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Cordova, January 2
Fairbanks grand jury in the
if Norah Moore, accused of
ling $5,000 worth of gold dust
Ben Dahl of Koyukuk returned
\erdict “not a true bill.” It
*’s that Dahl and Miss Moore
been intimate and he had en
[sted her with the dust. She
claimed that he gave her the dust
to square accounts.
Shortly after the freezeup last
fall Miss Moore hitched up her dog
!team and struck out for Fairbanks
via Circle City. Dahl, who had been
on the creeks when she left Koyu
kuk, got wise to her move and
stated for Fairbanks over another
route. He arrived at ^hatanika a
few hours ahead of the woman and
aused her arrest. The case cost
the government thousands of dollars
as many witnesses were subpoenaed
from Koyukuk.
Action was begun in the Yukon
^flfritorial court at Dawson recently
the Northern Light, Power &
Company, carrying on business
at Dawson, and vicinity, against
Newman A. Fuller, John Tread
gold, Oscar Newhouse and the Klon
dike White Channel Gravel Mining
Company. The action involves per
haps, the largest sum of any suit
ever started in the Yukon. Judgment
is asked against Fuller, Treadgold
and' the White Channel Company
for $1,680,000, and other consider
ations are asked, including an in
junction and an order of the court
for purchase of power from the
plaintiff company. The whole fight
involves the sale of the former Ful
ler properties located near Dawson,
and the financing of the same.
The Norah Moore case, in which
the woman was accused of stealing
$5,000 in gold dust from Ben Dahl
in the Koyukuk, and recently ac
luitted by a jury in Fairbanks, cost
Je government thousands of dol
.rs in witness fees alone. More
lan a dozen witnesses were sub
jenaed from the distant camp,
hey traveled together and had 80
jgs in >ne teams.
^rtery possible kind of a scheme
ias been tried with a view of mak
ing the automobile practical for
snow transportation in the interior
of Alaska.
William James, of Fairbanks,
thinks he has at last solved rhe
problem. He has had specially
made runners of light steel, four
and six inches wide, to be fastened
on the front wheels.
The driving power is to be fur
nished by the rear wheels, the only
change being heavy chains fastened
to them. The forward runners are
easily fastened on or taken off, ac
cording to snow conditions. Should
'W. James’ plan prove successful it
.'will revolutionize transportation
dong the main traveled routes of
the interior.
With the assistance and encoai
agement of the government officials
the natives in many parts of Alaska
are beginning to realize the advan
tages of co-operative stores which
save them from the toils of unscrup
ulous traders. They are also taking
advantage of the parcel post to send
their furs outside where they are
finding a market far in advance of
the prices offered by the local trad
ers in their districts.
At Hydaburg, in Southeastern
Alaska, where the United States
school teacher has general oversight
of the co-operative store,s the
natives were able, after 12 months
f business, to declare a cash divi
dend of 50 per cent and still have
funds available for the erection
of a larger store building. The
Klawock Commercial Company, also
under native management, was able
after nine months of existence, to
erect a new store building from its
surplus. At Klukwan also the
natives have organized a co-oper
ative store.
Fostered by the United States
bureau of education, the natives of
Cape Prince of Wales, have con
ducted such a store for some years
t and have been able to secure sup
plies at reasonable prices and get
good returns for their furs.
At Atka, out on a distant Aleu
tian island the natives were prac
tically working for the benefit of
i
the few fur trades. They were
compelled to pay $50 per thousand
for rough lumber with $8 as the
average return for their catch of
blue fox skins. With the help of
officers in the revenue cutter ser
vice they have been able to start a
co-operative store. They send their
furs out through the mail and
realize a good price at the auctions.
The department of education is re
sponsible for the natives of the
north and acts through the local
native school teachers.
Coming closer home the same
method is being tried out with suc
cess. The natives at Tatitlek on
Prince William Sound, co-operated
in salting and exporting salmon dur
ing the past season, under the in
struction of the local government
teacher, with the result that they
have not only netted $1,000 in cash,
but have also put away 76,000
pounds of smoked salmon for win
ter use.
Co-operation in Alaska has been
aided by the policy of reserving
tracts of land for the exclusive use
of the natives. On this land the
natives build up their own indus
tries, safe from the evil influence
of unprincipled white men.
Cordova, January 5
Messrs. E. M. Holmes, E. B.
