Late Telegraph News
LONDON, May a—This afternoon
the suffragettes were detected in an
other attempted outrage. A par
cel post package that they sought to
send from, a sub station was seized
and found to contain a nitroglycer
ine bomb.
LONDON, May C—This morning
It was discovered that the suffragettes
had placed a bomb with a lighted
fuse in the Grand Hotel.
WASHINGTON. May 0—Senator
Works is rather severe on the mo
tives of a would.be philanthropist.
He characterizes the efforts to in
corporate the Rockefeller fund as a
proposal to “educate tiie people with
money accumulated by criminal
means. ”
WASHINGTON. May 6—The Sen
ate committee on Territories se
sumed its hearings this morning on
questions concerning Alaska. Pin.
chot appeared before the committee
and declared himself in favor of gov
ernment ownership, construction and
operation of railroads. He also
said that, coal leases should be made
with a minimum of two to five cents
royalty per ton, the maximum to be
fixed by the government- agent.
LOS ANGELES, May 4—Late Sat
urday afternoon George H. Bixby,
a millionaire of Long Beach, was in
dicted for his connection with white
slavery, which has been under in
vestigation by the county grand jury.
The first revelations were made
by Katherine Phillips an actress and
authoress. They immediately re
sulted in the arrest of Mrs. Josie
Rosenberg, alias Mrs. B. Goodman,
Mrs. J. Badger, E. ,T. Davis and
Frank Copeland, charged with trap
ping girls and luring them to a cer
tain resort. The names of li girls
linger ;i years of age were secured
by the police and each, was given an
interrogation. Tre girls involve!
were gathered by the procurers from
department stores cafeterias, and
restaurants.
JKKKKKSU.N LI I V, Mav U-C0I1
structiori was commenced this morn
ing on the three and a half million
dollar capitol building to replace
the structure that was destroyed by
fire last winter.
FAIRBANKS, May 6—Frank Man
ley is closing out his mining inter
ests at Hot Springs district. He
has disposed of touch lurabhr and
other material there and the latest
report is to the effect that all of his
mining machinry will be shipped to
the Iditarod on the first water.
There is reason to believe that the
roport is true, as it is confidently
asserted that Manley and Aitken will
open up in a big way on Willow
creek this summer.
SEATTLE, May 6—A number of
the members of the Alaska Legisla
ture are expected to spend a few days
in this city before returning to their
northern homes. The Arctic (Tub
has arranged to give a smoker to
morrow night in their honor.
WASHINGTON, May 5—An
louncement was made this morning
.hat the District Court of Appeals
had upheld the contempt findings
against three prominent labor lead
ers and ollicers of the American Fed
eration of Labor. The original de
cree consigned Samuel Gomuers to
thirty days in jail, while .lohu Mitch
ell and Frank Morrison were re
quired to pay a fine of $500 each.
WASHINGTON, May G—Ambassa
dor Chinda states that he will not
present the protest of Japan against
the action of the California Legis
lature until the return of Secretary
Bryan. President Wilson intimates
that before May 13. the last day pos,
sible for Governor Johnson to sign
the anti-alien farm owning bill some
expression will be given as to wheth
er the bill is contravention to the
existing treaty with Japan.
WASHINGTON, May 2—Tile
Senate has directed an inquiry to the
Secretary of War Garrison. It is
desired to know if human slavery
exists in the Philippines. This was
prompted by the reading of , a let
ter from Secretary Worcester of the
Philippine- government saying that
it did exist.
SYRACUSE, May C—Various
clashes occurred today between the
striking hod carriers and the police
at seven different stations. Six
policemen were shot and are danger
ously injured.
LONDON May 6_-A dispatch from
Salonika states that the assassin of
King George of Greece has commit
ted suicide.
WASHINGTON, May C—Secretary
Redfield announced that if a g< ner
nl reduction of wages followed the
adoption of the new tariff law the
department of commerce would pur
sue an investigation to determine
whether the move was a bona fide
one and justified by the circumstan
ces.
