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Cordova, November 18
Conrad Miller who has returned
from Katalla, states that drilling is
in progress at Camp 7 of the Alaska
Coal Oil Company, with good indica
tions of oil appearing in the drill
ings. The depth of the well is kept
a secret by the company’s represen
tatives. This well iB eight miles
from the Amalgamated company’s
nine producers, Mr. Miller said.
A new paystreak was opened on
Wolf creek, in the Fairbanks dis
trict, during the past summer, but
its extent was not determined. The
pay was uncovered by Viv Olson and
Ole Larson on the right limit, at 4
above, at the mouth of the gulch.
The News-Miner states that it is one
of the most encouraging strikes that
has been made in the vicinity of
Fairbanks in a long time.
Cordova, November 19
l’hat Alaska will become one of
the great steel manufacturing cen
ters of the United States and that
the territory is entering upon a ne.w
era of prosperity generally is the
opinion of Dr. Alfred H. Books, chief
of the Alaska branch of the United
States geological survey.
‘There are some big deposits of
iron ore in Alaska,” said Dr. Brooks
to the representative of a Seattle
paper, ‘ Doth hematite and magne
tite, while I have not seen an
analysis of these ores, there is every
reason to believe that they are com
mercially valuable. There is a big
deposit of iron ore at Nome, but
that is rather distant for successful
operation. There are several deposits
of iron ore in the Ketchikan and
Prince William Sound districts, but
these, generally speaking, are asso
to be crushed and treated by electric
furnaces. Of course, there is an
abundance of water power in Alaska
for this purpose.
“What Alaska ne.eds more than
anything else just at present is cheap
fuel. I do not mean ‘cheap fuel’ in
the sense in which the words would
be used in the United States, but u
reduction of the present exorbitant
prices. In Fairbanks, wood costs
from $12 to $18 a cord, and the
wood is nothing more than brusn.
The tying up of the coal has caused
a denudation of the land so far as
timber is concerned. The generation
of power with fuel at these prices
makes successful mine operation al
most impossible except in cases
where the pay streak's are extremely
T rich. The heavy cost of fuel has cer
tainly retarded quartz mining in this
section. The development of the
Nenana coal fields will overcome
this condition."
Dr. Brooks is exceedingly optim
istic concerning the mineral output
of Alaska this year. Because of the
abundance of water and labor in the
territory there, has been an increased
production of placer gold. Th’s is
in Nome, Ruby, Iditarod and Fair
h°pkB sections. Last summer wras
exceedingly dry and there was a
shortage of labor in some places be
cause of the. stampede to Chisana.
Cordova, November 20
Burglars whose work indicates
they are not past masters in the art
of blowing safes, visited the Cor
dova Cafe last night and obtained
$60 from the cash register. Tbat
they failed to open the safe and
relieve the proprietor, Y. Nakao, a
Japanese, of $300 more was due to
the fact tbat their load of nitro
glycerine was not sufficient to blow
off the door of the safe. The explo
s!on merely blew out the combina
tion knob and shattered the lock,
some of the, debris dropping into
such a position in the cavity that
the, burglars were unable to open
the door. The propretor was
obliged to use wedge and sledge to
effect an entrance, after he dis
covered the condition of the safe
this morning.
Although people were sleeping in
the adjoining and nearby buildings,
no one, sa far as known, heard the
explosion the noise of which was
deaffbned by sacks of flour and fruit
which were piled on and in front
of it. The safe crackers seem to
have operated in the regulation way,
first closing open joints about the
door with soap and then pouring the
“dope” through a hole left in the
top. They entered the building
through the side door, using a pass
hey.
Cordova, November 23
That we have an America today
is due in a great measure to the
fact that the Puritans, persecuted
and driven from England because of
their desire for religious freedom,
possessed to a remarkable d"ere"
the element of faith and thought
of the future instead of the r>rpspnt
T^he accomplishments of those pio
neer trail-blazers and nation build
ers and the custom of celebrating a
day of thanksgiving which thov
established in America were the two
main divisions of tbe topic of Rev.
