OF GENERAL_
Rev. Hudson Stuck, Episcopal
Archdeacon of the Yukon missions
who organized and lead the expedi
tion that accomplished the ascen
aion of Mt. McKinley, is a son of the
Sunny South, and hails from Texas,
that state of big things. He was dean
of the Episcopal cathedral at Dallas,
Texas, before coming to Alaska
about ten years ago, under appoint
ment by Bishop P. T. Rowe, as Arch
deacon of the Yukon. He is in the
prime of his vigorous manhoodJ
about 45 years of age, and an in
domitable chaarcter that has for
gotten from non-use the meantng of
the word ••failure.’’ His duties in
Alaska have taken him up and down
the Yukon river, the Porcupine, the
Koyukuk and their tributaries, into
the nooks and corners of the vast
areas of the great Interior of Alaska,
In all seasons and all sorts and con
ditions of weather. He has learned
how to do things from much experi
ence. and is just the sort of man to
do what he has done.
Harry Karstens, to whom Arch
deacon Stuck has generously given
the credit for the success of his ex
pedition, is a well known young busi
ness man of Fairbanks, associated
with F. W-. Whiteley in an expert
accounting, real estate and general
brokerage business. He is young,
athletic, enthusiastic and a part of
the new Alaska tribe of men that are
growing up in the North such as
every Alaskan knows without fur
ther description.
Robert G. Tatum and Walter Har
per, the other members of the expe
dition, are not so well known out
here, but they were selected by Arch
deacon Stuck and Harry Karstens,
his chief adviser, and that is equiva
lent to saying that they were the
men for the job.
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The governor’s office has received
a letter requesting information rela
tive to the whereabouts of Heinrich
Kleindach, of Heilbronn, Wurtberg,
Germany, who was last heard from in
January, 1910, while at Cordova,
when he stated his intention of going
to Copper Center. Young Kleindach
was born in 1885 annd is a machinist
by trade. Information concerning
him should be sent to the governor’s
office, Juneau.
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it seems from all reports that
Sitka does not want saloons. The
former capital of Alaska is not alone
In its stand as both. Ketchikan and
Wrangell have declared war on the
retail liquor houses.
Petersburg, Juneau, Haines, Doug
las and Skagway took like “wets,”
and the petitions for licenses, which
must be circulated before July 1st,
when the renewal of licenses becomes
due, will tell the tale.
Copies of the ‘‘Compiled Laws of
the Terrltoy of Alaska, 1913,” in one
volume bound in buckram, may be
Obtained from the Superintendent of
public documents, Washington, D. C.,
upon payment of $1.50 per copy. Re
mittances should be made only in the
form of a postoffive money order,
express order, or New York draft.
This compilation is the one author
ised by the act of congress of August
24, 1912, and the work was done
under the direction of the joint com
mittee on territories of the Senate
and House of Representatives.
The laws are compiled, codified,
arranged and annotated in a most
careful and thorough manner, and
the volume is in great demand by
members of the legal profession as
well as many others. The act re
ferred to provided that 1,500 copies
of the compilation should be fur
nished to members of the United
States Senate and 2,500 copies to
members of the House of Repre
sentatives—approximately five copies
to each member of congress. These
are, of course, distributed free of
charge while they last.
The index to the volume is alone
worth the cost of the book, being
very elaborate and complete.
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Acting under the authority con
ferred by the act of April 30, 1913,
providing for the Alaska Pioneers’
Home at Sitka, Gov. . P. A. Strong
today named \Vi. P. Mills and George
Kostrometinoff, of Sitka, as the citi
zen members of the Board of Trus
tees of the Home, and designating
them as treasurer and secretary, re
spectively, of the board. Under the
act referred to the Governor of the
Territory is a member and chairman
of the board of trustees. The act
becomes effective July 4th next, and
It is expected that the Home will be
opened shortly thereafter. Some
minor repairs to the building are
necessary before the Home can be
opened. While the citizen members
of the board of trustees must, under
the act, serve without compensation,
Messrs. Mills and Kostrometinoff have
manifested much interest in the es
tablishment of the Home and will no
doubt render much valuable service
in their respective positions and in
the general management of the
home.
Mills is a leading merchant of
Sitka where he has resided for many
years. George Kostrometinoff is a
native of Alaska, and for many years
has been caretaker of the Greek
church cathedral at Sitka. He re
cently was ordained as a priest in
the Greek church.