Washington, May 3- This gov
ernment has sent notification of the
formal recognition of the new repub
lic of China.
MEXICO CITY May 5—Notifica
tion lias been received from Great
Britain that the Huerta government
lias been formally recognized'.
FAIRBANKS, May 6—Jude F. E.
Fuller has called a term of court for
Ruby City on June 9, 1913. . The
term will not likely last more than
two weeks and will be the first In
Ruby and the authorization for it
came from the Attorney General.
.lodge Fuller made the recommenda
tion to the department to satisfy the
requests that have been made for
it and to aid the government in
clearing up court business at the
least expense 1
The court officials are to start from
here for the Yukon camp about June
5, and will endeavor to make close
connections on the trip. From
Ruby the officials are to proceed to
Iditarod where Judge Fuller is to
hold a term of court in July. The
probable date of the convening of
this term will be on July 7. On
the return from the Iditarod dur
ing the summer. Judge Fuller is to
hold court in Ruby if the accumu
lated business justifies. The Court
officials expect to be back in Fair,
banks about the latter part of Aug
ust front the trip to the lower riv
er country.
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Lieuteuant Edgerton has returned
from an inspection of the new bridge
now building at Gulkana, under di
rection of the Alaska Rond Commis
sion. On the 19th the first span
and 17f> feet of piling was completed,
while the last span was placed on the
23rd . The balance of the piling ap
proach will be completed in ten days
or two weeks.
Lars Holland is in charge of the
work at the Gulkana and Oscar Ol.
son is rebuilding the Klutina bridge,
after the completion of which both
crews will be transferred to road
repair work and will remain out the
balance of the season.
foreman Mcuonata nas a crew ot
25 men working on the Delta repair
ing and rebuilding the government
wagon road. Tom Tolson is in
charge of the fourth crew working
in the Delta country and his crew
numbers 20, Holland’s 30, Olson’s
20 and Tom McDonald’s 25 men.
Lieutenant Edgerton reports the
sledding a month later this year than
ever before and the people on the in
side fear high water if the warm
weather should come on all at once
melting the snow rapidly instead of
gradually, as is generally the case.
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Two new ' banks for Gastineau
channel towns, one at Douglas, the
other at Juneau, are to bo estab
lished almost immediately accord
ing to announcements just made.
The stockholders of the First Na
tional bank of Juneau are back of
the movement and will control the
new organizations.
Capt. W G. Whorf, the old
timer of Seldovia, is about the bus
iest man on Cook inlet. He has a
force of men at work getting out
coal, and will soon be able to place
the product on the market. Cap
tain Whorf is also getting his can
nery in shape for the coming sea
son’s run. He expects to put up
from 10,000 to 13 000 eases more
than last season.
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After spending the winter at Wash
ington Col. W. P. Richardson,
president of the Alaska Road Com
mission has returned to his head
quarters at Valdez. The Colonel
is very greatly impressed with the
intention of the present administra
tion to open up Alaska, both as to
railroad transportation and the coal
fields: Speaking on the subject he
says:
i ne severe conservation policy
which has been applied to Alaska
during the past few years is a thing
of the past and the new administra.
tion intends to open up the lands
and aid the prospectors to develop
their coal, oil and mineral claims
and cultivate agricultural lands.
“The road commission will do its
part to build trails and roads and
keep the present roads open. We
are limited by the amount of money
we receive and will make what we
do get go as far as we can. Our
only ngret is that we have not
enough to build all the roads need
ed _ ”
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Over in Juneau they are daily ex
pecting that Wi. W'. Casey of that
town will be appointed collector of
customs, succeeding John R. Wil
lis, whose term expires this month.
When relieved from duty Mr. Wil_
lis expects to remove to Oregon and
spend a few months doing the sim
ple life on a fine ranch in the south
ern part of the state.