Jaa. A. McBride’s sermon at the
Presbyterian church last evening
The attendance was the largest for
several weeks, the church being
filled almost to seating capacity.
Special music harmonising with the
occasion was rendered by the choir.
“Thanksgiving Day,’’ said the
speaker, "Is peculiar to America,
although other nations hold similar
celebrations.” He reviewed the his
tory of the custom of returning
thanl s to God for benefits bestowed
a custom reputed to be of great
antiquity and to have been borrowed
from the Mosaic law. The American
adoption of the custom was in cele
bration of a victory for the privi
lege of worshiping God as the Puri
tans saw fit. The speaker told of
the trials and struggles and suffer
ings and hardships of the little
band which, under tbe leadership of
John Robinson, established schools
and churches and laid the founda
tion for a country greater than that
from which they were driven.
“They were strangers in a strange
la.nd, and you wTho have been up
against it on the winter trails of
i Alaska can best understand how
they felt when, after landing from
the Mayflower, on an inhospitable
shore, they scraped away the snow
and built what we w-ouid call dog
houses,” said Rev. McBride. “At
one fme, after almost indescribable
hardships, after feickness had de
pleted their ranks and a drouth had
destroyed crops, they had only five
kernels of corn left; yet they did
not lose faith in God or the future.
Prosperity followed and a week of
prayer and thanksgiving was ar
ranged with the Indians attending
in a general peace meeting.
“That was the. most remarkable
i gathering in the history of Ani
j erica,” the speaker declared, “and
j America is proud of the kind of men
and women those Pilgrims were;
They upset the man-made law of
the divine right of kings and be
cause of their faith in God , and
right, they won.
“Some hearts in Alaska will be
sad and lonely on Thanksgiving
Day, but it should be a good day to
the young man who has a future be
fore him. It isn’t gold or coppey or
coal or the railroad that Alaska most
needs for making the best kind of
history, but it is character of her
men and women. The best history
is made by the best men and women.
God help us to make. Alaska what
she should be. It is impossible to
get the best unless we give- the
best—unless we pay the price.”
Two nundre.d prominent citizens
of Washington and Alaska attended
the banquet given Saturday night at
the Hotel Washington under the
auspices of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, to celebrate, the enact
i ment of legislation beneficial to
; Alaska and to honor those bringing
about this legislation. The speakers
included: Governor Ernest Lister,
Congressmen J. W. Bryan and
Albert Johnson, Senator T. J. Walsh,
of Montana, Thos. Riggs, Jr., of the
Alaska Engineering Commission,
Col. W. P. Richardson, of the
Alaska Road Commission, former
Governor Hadley and J. F. Chilberg.
Senator Walsh characterized the
bills now before Congress—one by
Senator Jones and one by the
House, drafted in part by Senator
Walsh, both relating to the leasing
of water power sites in Alaska—as
the most momentous measures yet
to be enacted into the constructive
urogram outlined by Secretary Lane
Mr. Burke, representing the
San Francisco exposition, in is Ccr
dova for a few days collecting speci
mens of birds and animals for dis
I
play there.
Cordova, November 24
Delegate James Wickersnam, en
route from Fairbanks to the national
capital, was a passenger arriving on
the train from the Interior this
afternoon. He was very much
fatigued after the long trip of 800
miles, including his campaign tour
of the creeks. He expressed to the
Daily Alaskan his appreciation of
the confidence the people of Alaska
showed by returning him to Wash
ington as their representative. He
oromised that his work for Alaska
would be continued even more vigor
ously than in the past. His hobby,
if such it can be called, is to have
a uniform school system established
throughout the territory, realizing
that the growth of Alaska Is to be
’•apid, and that the schools must De
more adequately cared for. The
Delegate is also gathering in his
tour, copies of all newspapers as far
•ack as possible, with the object of
•omniling a biographical history of
"mBs of Alaska.
v" i-«»rRhr"i «-tp remain In
coraova until the arrival of th«;
steamer Mariposa from tne south,
when he will go to Valdez for a tew
days, returning on the same steamer
co Seattle.
