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CHITINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25
LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
AX ALASKAN AUTHOR.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
"Athabascan Princess,” by George
Fenwick, published by the Alice Har
riman Company, Seattle and New
York. The scene of the story is laid
in Alaska and the principal charac
ters being a prospector and a Siwash
maiden of many charms, who Mr.
Fenwick kindly calls a princess. The
author has taken full poetic license
when he turns one of the Kuskokwin.
Indians into a beautiful princess. The
book is written in verse; some of it
is good, but there are other parts
very lame and halting. In one way.
the book appears to us as though it
had not been carefully read and cor
rected, as there are a number of poet
ical errors that should have been
corrected. The book, however, is
well worth reading, especially by
Alaskans, who have many long win
ter nights to put in and who have
plenty of time in which to let their
thoughts run riot. The book is il
lustrated and the picture of some
actress, as she looks to us, dressed
as an Indian and called the Athabas
can Princess, is worth the money
alone, but as far as the other illus
trations are concerned we cannot
commend them. In one picture,
where it shows a' number of dog
teams on the trail, the sleighs have
no handle bars or '‘gee” poles and
the dog harness depictured. A child
in Alaska would know better than
to hitch up a dog team that way.
It is a pity the illustrations in so
tastefully a published book should be
so untrue to the real conditions that
exist in the country where the scene
of the book is laid. Some illustra
tors never go by what a thing should
really look like, they only go by what
they think it should look like. One
finds this same mistake again and
again in books, and it seems a pity
that the publishers do not employ
some one familiar with the customs j
of the country to go over the illus
trations and pass on them before they
go before the public. The Alice Har
riman Company are to be commend
ed on their enterprise in giving Se
attle a publishing company, and we
wish them every kind of success in
their future undertakings.
•THE LARGEST NUGGET.
Various reports of the finding of
large nuggets of gold have always
come from the big placer camps all
over the world. Alaska has produced
some large nuggets, but the home of
the largest nuggets seems to be Aus
tralia. The following list of some of
the largest nuggets ever found may
interest some of our readers. In
1851, a sheepherder in the state of
New South Wales, Australia, found
a nugget weighing 100 pounds. He
sold it for $5,000. This nugget caus
ed a world-wide sensation at the
time, as it was some of the first gold
found in Australia. The mining
camp of Ballarat, Australia, one of,
if not the greatest placer camp in
the world, was the home of some of
the largest nuggets ever found. In
that camp was found the "Sarah
Sands" nugget, worth $31,000, the
"Welcome” nugget worth $50,000.
Again in the camp of Kingower, Aus
tralia, a nugget worth $34,800 was
found and called the “Blanche Bark
ley. But the king pin of all nuggets,
the “Whter Moon,” was found in
Australia in 1852 and was sold for
$53,493. This is the largest known
nugget ever found in the world. Next
to Australia, California haB had some
large nuggets. The Graves Bros., in
their placet1 ground at Coffey creek,
found a nugget weighing 175 pounds,
and was sold for $42,000. This nug
get was found in 1897. Oliver Mar
tin, a prospector, was digging a
grave for a comrade in California,
and while engaged at this work un
covered a nugget weighing 151 lbs.
6 ounces, worth over $20,000. It is
not known whether Oliver waited to
bury his pal or cached his nugget
first. Of the big nuggets found in
Alaska we have not been able to
get hold of any data, but in Siberia
l the largest nugget ever found weigh
ed 96 pounds, four ounces, and that
went, of course, into the hands of
the government.
“Me Lord 'hall 'is hoff!” was the
sad news broken to the House of
Lords in England when Premier As
quith introduced a bill into the
House of Commons abolishing the
veto power of the House of Lords.
The bill passed by a majority of 124.
The suffragettes thought it was an
opportune time for a demonstration.
The press dispatch did not say how
many of them were “run in” after it.
News from Copenhagen may re
open the whole of the North Pole
controversy, as Knud Rasmussen, the
Danish inspector of Greenland,
claims that no explorer or Eskimo
has been within 100 miles of the
North Pole. Now- if there is any
i
truth in this the next man who
claims he found the North Pole j
should be hung to it, to satisfy the
public, who have been buncoed long
enough.
We are in receipt of a booklet from
the Cordova Chamber of Commerce.
1’his book is beautifully illustrated
vith scenes of Cordova and the vi
inity, including a number of scenes
along the C. R. & N. W. railway. The
people are to be congratulated on this
book, as it sets forth the facts con
cerning Cordova and the surround
ing country, nor is the book of the
boom character that appeals to the
“easy money” class. All that is in
cluded in its pages is the truth and
no place can have better advertising
than the truth being told about it.
There’s a convict down in Missouri
who goes by the name of Michael
Angelo McGinniss, who swears he
can square a circle and will do it
for a pardon. Shades of the mighty
Michael Angelo long since gone to
common clay, who designed bridges,
buildings, painted pictures and sculp
tured statues of stone! Does it fall
to the lot of a namesake of yours to
unravel the greatest solution of mod
ern times. Mr. M. A. McGinniss,
number not known, contends that for
the general solution of an equation
containing literal coefficients there
lies a general logarithmic solution for
its corresponding numerical equa
tion. What’s that? Another brick,
please, and let me die in peace.
Indications point to a rush of many
men this summer to all parts of Alas
ka, who will have money to invest
here, providing that the prospects and
prospectors we have here warrant it.
