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The Ear! Mountain Tin Company
has made arrangements to work all
through the, present summer and also
throughout | next winter with a good
force of m£n to develop the quartz
tdn of the Section in which the com
pany has ijts property. A large
amount of [freight has been shipped
on the steamer Navajo for the com
pany. Tedidy Winfield took a force
of men uli on the Corwin and the
work will be begun right away.
It is declared by Mr. Winfield and
many others that the people of
Alaska are only beginning to learn
anything of the read kind about tin.
In the first years of the discovery of
tin very few men in the territory had
ever seen it in a mine but gradually,
they say, it is dawning upon them
that Alaska might very well have
big tin resources and probably has.
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William Martin, a prominent min
ing man of the Willow Creek district
Was a passenger on the Admiral
Sampson, en route to the states' on a
business trip. Mr. Martin is en
thusiastic over the mining outlook
for his section and predicts an in
creasing output of the yellow metal
for Borne years to come. He is owner
of a one-third interest in the Alaska
Free Gold property, consisting of 15
claims, which he is now operating
under lease and has an option to pur
chase. He has installed a Lane
Chilian mill with a capacity of about
30 tons, and has Just completed the
installation of two concentrating
tables. The plates save about $500
per day, and it is expected the con
centrates will run high in gold.
Mr. Martin’s property is adjacent
to the Ready Bullion property, which
is under bond to Thompson & Sons
for $400,000, and which is showing
UP well. „ I
On the Alaska Gold Quartz prop
erty, owed by Milo Kelly and E. H.
Barthel, a rich strike was made at
• the face of the 385-foot tunnel and
at a depth of abut 400 feet below the
outcropping. The ore runs about $365
per ton. This property was recently
bonded to Toronto, Canada parties
and Is now being operated by them.
The purchase price is $450,000.
Mr. Martin states that a number of
very promising new strikes have been
made in the past few months and
that the district is undoubtedly due
to becomj* a large producer.
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While attempting to cross the
swollen Frazier river from Fort
George, B. C.. to Willow Creek, Ode
Chamberlain and Fred Lucas, young
Surveyors of Vancouver, B. C., were
drowned. Their canoe was upset in
the swirling waters.
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Tue coroner’s inquest over the
body of E. C. Tawney, a trapper who
committed suicide on Stony river, a
tributary of the Kuskokwim coat the
government $1,072.25.
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The Admiral Sampson has a cargo
Of >0,000 cases of salmon from the
. westward. The cargo is a portion of
the pack at the canneries of the
Fidalgo Island Packing Company, at
Port Graham, the Seldovia Packing
Company at Seldovia and the Kadiak
Fisheries Company at Kodiak. The
run of red salmon to the westward
has been very light, although the run
Of kings haa been the greatest in the
history o f the country, and still
continues. It is believed that the late
. run of reds will be greater than
usual and in a measure make up for
the light run so far.
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With dogs as motive power, a new
boat i9 being constructed that will
revolutionize inland water transpor
tatln, according to the Iditarod
Pioneer of June 1, which says the
following of the project:
An inventor in Iditarod will soon
surprise the inhabitants of the camp
when he launches a new and novel
power boat. >
Adolph Meyer, a late arrival from
Ruby, now residing in the lower part
of town, is building a craft which
will use dogs for motive power, and,
when completed, a speed of seven
miles an hour can be made against
the current of the Iditarod river.
The boat will be a side wheeler—the
paddles of which will be operated
from a cylinder. Around the cylinder,
amidships, is a large wheel about
aix feet in diameter and four feet in
width, divided into two compart
ments, into which two dogs are
placed on a circular track of carpet,
locked in, and ordered to “mush” at
the affair i9 started in motion. The
dogs, unless they enter into the spirit
of the game, will suddenly find them
•elves executing some unheard oi
acrobatic stunts.
Mr- Meyer has six dogs which he
proposes to work in the boat, thus
having three relays of two dogs on
each shift. With a boat of this nature,
the designer figures he will never be
bothered by gasoline-bill collectors or
dull his ax by cutting fuel for a
boiler—nothing to do but cut dog
feed and steer the ship.