Secretary of the Interior Frank
lin K. Lane, recently rendered a
decision in the case of the United
States against the Alaska Commer
cial Company, involving lands on
Kodiak Island in which he upholds
the findings of Register C. B. Walker
and Receiver Frank A. Boyle of the1
Juneau land office, and pavw the
way for the defendant company to
obtain title to the lands in question
after thirty years <of uncertainty,
says the Juneau Empire. The case
is of considerable importance on ac
count of the fact that the Agricul
tural Department desired the ground
and has held actual possession pf it
for a term of years for the use of an!
experimental station.
Tne secretary, in adopting tne de
cision of the local land office In toto
as his own states: “There must al
ways he a liberal policy on the part
of the I nited States government re
garding the settlement upon the
public lands. If precedent Is to
control, which permits the play of
good faith upon those facts in the
history of each case of doubtful
force or import. In his decision
the secretary states that “the ad
mirable decision of the local officers
so clearly expressed the views of the
derailment upon the merits of the
case that their decision is adopted
as the judgment of the department."
The lands in question were settled
upon and used by the Alaska Com
mercial company snd its prede
cessors in IS83 and were cultivated
for a period of 14 years. In 1907
the government took possession of
the land for agricultural experi
mental station purposes. The right
of the government to appropriate
the lands occupied by citizens except
under homestead and mining laws,
is admitted in the decision, but the
company successfully showed an
I occupancy of the lands at the time
I of the passage of the organic act in
| 1884 wherein their rights were pro
jected as against the government.
The case has been in the land
! office and before the commissioner
of the general land office, and up to
the secretary of the interior, con
tinuously since 190a.
Letters from President Wilson,
j Secretary Lane and members of the
Alaska Engineering Commission
were, read at last night’s meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce. These
betters acknowledged receipt of sta
tistics and data from the Chamber
setting forth the advantages of the
I Copper River route for one of the
‘ government trunk lines,
j The organization decided to give
ja dinner in honor of Delegate. Wick
' ersham during his short stay in the
I city he having arrived from the in
! terior on the train this afternoon,
j and to extend a general invitation
i to citizens to participate. Time and
place, are to be arranged after a
conference with Mr. Wickersham
and to suit his convenience. Dr. W.
H. Chase, M. Finkelstein and E. F.
Medley are the committee of
arrangements.
The. transportation committee re
ported that it has taken up with
owners of boats the subject of estab
lishing a regular semi-monthly ser
vice between Cordova ana Port
■Wells.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
l VALDEZ, Nov. 24.—The grand
I jury found no bill against A. E.
Todd, the former Nome merchant
who shot Dean Officer at McCarthy
during an election row. Officer ad
mits he was at fault; says he was
drunk at the time and wanted to
beat Todd up, and was reluctant
about testifying against him. The
wounded man has fully recovered.
He has the reputation of being a
"scrapper” when intoxicated.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.—The
steam schooner Hanalei, engaged m
the coasting service, with Los
Angeles as her home port, went
ashore on Duxbury reef near this
city last night and broke in two this
morning. She had (>» persons aboard,
including passengers. Three pas
sengers and two seamen succeeded
in swimming ashore, 43 were res
cued, 15 bodies have been recovered
and brought to this city by the
revenue cutter McCulloch, six more
are believed to have pe,risned and
the remainder may have succeeded
In reaching Bhore. The Hanale
was a vessel of 666 ne.t tonnage and
was built in Alameda, Cal., in 1901
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.—Re
markable. changes in the ocean
floor off the Alaskan coast were re
ported here by Capt. C. D P"d«r
son, n-halinsr master and oxn1->-"
who has returned from the Fa
North with the wha’er Herman.
