SERGEANT SCALES 10
I BE RELEASED SOON
Sergeant Norman Seales, formerly stationed at Copper
Center, who was court martailed by orders of a lieutenant at
Valdez, lias been vindicated and will be released and returned
to duty.
The decision of the reviewing court will meet the approval
of Alaskans familiar with the facts. The sergeant took an old
whip-sawed boat at Copper Center and descended the river as
far as Taral, hoping to find some cine of a sergeant who had
left Copper Center on a raft and wa drowned .
It was impossible to get the boat back up the river, and the
lieutenant ordered Scales, after he had returned to Copper Cen
ter, to return and get the boat. Realizing that the officer was
not familiar with the conditions, it i- said. Neales telegraphed
the situation to Valdez. The answer to tins from the officer
f was for him to go and get the boat a- ordered and take a wag
on along.
Thereupon Scales, a private'and packer left Copper Cen
ter with a four-horse team and wagon, during the summer
months, when Alaska roads or trails, or rather lack ot any
road, are not considered at their best. When the outfit arrived
at Chitina they found there was no way of getting the boat
from Taral to Chitina, but the railroad kindly volunteered to
haul it, which was done as an accommodation. Later the lieu
ttenant demanded that the railroad present a bill to the de
partment for transporting the boat. To make a long story
short, it must have cost the government about $500 to get re
turned to Copper Center an old boat which could have been
duplicated for $60.
VOLCANOES TERRIFY
WESTWARD NATIVES
Commissioner Griffleld, of Unga,
who is here with several prisoners,
reports terrifc seismic disturbances
to the westward, accompanying the
outbreak of seevrai volcanoes which
have exceeded in violence anything
of that nature which has been ex.
perienced n many years, and which
has kept the people in a state bor.
dering on panic.
On January 3, accompanied by
most alarming subterranean rum.
blings> Black Peak, on the northern
side of the peninsula, about fifty
miles back of Chignik, broke out in
eruption. For more than 30 hours
noises continued, and were aecom_
panied by almost incessant quakes.
About the same time Pavlof Vol.
cano, about to miles west of Unga.
in Pavlof Bay. broke out in eruption.
So violent was the outburst that the
flames, lava and red.hot rocks were
thrown a great distance in the air
and were visible for many miles.
The quake accompanying these
outbursts were very heavy and fre.
quent and particularly terrifying to
the native population. So far as
known Mr. Driffiend states there wa
no damage done.—Valdez Prospect,
or.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The Department of Justice 1ms
issued a statement concerning the various dynamiting cases
that have been under federal investigation for several weeks
past. Samuel Gompers and other officials of the American Fed
eration of Labor are exonerated from any suspicion of com
plicity in the many dastardly efforts to ruin life and property
in different localities throughout the country during the past
few years. The action of the government officials in publicly
removing suspicion from the officials of the Federation is much
appreciated by organized labor and highly commended.
,---'_Z3L.
Late Telegraph News
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 14.—Secre.
tary of the Treasury Franklin Mac
Veagh delivered a speech befor the
Zach Chandler Club last night. In
the course of his remarks he stated
that “Roosevelt would not, and
with his general characteristics and
tendencies> could not run against
Taft for the nomination for the
Presidency."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Direc.
tor George Otis Smith, of the U. S.
Geological Survey, has issued a bul.
letin in which he says:
Proposed amendments of the well
established laws relating to metallif_
erous minerals always raise the
warmest discussion. With the opin
ion of mining men in general favor,
lng revision of minng laws of the
| United States and with commission
after commission appointed by va
rious bodies to su" est improve,
ments, the statutes have remained
practically unchanged for nearly 40
years, while the geology of ore de
posits and the technology of metal
mining have made marvelous pro.
gress.
Most important perhaps in any
amended mining law would be pro
vision for enforced development, a
principle expressed, it is true, in the
present law but not made effective
in its workings, a requirement of
actual use as a condition of occu.
pancy of mineral land can not be
regarded as either novel or radical.
As regards the large acreage of un
developed land in many mining
camps to which patent has already
been Issued, it is perhaps true that
the situation is without relief, un.
less the # western Australia plan is
adopted, whereby the government
steps in and permits mining under a
lease, the proceeds of which are as
sessed, collected and paid over to
the owner. The principle invoked
»eems to bethat no property owner
can rightfully oppose the develop,
ment of the resources of the State.
In the case of unpatented claims a
remedy should be sought for what
has been termed "the paralysis of
mining districts," and the rigid re.
qulrement of annual assessment
work should be made actual and ef.
festive by inspection and supervision
in order 1.0 put an end to the present
procedun of allowing a claim to lie
idle for practically two years after
its location, not to mention the many
localities where claims are held year
after year with only perfunctory
compliance or even without any per
formance of assessment work—a
type of local disregard for the law
that is in striking contrast to the ob.
servation accorded the district cus.
toms and regulatons of earlier days,
whereby the right of possession was
made abolutely dependent upon con_
tinuous operation.
