it
shall have applied for and been granted the privilege of
transportation in and by the United States mails at the
rate provided by law for second-class matter, a privilege
available to all newspapers having a legitimate list of
subscribers and a known place of publication.
The notice must in ali cases be published in the news
paper which may be issued at a pluce nearest to the lands
which the notice affects. By the word “nearest” as here
used it is not intended that geographical proximity shall
be measured on an air line drawn between the land and
the place of publication, but by the length of the shortest
and principally traveled thoroughfare between such
places, being the highway ordinarily used and employed
for travel by vehicles of any kind.
The law invests registers with discretion in the se
lection of newspa|>ers to be the media of notice in such
cases as are here referred to.
Persons seeking to establish their right to a legal title
to any public lands are not authorized to interfere with
the discretion of the register in the choice of a news
paper in which to publish notice of their claims; nor
will any designation of a newspa|>er made by a register,
in the reasonable exercise of that discretion, be disturbed
on the ground that the claimant recommended another
newspaper.
I l*on the receipt of the papeis, if no reason appears
for rejecting the application, the register will, at the ex
pense of the claimant (who must furnish the’agreement
of the publisher to hold applicant for patent alone respon
sible for charges of publication), publish a notice of such
' application for the period of sixty days in a newspaper
published nearest to the claim, and will post a copy of
such notice in his office for the same period.
The law imposes upon registers the duty of procuring
the publication of pro|>er tiual-proof notices, and charges
the claimant with no ooligation in that behalf, except
that he shall bear and pay the cost of such publication.
The Chitina Leader
fills the above requirements, and will publish
the necessary notices at less than 50 cents per
line, the price allowed by law to weekly news
papers, for the entire publication during sixty
days. So that there may he no delay, publish
ers’ agreement should he secured by writing to
WILL A. STEEL, HARRY G. STEEL,
Publishers of
The Chitina Leader, Chitina, Alaska
Cordova Daily Alaskan, Cordova
Or to the SEATTLE OFFICE, 551 Column
Building.
GEO. DOOLEY
'General Commission Merchant
Agent: • —* - Agent: -
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Kahn Bros. “Monogram” Royal Typewriter Co.
“What We Haven’t Got We Get”
New and Second Hand Goods Bought^ and Sold
I. J. ST. CLAIR T. W. CLONINGER,
Proprietors
THE WORKINGMAN’S RESORT
LOG CABIN BAR
AND ROOMING HOUSE
WINES, LIQUORS,
AND CIGARS
FURNISHED ROOMS AND COTS.
SOLO, POOL AND BILLIAR D TABLES.
Comfortabe Chairs and Readin g Room.
Restaurant and Barber Shop in Connection.
CORDOVA’S BIG STORE
S. BLUM & O.’S
WE SOLICIT YOUR OILERS
We Carry a Large Stock of :
General Merchandise
Of Every Description
Having lx*en in the outfitting business for many years, we are
particularly well equipped to furnnisli your outfit, whether large
of small.
We have reduced the price of hay & oats t $50 per ton (in ton lots)
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders
We Will Save You Money Cordova, Alaska.
The Nevada
Just Open
Special Line of OLD CROW and other Standard Brands
of Whiskies. Double Stamp Goods, Bottled in Bond are
found here. Special Wines a id Liquors for Family use.
Our prices are the lowest a’ld foods the best in town
WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE.
Watch this space for futrre announcements.
.McCUTCHEON ‘ <fe GRIFFITHS, Props.
The Fort Seward military band is
touring southeast Alaska, giving con
certs.
The Indian police service in south
east Alaska is to be resumed on July
1st.
Two theatrical companies will tour
Alaska this summer.
Pete’s Lodging
House
AXD
SECOND HAXD STORRE
CHIIIXA HEIGHTS
Hunks 25c; Reds 50c.
PETER CORDES. Prop.
Chitina
Pharmacy
Drugs Toilet Articles
and magazines our
Specialties
Parisian Chocolates
The Best of the B^st'
Mi Eleccion Cigars
An All-Havana Smoke
A. G. MOREY, Proprietor
Chitina, Alaska.
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