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All that remains to be done to the
Alaska boundary survey, according
to . D. Craig, head of the Canadian
end of that work, is to mark about
80 miles of the 141st degree of
longitude in the White river and
Chitina country. That work will be
finished this summer. “This season
will probably witness the completion
of the survey of the Alaska boundary
line along the one hundred and
forty-first meridian from Mount St.
Elias to the Arctic ocean, separating
Alaska from the Yukon territory.
The work all the way from the
Yukon to the Arctic was finished
last year. The last gap, now being
covered by parties representing the
Cnited States and Dominion govern
ments, is only 80 miles long. It ex
tends through the White river and
Chitina river districts.”
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H. Stanley Henrlck, special agent
for the general land affice, W. T.
Staley, solicitor for the department
of agriculture, and Attorney Berk
heimerj of Seattle, Wash., form a
legal party that are at Valdez for
the purpose of taking testimony be
fore the United States commissioner
at that place in relation to the Feed
greup of coal claims.
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Fred Nichols, proprietor of the
Yost roadhouse on the Fairbanks
Chitina trail, is branching out in
business, having recently made the
purchase of the Paxon place on the
Yaldez side of the Delta summit,
rhe consideration of the deal is not
mentioned.
Mr. Nichols has been running the
place known as Yost’s on the Delta
for the past winter. That place is
131 miles from Fairbanks and Pax
son’s place is 18 miles further on.
rhe places being so close together
will make it easy for their pro
prietors to handle them the coming
winter with a little help.
There is a general store also at
Paxson’s which Mr. Nichols bought
along with the roadhouse. At this
store and roadhouse the hungry trav.
sler can get supplies throughout the
year for himself or beasts. There
peing a postofflce at Paxson’s now,
mails will be delivered twice per
month from that point to Slate
creek, and to Valdez creek. A mail
route is said to have been estab
lished recently between Gulkana and
Paxson’s, over which mails will be
taken in the summer, as well as to
the aforementioned creeks.
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Judge F. M. Brown met with the
members of the bar and decided that
it was best for litigants that two
fixed terms of court be held each
year; one the first Monday in March
and a second term for the second
Monday in Octoberfi which this year
will be October 13th.
Under this rule it will be possible
for those having business before the
court to arrange their affairs in ad
vance, knowing that terms of court
will be held on the above dates.
It was also decided that applica
tions for liquor licenses could be
heard at any time in chambers if no
protest is made and public hearing
would be given in event of opposi
tion being made to the granting of
the application with notice given to
both sides in advance.
A committee consisting of T. J.
Donohoe, E. E. Ritchie and R. J.
Boryer were appointed by the judge
to revise and improve the present
rules of court practice. '
J. C. Martin was appointed as
jury commissioner, and with Clerk
of the Court Lang will draw all
juries to serve in the district court
The law provides that the com
missioner shall be of the opposit*
political faith as the clerk.
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Wholesale mining is perhaps best
exemplified among the gold mines
of the United States, in the work
done on Douglas island, and aboul
to be begun at Juneau, Alaska. The
great Treadwell mines on the Island
have long been famous for their low
costs. In January last, the group
produced and treated 128,583 tons
of ore. The average cost for the
whole group of mines, including con
struction account, was $1.27 per ton.
This Is the more notable from the
fact that operating costs are highest
in the winter, when the minimum of
water-power is available and the
snow and cold introduce other com
plications. Actual operating costs in
the summer months have been
brought to below 80 cents per ton,
and with additional development of
water-power and completion of an
extensive construction program, low
costs the year around are to be ex
pected. The change from shipping
eoncentrate to its treatment by
cyanidation and the development of
a main hoisting shaft have brought
costs down 25 cents per ton within
the past two years.
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District Attorney James J. Crossley
today announced the appointment of
Bion A. Dodge as assistant district
attorney for the Fourth Judicial
division of Alaska. News of the ap
pointment was recently received in a
wire from Attorney General McRey
nolds.
Under the provisions of Chapter
32, of the Alaska Session Laws, en
titled, “An Act to Establish Juvenile
Court, to provide for the care of de
pendent children, to create children's
guardians in Alaska> and for other
purposes,” approved April 24, 1913,
Gov. J. F. A. Strong has appointed
the following women members of
the Board of Children’s Guardians for
the four judicial divisions of the
Territory:
First Division, Mrs. John G. Heid,
Juneau.