SEATTLE, Feb. 14.—To spread
the gospel among the natives of the
Kuskokwim River country in Alas,
ka, is the object for which the Mora,
vian Mis-inn Society of Bethlehem,
Pa., placid an order with L. E.
Geary, local naval architect, for a 45
foot powei raft to operate along the
stream. The vessel will be built in
Seattle a soon as her plans are pre.
pared and will be taken North next
May. Cabin accommodations will pro.
vide for carrying both men and wo
men missionaries up and down the
Kuskokwim, which is next In size to
the Yukon among Alaskan waters.
The Moravian Mission Society, or.
ganized in Pennsylvania and receiv
ing most of its support in the East,
has been engaged for many years in
the missionary field of Alaska, and
the plan of usi^; power boats in the
Christianizing of the natives is not
a new one, similar craft to the new
vessel being in use on the Yukon at
present.
Missionary stations will be estab.
llshed among the Indian colonies
along the Kuskokwim, and chapels
erected wherever possible.
The converted Indians, a« a rule,
furnish the material and labor for
erecting little log churches, such as
are to be found in many of the na
tive colonies of Alaska. The great
valley of the Kuskokwim has been
little developed during the years
since gold strikes have brought white
men into other parts of Alaska, and
the missionary field there is more or
less a new one.
The new boat will carry twin screw
engines, sixteen horsepower each, and
will have sleeping and cooking ac„
commodatlon*. Sbe will cost about
$3,500 and Will be ready for service
by May 1, 1912.
NEW YORK, Peb. 14.—Sir Fred,
erick Treves, Bart, G. C. V. O., who
was physician and surgeon to the
late King Edward VII., arrived in
New York recently with Lady Treves
from Southampton, via Kingston,
Jamaica. They left for Liverpool,
having made the round trip by way
of the tropic* for a vacation and re.
creation.
Sir Frederick visited the Panama
Canal and inpsected it from end to
end. He said:
“I consider the work of sanitation
that has been done in the Canal zone
to be the greatest credit to the Unit
ed States, which has every reason
to be more than proud of that work
and of its director Col. Gorgas. This
work has set the standard of what
preventative medicine should be in
the tropics.”
INTERIOR NATIVES
PUZZLED
It is frequently said that winter
weather such as the district in «.-n.
joying this season lias been noted
here in the not distant past bu,t the
evidence of the natives is to the con.
trary.
Yesterday two members of the
Chena tribe were questioned as to
whether they discussed the weather
in their camp, and they replied that
they did. Asked if they remembered
another such mild 'winter, they an
swered in the negative. Further,
they said that not in the memory of
their fathers or of their grandpar.
ents had there ever been such an
open winter, nor is there any tradi.
tion of the tribe to that effect.—
Fairbanks Times.
WOHORKERS
ARE BUSY
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Indus,
tries and business pursuits of wo.
men will be demonstrated by work,
ers at the forthcoming Woman's In.
dustrial Show, which will be held at
Grand Central Palace from February
28 to March 9. There will be, among
other exhibits, a miniature Latin
Quarter, w-here women painters and
artists will show their work. Some
of the leading artists of the city
have taken space in the exhibition
hall and soon will begin planning
the artists’ colony.
Ten thousand and twenty women
are behind the project, which is for
the benefit of ten philanthropies. All
the arrangements are in the hands
of women, and each day ten mem.
bers of the advisory board and tetj
of the aptronesses will be in charge
of the exhibition. It is being pat.
terned after an exhibition given last
year in London.
CENSORSHIP ON
PICTURESHOW
SALT LAKE, Feb. 16.—Governor
Spry of Utah has been in correspond,
ence with the National Board of Cen_
sorship of moving pictures in New
York concerning moving picture films
illustrating stories in which the
Mormons are presented in so objec.
tionable way as to arouse the ire of
uovernor Spry, who commenced a
crusade against the picture. Corre.
spondence between the Governor and
the national board, which passed on
all films included propositions to the
Governor that the State of Utah pro.
cure the suppression of certain films
by the purchase of the films and the
copyrights. In a tetegram in reply
to one of these proposals the Gov.
ernor said: "I will never consent to
Utah or any institution or person
paying money to suppress these slan.
derous films.” The censorship board
has ruled that one of the most sen.
sational of the Mormon picture stor.
les shall have a change of title and
other altterations before public pre.
sentation.
AMERICANS FOR
TURKjSHARMY
NEW YORK, Feb. 16—Frank
Rogers> a young aviator who has
made a large number of successful
flights at the Aerodrome here, will
sail in a few days for Europe to be.
come the first aeroplanist in the
Turkish army. Rogers is a citizen of
Washington. He was enlisted in the
Turkish service through a foreign
BOOSTflTS CLUB IS NEEDS
l
In a conversation yesterday with George Geiger, the latter
touched upon several things well worth repeating, particularly
what he said regarding the prime need of any enterprising
town which was ambitious to make the most of its resources.