Mr. C. A. Duffy, another inventor,
looked over the lines and specifica
tions of the new craft and became
much interested in it. WWle resid
ing at Manley Hot Springs a few
years ago Mr. Duffy invented a very
ingenious clothe3 washing machine
which he claims easily developed
three-squawpower, but admits that
Meyer’s doggone contraption puts one
over on him. I
Mr. Meyer says he will go to the
Koyukuk with it next fall.
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The Topkok Ditch Co., a mining
corporation doing business in the
Nome district, with headquarters at
Oakland. California, filed a petition
in bankruptcy recently. The liabili
ties are stated at $386,409. and the
assets at $205,000, of which $200,
000 is given as the value of land and
claims at Bluff, Alaska. The heavi
est creditor is Henry Bratnober, a
mining man, who holds promissory
notes aggregating $292,824. The
next largest creditor is O. W. Ashby,
for $75,000, secured by mortgage
on $200,000 worth of realty in
Alaska, including Daniels creek,
Cheeehaco Fraction, Edna Fraction,
and others.
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A1 Church, who is confined in the
Katalla Company Hospital convalesc
ing from an operation for appendi
citis, is in receipt of a letter from
Mrs. Church, at McCarthy, stating
that one Tame, was recently drowned
in the Chittystone river.
Tame and a partner, whose name
is not known, outfitted a short time
ago at the store of Breedman &
Church at McCarthy, and started for
the reported placer strike on the
Sushanna river, and while attempting
to cross the Chittystone, which is
very dangerous at this time of the
year, Tame met his death. His part
ner escaped.
John Ronan and others cleaned
up $4,750 from a run of 33 tons of
ore from their Dome creek quartz
property taken out the first two
weeks of May. This is the third mill
run they have made this year, and all
of them have shown a large profit.
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The startling statement was made
recently by Clifford Beers, secretary
of the National Committee on Men
tal Hygiene, that there are more
insane persons in asylums in the
United States than students in vol
leges and universities.
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Black bears about Richardson are
on the rampage. One of them re
cently drove a man to take refuge on
the roof of his cabin and kept him
there several hours.
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.The master of the Tanana steamer
White Seal postponed the sailing of
the vessel from Fairbanks because
her schedule called for her to start
down the river on Friday, the 13th.
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After an 11 months search for the
lost mine of the Arctic, Horace Hud
dlestun and Phil Ott have returned
to Fairbanks with the report of find
ing no gold.
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After nearly 20 years the secret
of the disappearance of the Ameri
can Cannery schooner Sadie F. Cal
ler, of San Francisco, has been
revealed. |
Walter McCray, a Tacoma diver,
haB located the battered hull of
the staunch three-master in 60 feet
of water near Chignak lagoon, in
Alaska and expects to recover ap
proximately $20,000 in salvage dur
ing the summer, McCray was put
ting down a fish trap at the lagoon
last July, and in investigating an
obstruction came astride of the
schooner’s rail. Scratching away an
accumulation of barnacles, he was
able to make out the name.
Investigating,, he found that the
schooner had been lots about 18
years ago while carrying tin from
San Francisco to Alaska, and he has
been quietly making arrangements
since to salvage the bullion under
an arrangement with Alaska packers
who will furnish him with material
and help and divide what is found
with him on a 50 per cent basis.
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WASHINGTON, July 19.—Secre
tary Bryan left this morning on a
lecture tour of Indiana.
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MARYLAND JULY 27
(From Saturday's Dally Alaskan)
The cruise*1 Maryland will arrive
in Cordova on Sunday, Jttly 27, and
remain at this port five dayB, accord
ing to a statement made by Captain
Phillip Andrews, the new com
mander of the battleship, who spent
yesterday in town. Captain Andrews,
accompanied by his wife and daugh
ter, made the trip over the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway as
far as Abercrombie Canyon, stop
ping at the glaciers, and upon his
return to town last evening ex
pressed himself as being delighted
with the wonderful scenes he had
witnessed and with Alaska in gen
eral and its people in particular.