Second Division, Mrs. J. Allison
Bruner, Nome.
Third Division, Mrs. George C.
Treat Valdez.
Fourth Division, Mrs. Luther C.
Hess, Fairbanks.
‘‘Condtions in Alaska are distress
ing to the last degree,” said Earl
Rogers in Los Angeles, who arrived
in Seattle recently after what he
characterizes as “the most wonderful
trip I ever have taken.”
Rogers is said to have tried more
murder cases than any other man
living. He was attorney for the de
fendants in the San Francisco graft
cases, and recently gained great
prominence by defending Clarence
Harrow in the Bain bribery action
and Guy Eddie, deposed city prose
cutor of Los Angeles for alleged
contribution to the delinquency of a
minor. I
He was to have represented Bar
row in the second trial but collapsed
before the jury had been empaneled.
After four months in a hospital he
was permitted to travel with the
hope that a change of scenes would
be beneficial.
‘‘I do not see why anyone would
want to go to Norway,” he said,
“when the trip to Alaska is so easily
accomplished and yields so much
pleasure and is of such educational
worth.
“I do not see why the government
should conserve this coal for the use
of our great grandchildren when we
do not know that they will want any
coal or have any use for coal. By
the time it is released to them they
may be heating by some chemical
process. The last 25 years have
brought out wonderful inventions
and the next decade may see an
entirely different method of produc
ing heat and power. At present a
man in Alaska who has coal in bis
front yard is not permitted to use it,
but must ship fuel from British
Columbia points.”
Clinton> the Fairbanks freighter of
that place, has purchased the tame
moose which C. H. Munson has had
at his road house for some time. The
animal is now full grown. Clinton
will place the animal in a cage in
front of his business. He will try to
break the moose to drive and will
use him to take cheechacos around
town sightseeing this summer.
Forest fires on the Kenai'penin
sula have done a vast amount of
damage to both standing and cut
timber during the past few weeks.
Millions of feet of standing timber
has been consumed or rendered unfit
for use, and more than 2,500 feet of
logs, cut by contractors for the
Alaska Northern railway have been
destroyed.
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The employees of the Treadwell
mine have formed an association
known as the Treadwell Club and
have erected a building 56x206 ft.,
which contains a reading-room, pool
and billiard-room, bowling alleys, an
auditorium with a seating capacity
of 500, baths, and lavatories. A
nntatorium containing a swimming
pool 70x30 ft., tub, shower and
steam baths is maintained in con
junction with the club. The mem
bership fee is ? 1 per month, which
entitles the members to all privi
leges of the club and free admission
to the entertainments.
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Escorted by the members of the
city council, his fellow employees of
the railroad company, the business
men and practically the entire popu
lation of the city, the remains of the
late L. M. Price were borne to the
steamer, which is to take the body
to Seattle, at 11:30 this morning.
From 11 o’clock until 12 all the
business houses of the city closed
their doors, and for two hours, from
10 o’clock to 12, the railroad shops
were closed and all work suspended
as a token of respect to the deceased.
Arriving at the wharf, Rev. Zeigler
offered up a prayer and Rev. Koonce
read the benediction, after which the
casket was placed in the hermetically
sealed box and placed aboard the
steamer. The pall bearers were Geo.
C. Hazelet, A. E. Lathrop, M. Finkel
stein, R. J. DeLeo, Archie Field and
H. N. Wilson.
Mrs. Price and son accompanied
the remains to Seattle, where the
interment will take place. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Caleb Corser
and R. J. Boryer.
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William G. Evans, the mining engi
neer, who will have charge of the ex
traction of coal for testing purposes
in the Matanuska fields, made a brief
trip of reconnoisance to the coal
fields and is enthusiastic over the
great veins of high grade coal avail
able.
It is understood that A. C. Frost,
of the Watson group, has placed sup
plies, material and mining equipment
now on the ground at the disposal of
the government party, rendering it
unnecessary to transport but a few
tons of food stuffs from Knik to the
mines.
Several parties in Seward, Valdez
and Knik will offer bids for hauling
the coal from the mines to tidewater.