According to Cant. Peders-n. th->
water between Hog Ts'an*
Amaknak Island has shoal"* fr--*
an Indicated chart depth of nine and
one-halt fathoms to a bare two
fathoms at high water, making it
impossible for vessels of large
uraught to use the passage.
Captain Pederson believes the
change Is due to volcanic disturb
ances on Bogoslof Island and tu
Unalaska.
VERA CRUZ, Nov. 24.—General
Aguiar has succeeded General Funs
ton of the American forces as mili
tary governor of this port and has
announced that he will execute any
one found looting.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—Frederick S.
Fish, a South Bend, Ind., manufac
turer has returned from London
with a $15,000,000 order for auto
mobiles, wagons, sleds and harness.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 23.—
Four football players, returning
from a game at Coquitlam, were
drowned when their auto plunged
off the wharf Into Pitt River.
SEATTLE, Nov. 23.—A man
answering the description of the
lone surviving member of the gang
which robbed the Sedro-Woolley
bank October 17, was arrested here
on suspicion and taken to Mt. Vc.*
non, where he was identified as th'
one who stood guard outside while i
nts companions, who were subse
quently killed, robbed the bank of
$12,000. Skagit county authoritic
are searching for a cache supposed
to contain $6,000, of the money.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—On be
half of Alaska. Secretary of Com
merce Ite.dfield in his annual repor;
asks Congress for a uqarter of :
million dollars for a new lighthouse
tender to replace the Armeria, which
was lost off Hinchinhrook Island in
1912, and also for three new survey
ships to replace the. Endeavor, Ged
ney and McArthur, which have about
outlived their usefulness. He also
urges an appropriation for the ex
tension of the wireless system ii.
Alaska.
BORDEAUX, Nov. 24.—France
will participatae in the Panama ex
position as an expression of good
will towards the American govern
ment and has placed at the disposal
of exhibitors a naval ve.ssel which
will leave a French port in January.
George Hutchinson, cashier of the
First National Bank at Fairbanks,
arrived on the train from the in
terior this afternoon and is going
outside for the first time in 15
years.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 18.—John
Howie, Jr., head of the Independent
service and a pioneer of 1898. died
suddenly yesterday of appendicitis
and complications. He was a former
resident of Seattle and was employed
by the Moran Company.
SKAGWA1, Nov. 23—The Domin
ion government has notified the
White Pass & Yukon Railway Com
pany that all mail must be carried
between White Horse and Dawson
each trip of the stage during the
winter. Formerly, the railway
company suited its own convenience
as to the amount taken, because of
trail conditions. Full service is now
possible because of the government
expenditure of over $200,000 on the
road in three years in maintenance,
repairs, short-cuts and ferries on
the Yukon, the Pelly and the Stew
art rivers.
From now on the Yukon terri
tory will be on the same mail basis
as any other part of Canada, as all
former onerous restrictions of the
postoffice department have, been
removed.
GENNESSEE, Nov. 24.—Henry
Siegel, the defunct New York mer
chant who did a big banking busi
ness cn the side with deposits of his
employes and patrons, was found
guilty of a misdemeanor and was
sentenced to ten months’ imprison
ment and to pay a fine of $5,000.
OLYMPIA. Nov. 24.—Prohibition
b»come.s a law next month, but its
provisions are not effective until
January 1, 1916, according to an
opinion given Governor Lister by
Attorney General Tanner. The con
stitution provides that initiative
measures become effective 30 days
after the election but the prohibition
bill set January 1, 1916. Ruling on
the question of the conflict, Tanner
said prohibition “becomes a law on
:he 30th day after November 3,
1914, but that the provisions of such
law do not become effective until
January* 1, i916.” The ruling gives
brewers and saloon keepers 14
months to wind up their affairs.
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