Northrop and Dr. Morrow, are a
party of Minneapolis people who are
stopping at the Rainier-Grand. They
have just completed a trip of in
spection of their mining property
located on Rex gulch. They report
a pleasant trip to the interior.
When seen by a representative of
the Alaskan this morning Mr.
Holmes stated that they had been
looking over the ground with a view
of determining the proper machin
ery to work the ground to best ad
vantage. They own eight claims on
Rex, almost immediately above the
ground from which Mr. Andrus suc
cessfully operated during the past
season. The ground has been thor
oughly tested by shafts and has
been found to carry gold from the
surface down. It is from 5 to 15
feet deep to bedrock but is com
paratively free from boulders and
affords ideal conditions for working
by hydraulic.
Mr. Holmes states that they will
land about 75 tons of machinery
and supplies on the ground before
the breakup of the sleighing next
April. Three giants will be installed
and some idea of the water power
at their command may be gained
.vhen it is stated that the pipe will
be 24 inches at the intake and re
duced to 15 inches. The machinery
to be installed for handling the
gravels will be of the latest and it
is estimated that from 15 to 20 men
will be given steady employment
during the working season.
Rex creek empties into the
Chittitu just above the point where
George Max Esterley has success
fully operated for several seasons
and miners are of the opinion that
the gold in the Chittitu came from
Rex gulch.
IS PRESIDENT OF THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6.—August
Hermann was re-elected president
of the National rsaseball commission
at the meeting of the baseball mag
nates held in this city yesterday.
The past season was the most pros
perous one in the history of the
league.
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PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL
ARE DOING NICELY
Yesterday was a busy day for Dr.
Council at the Katalla hospital
where he performed two surgical
operations. One of the patients was
Mrs. Lee Butler and the other was
Joseph Whitwen who was taken from
ue freighter Cordova suffering from
appendicitis. Both operations were
successful and the patients are doing
nicely.
-o-O-o
George C. Wilson, of Fairbanks,
is stopping at the Rainier-Grand.
He will leave in company with Mr.
D. C. Sargent on the train tomorrow
morning for the interior. They will
go to Chisana. Mr. Wilson is an
oldtimer in Alaska and is known in
the interior as the printer-pros
pector.
GO TO NELCHINA
W. T. Baxter, A. E. Warner and
H. Warner, of Seattle, are registered
at the Windsor, en route to Nel
china. Before leaving Seattle they
billed their animals and outfits to
Valdez. When they arrived in Cor
dova they met several persons from
the interior who informed them that
the road was in fine condition to
Tazlina where the trail to Nelchina
leaves the government road.
The members of the party are
anxious to reach the diggings as
early as possible and decided that
they could make time by going via
Chitina and would at the same time
save more than 130 miles of hard
mushing. They hustled around and
had their outfits unloaded from the
Alameda and will leave for Chitina
on the train tomorrow morning.
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GUNBOAT SMITH
DEFEATS PELKY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—Gun
boat Smith knocked out Arthur
Pelky in the 15th round before a
club here on New Year’s eve. The
sailor had the best of the contest
from the tap of the gong. The bet
ting was about even before ’he
fight began but odds of three to one
were offered on Smith at the end of
the fifth round.
BLACKSMITH WILL STAY
RIGHT WITH CHITIXA
Fred Walter, the blacksmith at
Chitina has denied the report that
he was to close his shop and accept
a position with a mining company.
He has a good location opposite the
Stage office and is always on the
job ready to shoe horses or do
blacksmithing of any kind.
-o—o—o
THOUGHTFUL REMEMBERED
INMATES OF THE HOME
Manager Shoup, of the Pioneers’
Home at Sitka, desires the press of
the country to thank those who so
kindly remembered the inmates of
the home during the Christmas sea
son. Hundreds of presents were
sent by the citizens and merchants
of Alaska towns. He says “the in
mates of the home may be old and
penniless but they are certainly not
friendless. They appear to have
friends in all parts of Alaska.”
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WORKERS ARE BARRED
FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA
Steamship agents at all South
eastern Alaska ports have received
notice from the British Columbia
authorities that laborers, skilled
and unskilled, are barred from en
tering British Columbia until March
24, 1914. The reason given is “to
prevent overcrowding of the labor
market in British Columbia.”
