OF GENERAL INFORMATION
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The residents of Nulato want the
district attorney’s office to issue blue
tickets to the men who have aided
and abetted the Indians in breaking
quarantine.
” Assays from the vein on the Tatum
claims at Port Wells, taken at a
depth of eighty feet, shows returns
of $196 per ton. A tunnel has been
driven 150 feet and the vein has been
cross-cut. The tunnel gives a depth
on the lead of eighty feet and at this
depth the rock recently assayed was
taken.
Just what disposition the Judic
iary Committee of the Senate will
make of the nomination of E. W.
Eium, of Chitina, as United States
marshal for this division, against
whom charges have been filed, is
problematical. As Marshal Sulli
van's term .expires this month his
Democratic successor will undoubt
edly be known before long. The Ju
diciary committee meets Monday,
and unless something unforseen de
velops no action will be taken on
Exum's appointment until then. If
the committee decides to act favor
ably his name will go to the Senate
for confirmation. In case the char
ges against him are sufficient to hold
up his appointment, President Wil
son may withdraw his name and
nominate someone else. Who that
will be the local wise ones are unable
to tell definitely.
Some believe that Wi H. Borden, of
Cordova, stands a good chance of
landing the job, as he has good con
nections back East.
Speaker Clark, both United States
Senators, and all of the Congressmen
from Missouri, as well as Senator
Ollie James, of Kentucky, are said
to be supporting Robert Ferguson,
of Valdez.
Deputy Marshal Brennemap, of
Katalla, has the endorsement of Vice
President Marshal, they having at
one time lived in the same town in
Indiana.
Dr. J. A. Vance, of Cordova,
claims to have a number of influen
tial friends working for his interests.
The Democratic Territorial organi
zation is back of Frank Kernan, of
Valdez, having switched its support
from Al. Dowling, who is still being
urged for the position.
Delegate Wickersham was boost
ing George Dreibilbis, of Seward,
but it is stated, that having found it
difficult to place his man. has en
dorsed one of the other candidates.
The Juneau Dispatch is authority
for the statement that the name of
E. W. Exum, nominated for tT. S.
Marshal for the Third division of
Alaska, has been withdrawn by
President Wilson, although nothing
of the kind has been received in the
Cordova press reports. That pa
per also charges that Exum secured
his appointment through the efforts
of President Eccles, of the Copper
River & Northwestern road, being
supported at Washington by Sena
tors Williams, Smoot and Suther
land. The Dispatch further says:
“Delegate Wickersham, in a let
ter to President Wilson, opposes the
appointment, declaring that Nation
al Committeeman Cheney is now in
the employ of the Guggenheims, be
ing retained by one of the Guggen
heim corporations under the guise of
being their attorney, when in fact
other caunsel represents the company
in all legal matters, and that the Gug
genlieims are trying to dictate the
Alaska policy.
•‘National Committeeman Cheney
informs the Dispatch that he wired
the first protest against the confir
mation of Exum, that he opposed him
on both moral and political grounds,
and that he is certain Exum is the
choice of the Guggenheims for the
Marshalship.
‘•Regording the Wiekersham in
cident, Mr. Cheney says that he has
not been sufficiently advised regard
ing the Wiekersham letter to the
President to make an intelligent re
ply, but denies the charge that he
has been retained as a Guggenheim
attorney for political purposes.”
There has been a decided change
for the better, during the past few
days, in the condition of William
Rowe, who is confined at the Natal
ia Company’s hospital, the victim
of four gunshot wounds inflicted by
Daniel Reeder, who is now in the
federal jail at Valdez, having been
bound over to the grand jury for the
shooting. ;
Mr. Rowe’s remarkable grit and vi
tality have stood him in good stead,
and as a result he Is now daily gain
ing ground, with every indications
that he will survive his wounds. At
present he is very cheerful, resting
quietly and suffers no pain.
A fine run of salmon is reported at
Abercrombie canyon. Mark Thomp
son's men made a catch of a thous
and one day this week.
More lumber has been shipped to
Juneau this year than or any three
previous years, according to transpor
tation officials.
The Standard Oil Co is erecting
gigantic storage tanks at Ketchikan.
The venture is one of the biggest in
Alaska's history.