Now the prospector or claim owner
wants to get busy and develop their
claims as much as possible, and
thereby receive a higher price for
them. Money begets money, and so
when one group of claims are sold
other investors come in and buy, too.
The demand for mines is ever on the
increase and the people who are buy
ing are looking for properties that
have a good deal of development
work done on them. These investors
are always willing to pay more for a
fairly developed property than for an
undeveloped one, no matter how
good the showing may be.
A press report says that a number
of prisoners taken by either side in
the revolution in Mexico are to be
executed. It reminds us of the old
days in Chili during one of the revo
lutions there, the commanding officer
of one side, if he took any prisoners
of importance used to entertain at a
lavish dinner, and while the coffee
and cigarettes were being passed
around, would inform his guests
(prisoners) that he had decided to
set, say three of them, at liberty, but
owing to liking them all so well he
could not decide which of them he
would choose, and so as to Da iair
they would have to draw lots . After
the lots had been drawn he would
march the lucky ones (?' out into
a court yard, where a file of soldiers
waited, and have them backed up
against the wall and shot. He cer
tainly did set his prisoners at lib
erty but not in the way they expect
ed, but possibly they did not have
the same sense of humor that he
had.
Coal Outlook
Discouraging
All Alaskans in Seattle were very
much encouraged last week upon the
return of Attorney .Maurice D, Leehey
from Washington, over his expressed
opinion of the coal situation.
Just prior to his leaving the capi
tol Mr. Leehey had an interview with
the executive at the White House.
And he came from that conference
convinced that the President had re
solved to drop all of the administra
tion's agitation for conserving the
vast deposits, and for alternate pro
posals to lease the fields on a royalty
basis.
•‘Though the President made no
definite promise of any kind,” said
Mr. Leehey, “he plainly intimated
that he would bring about the open
ing of the fields. In his exact words
he assured me that ‘he would give
the question his personal considera
tion immediately after his return
from a visit to the South.’ He went
South to address the great commer
cial congress, and is winding up the
visit with rest and golf in Augusta.
“My interview gave me the inpres
sion that the executive still thinks
that there are still a great number
of people who favor the Pinchot idea
of conservation, but that he himself
does not believe in any radical stand
on the question.
“His language was enigmatical, ty
pical of Taft.
“However, all Washington is argu
ing that there is nothing left for the
President but to open the fields. No
legislation regarding them will be
taken up at the special session; that
much is certain. This would mean
that the controversy could not come
up for congressional consideration
again under the present administra
tion, as the next Congress will not
be held until after a presidential elec
tion.
“The task is made easy for the
President by the change in his cab
inet due to Secretary Ballinger’s re
tirement. Secretary Walter L. Fisher,
present head of the Interior Depart
ment, can pass upon these contested
claims without raising a storm of
protest from those lined up in the
old controversy, and doubtless he will
act just as soon as the President lets
him know such a course is desirable.”
Mr. Leehev was called to Wash
ington in connection with the appeal
of one of his cases to the supreme
court. He succeeded in winning this,
,nd as he obtained some most encour
aging assurances from the President
regarding the coal matter in which
he is so deeply interested, he is en
tirely satisfied with the results of his
trip.
Victoria, March 25.—Later ad
[ vices concerning the capsized steam
er Schelt bring the fact that 22 pas
sengers and four of the crew, includ
ing Capt. Janies, were drowned. The
steamer was sunk.
Lena Sharts, formerly of Cordova,
was operated on at Valdez for an ab
cess back of the ear.
TO MY LADY OF FEATHERS.
From my nook in the quiet window
I watch all the hats on the street:
Each one a shelter for lady fair—
Let us say from sunshine or heat—
Trim, dainty and neat
From eyebrows to feet.
Be she maid or matron sweet.
Each hat is a marvel of beauty.
An artistic cluster of gems,
| Of dainty flowers, and of tiny birds
Tucked in deftly between the stems.
With each outspread breast.
And each tufted crest.
Not outflashed by diadems.
Bright colored sun birds from Eastern
isles;
Plumes from the egret, snowy white; |
Dazzling gorgets from wild Brazil:
Blazing jewels in sunshine bright.
With the opal's sheen,
Blue, scarlet and green,
| At each turn to left or right.
, Did you ever think of the slaughter
Of the hundreds, nay, millions slain?
Their bodies left to be vultures' prey.
In the forest or woodland plain.
While their babies cry
As they starve and die
For the sake of pride and gain?
You cannot plead, like your sable furs,
That they shelter you from the cold—
Are there not ribbons of satin sheen
And beautiful flowers untold
To entrance the sight
Of each luckless knight.
Who covets your wealth of gold?
Now suppose, my ady of Feathers,
We should put you out of the way
Where you never could see your babies.
Or cherish them day after day;
No one to love them.
No one to feed them.
Or laugh with them while they play.
You would call us incarnate monsters.
And every word would be true;
But did you ever reflect that they
Might have babies the same as you.
With a tiny nest
And a mother's breast,
And a mother's love tike you?
Oh, the good Lord never Intended,
When he made you divinely fair.
That you would need to adorn yourself
With his winged treasures of air.
So let mercy plead
For the hearts that bleed
In the wide world everywhere!
March 19, 1911. R. H. STRETCH.
Fred Stoter, a freighter, and six
pack horses were buried in a slide
on the glacier, says the Valdez Pros
pector, and extricated after six hours'
work.
Read the Leader for the news. |
DR. A. F. HEIMLICH
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