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LONDON^ May 6—This morning
the suffragettes entered the ott'ce of
the Standard newspaper and cmashed
the furniture and other available
objects.
UNCLE SAI AS A
DEALER IN LUMBER
Forest Service Advertises Lot
ot Timber.
SUPPLY IN RAINIER FOREST
Government Seeks Benefit of Public,
Not Profit, and Prices Are Put at Low
Figured-System Is Highly Developed.
Fifty-two Million Feet of Lumber
Now Offered.
The forest service has just begun to
advertise the twelfth large lot of na
tional forest timber offered for sale
within the past nine months. Alto
gether it has advertised since .Inly 1,
1912. the beginning of the present tiscal
year, about 2.500.000.000 feet and has
closed contracts for the sale of 1.700,
OOO.ooO feet. The latest advertised sale
is of approximately 52.000.000 feet of
saw timber in the Raiuier national
forest, about thirty-five miles from
Tacoma.
In offering national forest timber for
sale the government first makes an es
timate of the quantity of timber on an
area which would naturally form a
single logging unit and which offers
attractive opportunities for the lumber
men The probable cost of logging
and manufacturing by a capable lum
berman Is then estimated On the basis
of these estimates, combined with the
figures for market values and freight
charges, the timber is appraised and
then advertised for sale, with the ap
praised value as a minimum price.
Low Price 50 Cents Per Thousand.
The minimum prices set for the Rai
uier limber vary from 50 cents to $1.50
per thousand feet, according to the
kind of timber. These are sturapage
prices—that is. the purchaser buys the
trees on the stump and does all the
logging, but pays according to the
board foot measure of the logs. The
government aims to allow the manu
facturer it liberal profit on the basis
that lumbering involves a good deal of
business risk, and the minimum stump
age prices are fixed accordingly Often,
however, competitive bids raise the
\ price above the advertised minimum.
One of the provisions of the con
tract which Hie successful bidder for
the Rainier limber will enter into will
lie that if market prices advance ma
j fertility the government's chief forostet
may. after the sale lias run three
years, require a reasonable readjust
ment of the stumpage prices up to an
] added 50 cents per 1.000.
To Prevent Loss to Government.
The object of this stipulation is to
prevent loss to the government—that
is. to the public—and an undue profit
to the purchaser through long term
contracts entered into on a rising mar
ket Provision against such specula
tive profits is regarded as especially
necessary in view of the long term
sales now sometimes made to get pur
chasers for large bodies of inaccessible
timber.
For the Rainier sale the cutting
period allowed is only five years, since
the quantity of timber involved—ap
proximately fiii.OOO.OOO board feet—does
not call for an extended operation.
Oue national forest sale made this
j year was for Sdd.flOi1.000 board feet,
i and tbe purchasers were allowed a
cutting period of twenty-two yours, lie
\ sides a preliminary two years in which
to build a railroad Usually purehas
j ers must begin operating the year of
| pure hasp and cut a stipulated amount
eaeli year.
Benefit to Public the Object,
j The latter provision is simply an ex
I ample of a fundamental principle that
j Is applied in all national forest timber
i sales. The primary object is described
I as being not profit for the government.
but benefit to the public. Nowhere is
I tile policy a strictly commercial one
The conditions of cutting are care
fully prescribed from the standpoint
of | resent as well as future needs.
Tile highest hid for the contract may
he rejected and is rejected if it ap
I pears that to give the bidder tbe con
! tract would tend to facilitate timber
monopoly and so subject the consume!
to a hardship. In other words, the
government foresters consider that
they should not only make the forests
grow as fast as possible. Imt also make
them as useful as possible to the pub
lic.
DANCING IN DARK NOW VOGUE
Washington Society Has an Unusual
Thrill.
Dancing in Hit* dark, the feature
number of the ICdsmi Bradley cotillion,
i was the latest terpsicborean sensation
to startle Washington society recently
and set the gossips' tongues n-wag
gtag This star number of the Bradley
function was performed shortly before
dawn.