All inhabitants of the island of
Kodiak will be inoculated with the
anti-smallpox toxin by the bureau of
health, since the discovery of a case
of smallpox at Uyak cannery. This
news is the meat of a report received
by Governor Strong, which confirmed
the previous diagnosis of the case.
.The telegram to Governor Strong
was signed by Dr. Schalenben, phy
sician for the Board of Education,
who had been detailed to make a |
full report. The message reads as 1
follows:
“Just returned from Uyak. Diag- !
nosis smallpox. Case positive.
Case isolated in cannery pest house, j
All at cannery vaccinated, no other
exposed. Uyak port practically
ouaranfed by cannery superintend
ent. Mail to be fumigated. Dr.
Schaffner competent physician in
charge. Additional vaccine on hand
and more ordered to go forward on
steamer Dora sufficient to vaccinate
all inhabitants of south half of Ko
diak island, including natives.”
The money put up by the citizens
of Nome some years ago to meet a
shortage in the postoffice funds dur
ing Postmaster Swanton’s time, has
been returned. The money was
used by Swanton to pay for extra
clerks during rush times, but the
government sued him and the money
was made good by the citizens.
The Juneau City Council has put
through an ordinance designed to
prevent soap-box orators from spell
binding on the city streets. The
legislation was directed in view of
threats of agitators to "start things”
pretty pronto.
The freighter Cordova, which went
ashore in Southeastern Alaska sev
eral weeks ago, is on the drydock iu
Seattle for repairs. The principal
damage was on the bottom port side
forward. The cost of the repairs
amounts to $18,300.
Falcon Joslin insists that if the
Alaska coal lands are opened up pri
vate capital would build railroads in
Alaska tomorrow.
Earl Rogers, the noted California
lawyer who defended Clarence Dar
row, and who was one of the bright
lights during the Reuf-Schmitz trial,
is traveling along Alaska’s coast for
his health. When his boat stopped
at Ketchikan Rogers attended a
moving picture show and saw his pic
ture thrown on the screen in the
"Gaumont Weekly.”
The Alaska Steamship Company
has decided that the freighter Olym
piaj which stands on a reef near
Busby island, will be torn to pieces
and shipped to the states.
Nothing remains but the hull and
the machinery low down in the
hulk, and which it was impossible
to reach at low water when the
steamship company stripped the
wreck two years ago.
The work will be done by Nider &
Marcus, of Seattle, who will arrive
on one of the next boats with equip
| ment for the work, probably using
j an acetylene blast to melt the iron.
The revenue cutter Thetis is out
fitting at Oakland for the “floating
court” cruise in Alaska. The move
scared Oaklandiies into believing the
i Thetis was enroute north for a war
cruise.
I
j The latest tributary to Ruby—
i Poorman creek—-continues to- at
tract attention from mining men and
prospectors. The pay is said to be
good.
Assertion s of special agents of
the government that the famous Wil
longhby group of coal claims in the
Bering River district had not been
improved in accordance with the
federal statutes were refuted at tlie
hearing in Seattle by the govern
ment's own witness, H. R. Burritt,
srveyor of mineral deposits, when he
testified at the first hearing of the
contest to many openings on the
three claims, to tunnels and outcrop
pings of anthracite coal within two
hundred feet of a surveyed railroad
line.
It was contended by the govern
ment in its contest filed with the reg
ister and receiver of the general
land office at Juneau, in 1912, that
Willoughby and his partners had not
complied with the statute in at
tempting to open up the claims.
Burritt told of going into one open
ing where there was an outcropping
of coal from four to five feet thick,
of inspecting another opening on the
same claim where a cross section
showed in one place two and one
half feet of natural coke; and of in
specting a tunnel on the property.
He also testified as to the numerous
openings on the Cheney and Burr
properties, all included in the Wil- ;
loughby group.
According to O. P. Willoughby,
who located the claims in 1906, 46S.6 '
acres are included, for which he has
already refused an offer of $300 per |
acre. The government’s agents j
have admitted its accessibility to the
market, being situated on the south
ern end of Carbon Mountain, only
twenty-six miles northeast of Ka
talla. Two railroads have been sur.
veyed to a point two miles distant
from the mines, while another has i
been projected within a few hundred \
feet.