“It seems to be,’’ said he, “one of the essential things to
do at the present time is for us all to become boosters, to re
solve the whole community into a boosters’ club and make peo
ple who come to visit us see things as we see them.
“Neither the calamity howler nor the pessimist ever built
up any place. Industrial empires and populous cities were
never founded by such. Had they had their way the great
West would still be a savage wilderness.
“It is the boosters, the live wires, those with ambition and
imagination who see the opportunities and take advantage of
them, who are the real empire builders. They are the pioneer
promoters who centralize energy and capital towards opening
and utilizing natural resources, and thousands are benefited
by their work in securing steady employment along the paths
they have blazed out.
“There is not a man in Cordova, Chitina, Kennecott or any
place along the railroad today who is not thoroughly alive to
the great natural resources waiting to be developed. The re
markable possibilities of Alaska today is a national theme. It
is the most natuarl thing in the world to be a booster, for there
is so much to boost, and no exaggeration is necessary.
“Comparison is sometimes the best method of adjusting
our viewpoint. Those returning from the outside claim they
are glad to get back home, and tell about bread lines and the
working people out of employment. It is safe to say there
are few communities with as many men working on a steady
payroll, per population, as is true of Cordova. I may say fur
ther, it is the policy of wage payers, moreover, to give prefer
ence to married men and to those who are helping to develop
the country, for instance, to miners, prospectors and land lo
cators.
“Now, let’s all make up our minds to boost, to forget all
personalities or political differences and get together for the
common good. This world is too large and there is too much
lo be done for us to harbor suspicions and impugn the motives
or good intentions of the other fellow just because he does not
happen to believe as we do on all subjects. By all working to
gether and helping to build up this and other communities in
Alaska, we shall attain prosperity and happiness for the indi
vidual as well as the communities and will have no time to see
each other’s faults. We want to make every stranger feel glad
that he has come among us, and regret that he must leave us.
tie will then either become a booster with us or go away with
a good impression and speak well of us.”
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LIMITED
TRAIN IS
WRECKED
HUNTINGTON, W. Va„ Feb. 16—
The Pennsylvania limited jumped
the track at Warrior Ridge today,
killing three and injuring sixty
seven.
AMERICf
CHINESE
PROTEST
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.—The
Chinese of North and South America
are flooding telegraphic protests tc
China against the election of Kai
These telegrams are being received
here and transmitted to the general
assembly at Nanking.
CONFIRMED BY
THEM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The
appointment of former Governor
Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio, as min,
ister to France, was today confirm,
ed by the Senate.
BliRfTS OFFICE TO
BE W DOWN
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—After 100
years a building on Nassau street
once owned by Aaron Burr and used
by him for his law offices, is to
come down to make way for a mod.
ern building. The property, which is
in the downtown wholesale district,
has been leased for a long term to
a firm of stationers.
NAVAL DEFENSE
IS PLANNED
•
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—A joint
resolution has been introduced in
the House and Senate providing a
naval defense for the mouth of the
Mississippi river.
For ladle’s and children’s goods
see Mrs. J. L. Gage.
Pete’s Lodging
House
AND
SECOND HAND STORRE
FREE COOKING HOUSE
CHiTINA HEIGHTS
Banks 25c; Beds 50c.
PETEK COROES, Prop.
LISTING THE GREATEST WOMEN
Illinois suffragists have compiled a list of the twenty
greatest women which they offer to compare with Mr. Carne
gie’s twenty greatest men. It is chiefly remarkable for the
number of suffragits leaders included and for its omissions of
women who loom large in history recent or remote. Joan of Arc
is perhaps the most conspicuous omission. Catherine of Russia,
the late Tsi Ann of China, likely to figure in history as the last
and greatest of the Mancliu dynasty, a remarkable woman,
who rose to supreme power in a nation where women were re
garded as inferiors; Queen Elizabeth of “spacious days,” and
the late Queen Victoria are other eligibles overlooked. Mine.
Bernhardt is included, but Mary Anderson is left out. There
is no mention of Jennie Lind or Christine Nilsson, of Mrs. Sid
dons, of Barbara Frietchie, of Betty Ross. Music is forgotten
while literature is recognized. Why not Chaminade as a rep
resentative feminine composer!
If the list is to be drawn largely from America, as the
nameo given would indicate, why the ignoring of Hetty Green
and Carrie Nation? Has Mary Ellen Lease, too, been so soon
forgotten?
What constitutes greatness in a list of that sort, anyway?