-o—o—o
j CORDOVA’S OPERATOR
TALKED WITH MINNESOTA
On Sunday evening while the
freighter Cordova was lying at the
uock here the wireless operator held
a conversation with the operator on
the steamer Minnesota. The latter
was about 700 miles south o.-> her
way to the Orient. The operator
stated that she carried about 700
Mystic Shriners who were on their
jpilgrimage to Manila.
ALASKAN KILLED AS
RESULT OF DRINKING
Ernest Lamm, who was shot in
the legs in a row at the Point Ellis
cannery recently, died from his
wounds in the hospital at Wrangell.
The shooting followed a spree in
which five or six men indulged.
Swanson, who was shot at the
same time has fully recovered.
Swanson was endeavoring to pre
vent Lamm from shooting O. H.
Kelly when Lamm kicked a gun in
Kelly’s hand and caused it to dis
charge, the shot taking effect in the
legs of both men. The case is being
investigated by the officials at
Juneau.
-o—o—o
D. C. Sargent, of Seattle ia a
guest at the Windsor. He arrived
on the Alameda and will leave for
the Chisana on the train tomorrow.
BROOKS REPORTS
NEW ROOTE
The annual report of Alfred H.
Brooks of the United States Geolog
ical Survey, in commenting on the
transportation conditions in Alaska
has the following report of the Pass
age Bay route: Some excitement was
caused by the discovery of a feasible
railway route from Portage or
Passage Bay, on the west side of
Pince William Sound to Turnagain
Arm. Here a route was found
which, by use of a tunnel about two
miles in length, will avoid the
glaciers and yield low grades for
both in and outbound traffic. The
distance from tidewater on Prince
William Sound to tidewater on
Turnagain Arm is about 12 miles,
and the proposed line will join the
Alaska Northern Railroad at about
Mile 63. Official information re
garding the availability of Portage
Bay as a terminal is still lacking,
but private advices are favorable. By
use of this route the distance from
tidewater to the Matanuska coal
field is reduced to about 136 miles,
with only one adverse grade and
that a low one. The information at
hand indicates that this route is
certainly worthy of careful con
sideration.
o—o—o
JOHNNY DUNDEE NO
MATCH FOR WELSH
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2.—Fred
die Welsh, the lightweight cham
pion of England, easily defeated
Johnny Dundee, of New York, in
the tenth round here last night. It
was a one-sided affair from the start
and the big crowd were disap
pointed. The friends of Dundee are
disappointed at the poor showing
made by him.
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PASS CHRISTIAN. Miss., Jan. 3.
—President Wilson has received in
formation that John Lind, his con
fidential agent to Mexico, has ar
rived on the cruiser Chester off Ship
Island. It is not known when he
will come ashore as there are dozens
of correspondents who have been
sent here by their papers to secure
interviews. President Wilson has
promised to issue a statement to the
reporters if the news which Mr. Lind
brings is of sufficient importance.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan.. 3.—
Secretary Garrison has instructed
General Bliss, commanding the
United States troops along the Texas
border to permit Mexican refugees
to cross the border into Texas from
Ojinaga if such action is necessary
to save their lives.
Since the announcement a few
days ago that the troops were turn
ing back refugees who were seeking
safety across the border, thousands
of letters and messages have been
received by the department protest
ing against the inhumanity of turn
ing defenseless men back to be
slaughtered in cold blood by the
waiting enemy. The rebels are ask
ing nor giving quarter and no pris
oners are taken.
PRESIDIO, Texas, Jan. 3.—More
than 2,000 refugee Mexican federal
soldiers crossed the river this after
noon into Texas to escape from the
rebels at Ojinaga. They were pur
sued by the rebels to the river.
Fighting still continues at Ojinaga
but the refugees state it is hopeless
for the federals to hold the garrison
longer. Refugees say the dead and
wounded will number thousands as
the Ojinaga battle is the worst in
the history of the war.
JUAREZ, Jan. 3.—General Villa,
the commander of the Mexican rebel
forces, has arrived here and is estab
lishing a state bank to handle con
stitutionalist money. The money of
the Huerta government will not be
recognized as legal tender.
-o—o—o
Deputy Marshal Sam Brightwell
and Louie Belter left on the Ala
meda thig forenoon with Sam Ber
gen and J. P. Mullane, accused of
having stolen a sum of money and
a watch from a drunken man at
McCarthy.
-o—o—o
F. W. Carter, of Fairbanks, re
turned from an extended trip
through the states and is stopping
at the Windsor. He will leave on
the train tomorrow for the interior.
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