Eight openings have already been
made on the claims, Burritt de- i
dared. In one opening on the
Ames property, he said the dip of the
nearest strata was 35 degrees; while
the coal outcropping was hard, bright
and shining, and in many places
broken up. He declared it had the
appearance of anthracite.
■In another opening on the same
claim, he testified, he had found the
outcropping of coal had been coked.
A cross sectoion of this opening, he
asserted, indicated coarse sandstone;
natural coke, four feet in one place,
four inches in another and two and
one-half feet in a third.
Mrs. Key Pittman, who is now in
Washington with her husband, the
junior Senator from Nevada, has en
joyed a romantic life. She is a
natve of California. Her father, j
Edgar R. Gates, whose death occur- !
red several years ago, was an exten
sive dealer in the redwood timber
of that state. The family is promi
nent in social and financial circles,
and Mrs. Pittman will probably join
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution, as she is a direct descend
ant of General Horatio Gates of Rev
olutionary fame.
Mrs. Pittman was educated in the
convent and at the seminary at Eure
ka, and she studied music at the con
servatory in San Francisco.
In 1896 she and her brother, Ed
gar R. Gates, visited Dawson, in the
Yukon Territory, whele another
brother, Humbolt Gates, had ac
quired one of the fabulously rich
placer claims on Eldorado creek.
The trip was made in the spring
They went by steamer to the coast of
Alaska, at Dyea inlet, and joined the
mad rush over the snows at the sum
mit of the Dyea trail down to the
lakes that are the source of the Y'u
kon river. At Linderman they
built their boats, and as the lakes
were still frozen placed the boats on
sleds and sailed on the ice to the
open water of the Yukon. Through
the floating ice down the Yukon
they made their way to Dawson.
Mrs. Pittman, then Miss Gates, in
tended to return in the fall to her
California home, but Mr. Pittman,
who was then in Dawson, and an in
timate friend of Miss Gates’ brother,
intended to go further down the Yu
kon river, but the ties of friendship
grew stronger, and both Miss Gates
and Mr. Pittman remained in Daw
son for the winter. In the spring
Mr. Pittman -went down the river to
Nome, intending to return before
the freezeup and make Miss Gates
his wife, but he was thrown into the
intense activity of the legal fights
then going on at Nome, and found
it impossible to leave, so he plead
ed with Miss Gates to come to Nome.
Without hesitation, Miss Gates, ac
companied by her brother and with
two dog team drivers, traveled 2,
500 miles over the icy Yukon in the
middle of an Arctic winter, to con
summate the vows that had been
plighted in Dawson.
In Alaska they traveled every
where. She enjoyed its hardships
and its pleasures, and is not only his
wife but his boon companion. In
Nevada Mr. and Mrs. Pittman have
lived the same kind of life, work
ing, hunting, fishing and motoring
together.
•M. J. Sullivan has chartered the
launch Swan, which he is having
overhauled and expects to leave in a
few days on a trip to the westward
with Deming Wheeler and a party of
hunters, who will spend a couple of
months in search of big game.
An item is going the round of the
Alaska press that says “Jack Dalton,
'the pathfinder,’ is going to spend the
summer in the Kantishna.” The kan
tishna Jack Dalton is not the “Path
finder.” He has been operating in
the Kantishna for several years.
‘The Pathfinder” is now a business
visitor in Juneau, and will leave on
the first boat for his home in Cor
dova, where he is heavily interested
in mining and where he wit! be kept
busy for the remainder of the sum.
mer.
Jack Dalton, of Cordova, was nick
named “The Pathfinder - in the early
days of Alaska’s history, when he was
a resident of Hainc3. lie probably
blazed more Alaska tra’ls in the '90’s
than any other man in the territory.
Not the least among them was the
“Dalton Trail” from Chilkat inlet, on
Lynn canal, through the Rainy Hol
low-country and acrjss the Kluane
district to the Yukon river near Sel
kirk. He was one of the discoverers
pf gold on Porcupine creek back of
Haines, and was interested with John
F. Malony and others for many years
in that section. They took out a large
amount of gold from the creek, and
then sold their interests at a good
profit to a big hydraulic company
that is now operating there.