Captain Andrews continued on to
Seward, where he will relieve Cap
tain Ellicott, who has been retired
by the Naval Plucking Board. The
latter will leave on the first outgoing
steamer for the States, after having
turned over the cruiser to hi§ suc
cessor. Mrs. Andrews and daugh
ter will retrun to Cordova en the
steamer Northwestern and have en
gaged a suite of rooms at the
Windsor Hotel during the captain's
stay here.
The Maryland will positively be
here a week from tomorrow and it
has been suggested that the owners
of all the small boats act as an 1
escort to the cruiser upon its en
trance to tile bay. This would make
quite a creditable fleet if appropri
ately decorated. President Baxter,
of the Alaska Steamship Company
has placed lighters at the disposal
of Captain Andrews during the stay
here, as the cruiser will anchor some
distance from the dock.
No set program of entertainment
has as yet been arranged for our
Visitors, but Captain Andrews has
agreed to allow his crew shore leave
in squads, so that all may have an
opportunity of visiting with the
people of Cordova. He also stated
that if a stand was provided he
would have the band give one or
more open-air concerts, if it was so
desired and for the dance which will
be tendered the officers, the Mary
land orchestra of 12 pieces will fur
nish the music. As there are a num
ber of athletes aboard the ship, a
day of sports may also be arranged,
The following is the itinerary of
the Maryland for Prince William
sound ports: Arrive at Seward July
22 and remain there one day; Val
dez, July 24, for three-day stay;
Cordova July 27, to be here five
days; Port Wells, August 2, for five
days; Controller Bay August 7, to
take aboard the coal minde by the
government in the Bering river
field.
RIOTING IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, July 19.—Sailors from
the battleships in the harbor, sol
diers from Port Lawton, assisted by
a number of residents of this city
made ail attack on the Socialist and
I. W. W. lodge rooms last night and
left them a complete wreck.
The trouble grew' out of an at
tack made on several sailors and
soldiers by members of the I. W. W,.,
in which the former were badly
beaten up. The latter gathered re
inforcements from among their com
rades and proceeded to demolish
everything in sight belonging to the
Socialists and I. W. W„, wrecking
halls, and destroying wagons and
street stands, and the emblems and
paraphernalia of the various orders
were taken out and burned in the
street. The mob reached such pro
portions that the police were power
less to disperse the gatherings.
This morning Mayor Cotterill is
sued a proclamation declaring an
emergency, and has taken personal
charge of the police, and has closed
every saloon in the city. He has
also forbidden the publication of the
Seattle Times today and tomorrow
unless proofs of all matter to ap
pear in the columns of the paper
are first submitted to him. All
street meetings of every description
are prohibited for today and tomor
row and the police have strict orders
to enforce this ruling.
Late this afternoon Colonel Alden
J. Blethen, editor of the Times,
brought an action before Judge
Humphries for an Injunction re
straining Mayor Cotterill from sup
pressing today's and tomorrow’s
issue of the paper. The injunction
was granted.
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GLACIERS ARE RECEDING
C. L. Andrews, who is becoming
famous as a nature photographer,
mountain climber and authority on
the physical resources and charac
teristics of Alaska, says the glaciers
of Southeast Alaska are receding and
diminishing in size at a more rapid
rate than is generally believed.
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PHARMACISTS ORGANIZE
William Britt, of Juneau, was
elected president of the Alaska board
of pharmacy. W; H. Caswell, of
Valdez, was chosen vice president
and Floyd E. Ryus, of Ketchikan,
secretary and treasurer.
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A moose weighing 1,800 pounds
and with horns that had a spread of
70 inches was recently killed in the
country back of Ruby.
LONDON, July 19.—Sir Lionel
Edward Greeley Gardner, has been
appointed minister to Mexico..
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SPECIAL PARCEL STAMPS
NO LONGER REQUIRED
Special parcel post stamps will no
longer be required on parcel post
packages and a sufficient amount of
the ordinary stamps to cover the cost
of transportation will be accepted.