Activity on behalf of equal suffrage, historical prominence,
present notoriety, exceptional ability in some sphere of activity
or influence on humanity? Unless there is some standard of
greatness other than personal preference, Carrie National may
he expected to rub shoulders with Catherine de Medici and
Helen of Troy. And, by the way, what’s the matter with Eve?
-nnnn_
That Tammany delegates to the Baltimore convention
will take to the use of water sounds sensational at the first
blush; but accompanied as it is with the statement that it will
he entirely for purposes of navigation, and not as a beverage,
it implies nothing revolutionary.
-oooo
Mr. Taft’s admission that he and Harmon hold about the
same opinion on insurgency may be fresh proof that he is not
a politician, but it cannot fail to increase popular regard for
his absolute frankness and honesty, which after all may be a
vastly more valuable asset.
—-0000
Ex-Governor Glenn of North Carolina wants a curfew law
for husbands. He thinks all should be compelled to stay at
home from 8 p. m. to 6 a. m. Does he want to add to the other
outer attractions the almost irresistible impulse to violate a
fool statute?
-oooo
It is reported from the Tanana that the Japan current has
reached that point on its way up the river. This report con
flicts with the one that the Japan current was seen last night
about 11 o’clock, after it stopped for supper on its way to
Fairbanks.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
-oooo
In New York state a man is building an airship in which
lie is going to fly to Mars. If the Wrights are making “fool
procf ” machines that does not prevent fools from making their
own machines.
•- oooo
If the Standard Oil Company is backing the Chinese Re
public all is over except agreeing on the exact terms of the con
cessions.
— _
A New York paper complains that Wall Street is being
touched for money to carry on the booms of Presidential can
didates. The information would be more illuminating if the
names were given of tile persons who are doing the touching
and the candidates they are working for. So far as Wall Street
is concerned, we need not fear that in these perilous times it is
going to give up its money without definite knowledge of what
it gets as the quid pro quo.
-oooo
Having had a splendid opportunity to revise the wool
schedule on the facts, the Democratic House whooped through
a steel schedule just to exemplify that they do not want any
scientific tariff revision.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby iven that the
partnership heretofore existing be
tween Dan McMillen and Swan Elm
green at Copper Mountain, Is this
day dissolved and that Lucy Grimm
has taken the interest of Swan Elm
green. All debts of the former part
nership and all accounts due them
are assumed by the new partnership.
SWAN ELMGREEN.
ChitinaBakery
& Coffee House
GES8NER & STANGNETH
Proprietor*
FRESH BREAD
Cakes and Pastry
Alwajra on Hand
Main Street, — Chltlna.
Wlhere you are always treated
right—Fairbanks Saloon.
FOREST
UNO IS
RESTORED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—By ex,
ecutive order President Taft has re,
stored to entry 250 000 acres of land
in California, New Mexico and Ari
zona, which was withdrawn by for,
mer President Roosevelt and includ
ed in forest reserves.
D. A. GRIFFIN,
DENTIST
All work guaranteed. Prices reason
able. In Tibbs’ Building.
Chitina, Alaska.
Horse Shoeing
and Repairing
J.O. PEARSON
At Chamberlain's' feed &
tele stable.
LUMBER
Hay & Grain
We can give you lowest
•ates in carload lots or less
0- A. NELSON & COMPANY,
Chitina, Alaska.
THE LOG CABIN
RESTAURANT
Has opened under tlie new
nianiiKCinent of Olenuiient &
Lund.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Meals Served at All Hours.
Come and see ns and |?et a
square.
DR. CHAS. THOM
Physician and Surgeon
Now permanently located at Chltlna,
Alaska.
PUBLIC LAND AND MINING
CASES.
If you are interested in any contest
or any matter before the Interior De
partment, write to Clark & Wright,
registered land lawyers, 002 F Street
N. W. (opposite Gen’l Land Office),
Washington, D. C. Free information
about contests and where to obtain
scrip, locatable upon public lands,
without residence or cultivation.
Chitina
Pharmacy
THE DAYLIGHT STORE
DRUGS
STATIONERY
CANDY
CIGARS
TOBACCO
MAGAZINES
and PAPERS
A. G. MOREY, Prop.
Mrs. J. L. GAGE
DEALER IN
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Furnishing Goods
Mail Orders Promptly Filled
CHIT1NA, ALASKA
HOTEL CHITINA
and
Hotel Chitina Bar
Only First Class Hotel in Town.
Heated Rooms, First-class Cafe, Courteous Attention
PRICES REASONABLE
We are general agents for the famous PARK
FORD Whiskey and can fill your orders promptly. Re
member the brand, “PARKFORD,” bottled in bond
and uaranteed by the makers, Woolner Distilling Co.
PALMER & CLONINGER Chitina, Alaska
Copper River & Northwestern Railway
lGoocI Passenger and Freight
Service to Interior Alaska
For Rates and Other I o ation pply
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