The Kantishna Jack Dalton was
one of the discoverers of the Kautish
na, and it was his $80,000 cleanup
there that caused a stampede of large
proportions several years ago He
and his brother Joe Dalton, who is
with him, are cousins of Jack Dal ten,
“The Pathfinder.”—Juneau Empire.
BLACKBURN, June 11—Despite
the fact that this is the “between
season,” when everyone is at work,
there is considerable activity about
the city of Blackburn, and a number
of real estate deals are recorded.
School is now fairly under way,
and thirteen pupils were enrolled for
the first day. Miss Smith is very
much pleased with the outlook. So
far as known, the Blackburn school
has the record for getting action
quicker than any other government
school in Alaska. The election was
held on the fifth day of May, and had
the teacher been here it would have
been opened June first. Messrs.
Seagraves, Hancock and Bloomquist,
the school board, went ahead and
built a school, got the supplies and
hired a teacher on their own respons
ibility, feeling certain, however, that
the money would be; forthcoming
from the government in due time.
The Kennicott Mines Company fur
nished the lumber at cost and John
Bloomquist did the work.
Harry Iverson and his sister have
taken over the Paulson restaurant.
Peter Johnson is planning improve,
ments to his present place.
Breedman & Church are figuring
on constructing a large warehouse
for warm storage during the winter
months.
‘ Fatty” Reed, the genial engineer,
and Oscar Larson, the conductor,
came with the train from Cordova
this week and greeted their many
friends. It made the natives around
here stare to see a real live passenger
coach in place of the old caboose.
They are now hoping that a landing
will be furnished Blackburn for pas
sengers and freight.
A wire has been received by Wil
liam Rowe, who is confined in the
hospital from gunshot wounds re
ceived at the hands of Dan Reeder,
to the effect that his mother was
starting from Dawson on one of the
first boats and would arrive in Cor
dova as soon as possible. Mr. Rowe’s
condition continues to improve, and
yesterday he was able to be propped
up in bed.
Valdez has the worst epidemic of
whooping cough in its history and
Dr. Hopkins, the local marine sur
geon, has received orders from Wash
ington to meet all outgoing and in
coming steamers and to make such
necessary inspection as he deems ad
visable to prevent the spread of con
tagious diseases now prevalent in
Alaskan towns.
Everybody Is Invited
CHITINA
Will Celebrate
Fourth of July
By Holding a
11C 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
SI WASH TUG-OF-WAR, 12 MEN TO EACH SIDE
12 CONTESTS OF JUMPING, RUNNING, PACKING, ETC.
BIG DANCE AT CLOSE OE SPORTS
The organization of the Tanana
Valley Produce Growers’ Associa
tion is taken as a step toward the
permanent development of the agri
cultural lands in interior Alaska.
President Dickinson, of the 'White
Pass & Yukon Railway, says: “If
the United States builds a railroad
from the coastal Cordova or Seward
it will ruin us.”
In describing a dance given at
Circle, in April, the Fairbanks Times
says: Dancing lasted until long af
ter the sun poked its head above the
horizon. The hothouse furnished
the first radishes and lettuce of the
season.
0. ADRIAN NELSON
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
CHITINA - - - ALASKA
CHITINA: BAKERY
AND
Coffee House
HENRY GESSNER, Prop.
FRESH BREAD, CAKES AND
PIES ALWAYS ON HAND
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Best yon can huy
For !>i- nit and pie:
Make* I read aud cake
Without mistake.
A Perfect. All-Purpose Flour
has knur bee* the miller’s aim
to produce.
It was not achieved until
J we perfected
Fisher’s Blend
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A new ruling has been made
whereby the transportation compan
ies are permitted to carry motion
picture films on the decks of steamers
only. This ruling has solved the
problem satisfactorily to all. Only
for that ruling the picture shows in
Alaska would have been a thing of
the past.
The eight-hour law in Alaska for
all underground mine workers, in
cluding employees of ore reducing
plants, goes into effect on August 1.
A Secretary of Public Works may
be created by President Wilson in
view of the proposed railroad work
in Alaska, and he will be made a
member of the cabinet.
Commercial Hotel
Just open under management o£ John Palmer
Everything New and Clean. Warm Rooms
CHITINA, - ALASKA
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Monthly from May 1st
to November 1st in
clusive. Also calls
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Seattle on the 20th of
April, June, August
and October.
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ALASKA
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