Hereafter it will only be necessary
to affix ordinary two, five, ten or
other denomination postage stamps
in sending parcels.
This decision by the postoffice de
partment relieves both the public and
the department of a considerable
amount of unnecessary labor and un
certainty, and simplifies the sending
of packages to as simple a process as
the sending of other mail. The
change will be received with pleasure
by everyone.
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H. B. W[elch has 80 acres seeded
to potatoes on his farm at Minto on
the Yukon river between Whitehorse
and Dawson, and he is now prepar
ing to go Into the rearing of live
stock. He plans to raise reindeer,
goats and sheep. He has 1,000 acres
of good land, and Bays he can use
all of it. He Is seeking to have the
Domin ion government aid agricul
Itural development in Yukon Terri
• tory. ; i
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Follow
ing the defeat of his resolution in
the senate to investigate Secretary
Bryan’s living expenses, Senator
Bristow, of Kentucky, severely criti
cised the secretary for lecturing.
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SAM BON'XIFIELD DISCHARGED
FROM OREGON ASYLl'M
Samuel A. Bonnifield, formerly
president of the First National Bank
of Fairbanks, has been discharged,
from the Morningside hospital for
the insane at Portland, Ore., to
which he had been committed. He
was not discharged as cured, but on
the bond of relatives, who took him
to St. Louis, Mo. His condition had
improved while he was an inmate of
the hospital, according to the re
port of that institution.
The quarterly report on the con
dition of the Alaska insane shows
that there were two deaths. Wil
helm Anderson died on May 4, of
pulmonary tuberculosis, and Fred
Bramer on June 9, of exhaustion
Six patients were discharged as re
covered and three as improved. One
of the latter was Samuel A. Bonni
fleld.
During the quarter ending June
30th 9 patients were received. The
number of patients remaining under
care July 1st was 173, of whom 149
were males and 24 were females.
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Read the Leader for late news.
WAS COMPELLED
TO DISSIMULATE
Senator Pittman, of Nevada, walks
briskly, but he says that there was
a time when he didn’t dare do so. In
the days when in the Alaskan gold
fields, no one walked rapily; they
just sauntered casually, because it
was unwise to walk as if headed
toward any particular destination.
“If a man was seen walking fast,”
says Pittman, “every one would jump
to the conclusion that he had either
discovered a new place where gold
could be found, or else a storekeeper
who had just received a consign
ment of plug tobacco. In either
case he would be followed and his
plans thwarted.”
TREASURY HAS $710;
A TROUBLESOMT ASSET
Because he has no “profit or loss”
bookkeeping item in his purse at the
treasury department, Uncle Sam has
740 unclaimed dollars on hand which
are a troublesome asset. The old
gentleman is tired of carrying the
money on his books; it is costly, too,
in bookkeeper time, and yet he can't
get rid of it, Comptroller Downey
has ruled. Of the total, $610.13
represents gold bullion left at the
San Francisco mint by the “Forty
Niners” and never claimed by the
owners. The balance represents sil
ver bullion left at the New York
assay office years ago. Neither the
owners nor their heirs have ever de
manded payment by the government.
The comptroller insists it is not legal
for the' government to appropriate
the money by carrying it into the
general treasury funds.
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SUES CITY FOR DEATH
OF WIFE IN COLLAPSE
LONG BEACH, Cal.. July 17.—The
first damage suit against the city as
the result of the collapse of the ap
proach to the municipal auditorium,
when 39 persons were killed, is on
file today. Claim for damages of
$10,000 is made on the city council
by George Chafor of Los Angeies,
whose wife was among the victims.
SUMMONS.
In the Justice Court, Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska.
Joseph Feaster, Plaintiff,
vs.
Jack Lowery, Defendant.