There is some talk of organizing a
company to bid on this contract, wdth
a view of doing the work at a mini
mum cost to the government, in order
that a good showing may be made.
Two gentlemen of means offer to con
tribute liberally to this end.—Seward
Gateway. I
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The remains of James Travis were
recently found by searchers in a se
cluded spot on Latouche Island. The
skull was crushed in, and this ugly
death wound indicates that the vic
tim met with foul play. A motive for
the possible murder is the fact that
Travis usually carried several hun
dred dollars on his person. Suspicion
points to no one in particular as
responsible for the killing.
A month ago Travers left the
settlement of Latouche, in a small
boat, enroute to the south end of the
island. He outfitted for a four-day
trip. His continued absence caused
alarm and a searching party was
formed, which led to the finding of
the body.
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It is reported, upon authority
deemed unquestionable, that the Gug
genheims have dropped their option
upon the Midas Copper property near
Valdez. Work on the property has
been stopped and the machinery now
on the ground will be dismantled and
shipped to some of the other prop
erties of the company.
The Midas, whicn is located in
Solomon basin, about four miles from
Valdez, is owned by Valdez parties
parties and has given evidence of
becoming a large producer, but it had
been by no means developed into a
mine, although the owners had done
a large amount of development work
on the property, and the Guggen- j
heims, since they took an option on
the claim about a year ago, have
spent about $50,000 in further de
velopment. Some excellent ore bodies,
of considerable size and carrying
above the average of copper contents,
have been opened up under the direc
tion of Superintendent Dunkle. Under
the terms of the option a large pay
ment would become due early in July.
On bis visit to Valdez a few days ago,
Stephen Birch, general manager of
the Guggenheim mining properties in
Alaska, visited the Midas, and finding
the development had not progressed
to the point desired, asked the owners
for an extension of the time in which
to make the payment. This was re
used, and as a consequence Mr. Birch
ordered the work on the property
stopped and has thrown up the
option.
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J. P. Rockefellow, agent for the
Orr Stage Company at Chltna, ac
companied by his wife and son, is in
town and will make a short trip to
the States.
Everybody Is Invited
CHITINA
Will Celebrate
Fourth of July
By Holding a
IC INDIAN POTLATCH
PARADE STARTS AT 10 A. M.
THE PROGRAM OF SPORTS INCLUDES
INDIAN POTLATCH DANCES INDIAN WAR DANCES
12 RACES FOR BOTH SIWASII AND WHITES
SrvVASH TUG-OF-WAR, 12 MEN TO EACH SIDE
12 CONTESTS OF JUMPING, RUNNING, PACKING, ETC.
BIG E AT E OF
A A . .. . .
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
jf Summons, June 24th, 1913.
Witness, Justice of said court Paul
1‘Heirry, this 24th day of June, 1913.
First publication, July 1, 1913.
Last publication, August 12, 1913.
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II0. ADRIAN NELSON 11
:: U. S. Mineral Surveyor :
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CHITINA: BAKERY
AND
Coffee House
HENRY GESSNER, Prop.
FRESH BREAD, CAKES AND
PIES ALWAYS ON HAND
A. B. lies returned from Nugget |
Creek Saturday afternoon and left
today for Valdez, where he will take
over the electric light plant, the lease '
of the present operators expiring
July 1. Mr. lies will shortly make '
a trip to the States and purchase
some additional supplies with which
to improve the light service in our i
neighboring town.
WASHINGTON', June 30.—It Is
semi-offleially announced that Presi
dent Wilson will send Secretary o£
the Interior Lane to Alaska this
summer to investigate conditions,
and to gather at first hand informa
tion which will aid the President and
secretary in directing the legislation
now pending before Congress for the
relief of the territory.
Commercial Hotel
Just open under management of John Palmer
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Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau , Cordova, Valdez and Sew- ■
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Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
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June 24.MARIPOSA.July 2
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steam
ers without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office ' hiska Steamship Iildg.
Baggage or freight will not be received t dock later than one
hour before sailing time.
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General Agent. Ticket Agent.
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Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan, Juneau,
Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez, Fort Eiscum,
Eatonche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
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Sailings From Seattle
5th 15th 25th
Of Each Month
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at Kidiak when leaving Seattle on the 10th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
Right is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
H. F. WATSON, General Agent. ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Agent.