All lights were extinguished, and the
only visible sign of the dancers on the
floor was tile flicker of little led elec
tric flashlights carried by each couple
The cdtilliou lasted until daylight, when
the guests assembled for a breakfast
of scrambled eggs and sausages.
Grows Big Carnation.
fleqmnn Hath, a West Lafayette
(lad.i florist, lias grown a carnation
measuring live inches In diameter. II
Is bright red. with a stem thirty-six
to forty-eight Indies long. There are
only titui of ilie carnations In existence,
and they are valued liiglilv.
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The Roden eightjiour bill has
passed both branches of the Legis
lature, but it only applies to under
ground workings and reduction
TO THE ;
CITIZENS of CHITINA :
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Alaska is on the eve of great development.
The Railroad Commission has reported favorably, on extend. '
ing the line from Chitina to Fairbanks.
Ex-President Taft has recommended favorable action by
Congress.
The New York Legislature, realizing the great injustice done
Alaska in the past ten years by withdrawing all its natural re
sources> and thus stopping railroad building has unanimously
passed a resolution, endorsing the Railroad Commission report;
Calling on President Wilson to make Alaska Legislation a special
feature of his message to the special Congress called for April 1st.
The first act passed by the Alaska Legislature was in the form
of a memorial to Congress and the President asking that Railroad
construction be begun at once in accord with the Railroad Com
missions report, and that our Coal be opened for use.
Every town Council, and every Chamber of Commerce in
Alaska has sent wires and petitions to the President and Congress
to the same effect.
The cities of Seattle, Tacoma( Portland, San Francisco—and
a great many others as far East at Denver, Colorado—have joined
in the good work and are bringing all the pressure in their power
to bear.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon has prepared a bill in line
with the Commission’s report to be introduced at the Special
Session to convene April 1st.
Is there any one that doubts that something will be accom
plished, and that soon?
If so, she or he had better quit looking at the hole in the
doughnut and look at the doughnut awhile. If you keep on look
ing at that hole you will loose your chance—for here is a chance
that you will never have again in this section of the country.
I will sell you any lot in Chitina not already sold_ up to
April 1st, 1913, for 100 per cent less than you can buy it 6
months from now.
The price of all lots has been reduced In order to give all a
chance. They run from $40 up to $1000.
1 he terms will be % cash, and the balance in six, twelve and
eighteen months.
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
NOTICE OE DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:—
Notice is hereby given that the Owl
Drug Company, a co-partnership
formerly owned by Mrs. Laura Brown
and Dr. C. F. Montgomery, is now
the sole property of Mrs. Laura
Brown, she having purchased the in
terest of Dr. Montgomery. All debts
payable to the said Owl Drug Com.
Pany as well as all accounts owing
are assumed by the said Mrs. Laura
Brown.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1913.
4-8-4w. MRS. LAURA BROWN.
PUBLICATION NOTICE
For the matter of the Estate of
Axel Fast, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons that I, H. T.
Staftsholt, was on the eighth day of
February 1913, duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Axel
Fast, deceased, by letters issued by
1. W. Nickell, United States Com
missioner and ex-officio probate
Judge in and for the Chiitna pre
cinct, Third Division, District of Alas
ka.
All persons indebted to said Axel
Fast deceased are requested to call at
my place of business in the Overland
Hotel in Chitina, Alaska, to settle
same. All persons having claims
against the said estate are requested
to file your certified bill with me the
undersigned administrator on or be
fore six (6) months from the date of
the first publication.
H. T. STAFSHOLDT,
Administrator
First publication April 8, 1913—4w.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that F
H. Foster is no longer connected
with the Chitina Leader. Ac
counts owing to either the Chitina
Leader or the Cordova Daily Alas
kan should be paid to the under
signed .
\V. A. STEEL, Publisher.
April 21, 1903.
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