Summons No. 114.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, GREET
ING:
To the above named Defendant, Jack
Lowery:
You are hereby required to appear
in the Justice Court of Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, within thirty days of the
completion of the publication of this
summons, and answer the complaint,
of the above named complainant,
Joseph Feaster, which alleges that
the defendant is indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum of Ninety-five
dollars for goods and merchandise
sold and money loaned and praying
for a jugment in that amount to
gether with interest thereon and ac
crued costs in this action, and that
unless you, the said defendant, so
appear and answer the complaint,
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded' in his said com
plaint.
Date of order for said publication
of Summons, June 24th, 1913.
Witness, Justice of said court Paul
d’Heirry, this 24th day of June, 1913.
First publication, July 1, 1913.
Last publication, August 12, 1913.
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Coffee House
HENRY GEKSXKR, Prop.
FRESH BREAD, CAKES AND
PIES ALWAYS ON HAND
Disturbances of the bed of the
sea are believed to have caused the
disability of the United States mili
tary cable in the waters of South
eastern Alaska. At the present time
there is no part of the cable in the
waters east of Sitka that can be
used. It was thought that the in
ability to work between Sitka and
Wrangell was cauesd by the ground
ing of the current on the Juneau
end of the cable, which was the first
to go out of commission. However,
when Sergeant P. P. Floyd, in
charge of the Juneau office, discon
nected the Juneau branch of the line
at Cape Fanshaw the other day, it
was found that the line between
Sitka and Wrangell was still out of
commission. The line between
Wrangell and Ketchikan and Hadley
is also unworkable. That means
that there are at least three breaks
in the cable. The Juneau cable is
broke, and it is impossible to work
either way from Wrangell.
Sergeant Floyd believes that an
earthquake has probably caused
some submarine slides that have
covered and stretched the cables so
that they have become useless. The
cable-ends at Fanshaw and at
Wrangell have been stretched until
they are so taut that it is impossible
for one to make them give or bend
under the weight when they are
stepped upon. This is regarded as
evidence that the cables have been
interfered with by disturbances to
the sea-bed.
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The gold output from the quartz
properties in the Tanana country is
slowly but steadily increasing.
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MINK REPORT
The report of the mine inspector
for the territory of Alaska for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, has
just been published by the govern
ment, and can be obtained free of
charge upon application to the
Bureau of Mines.
THE GOOD die YOUNG
Beside the road that leads to town
the thistle thrives apace, and It you
cut the blamed thing down, two
more will take its place. The sun
flowers flourish in the heat that kills
the growing oats; the weeds keep
living when the wheat and corn have
lost their goats- The roses wither in
the glare that keeps the prune alive,
the orchards fail of peach and pear
while cheap persimmons thrive. The
good and useful men depart too soon
on death's dark trip; they just have
fairly made a start when they must
up and skip. A little cold, a little
heat will quickly kill them off; a
little wetting of their feet, a little
hacking cough; they’re tender a3 the
blushing rose of eanescent bloom;
too quickly they turn up their toes
and slumber in the tomb. And yet
the world is full of scrubs who don't
know how to die, a lot of picayuntsh
dubs, who couldn't, if they’d try.
Year after year, with idle chums,
they hang around the place, until at
last their age becomes a scandal and
a disgrace. And thus the men of
useful deeds die off, while nogoods
thrive; you can t kill off the human
weed, nor keep the wheat alive.—
Walt Mason.
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MARRIED A\I) DIVORCED IN
LESS THAN THREE WEEKS
Romance, romance, that kind that
the story-tellers write about and that
poets sing songs of, and right here
in Fairbanks, yet it has these many
days escaped unnoticed. Met, loved,
married and divorced, all in thirty
days; such is to story of a couple
in Fairbanks.
The persons involve are Mr. and
Mrs. C. .1. Bell, the former better
known as “Captain Brock.” They
met last April, were married and
lived together less than three weeks.
Divorce proceedings were then
started by the wife, Iva Isabella, and
Judge Fuller handed down the de
cree on May 2d.
Such i.-. life.—Fairbanks Citizen.
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The a", oplane flights at Fair
banks on the Fourth of July were
successful. Captain Martin made
flights on the 3d, 4th and uth of
the month. There were two flights
on the Fourth.
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