OF GENERAL INFORMATION
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Craig, on the west coast of Prince ,
of Wales Island, needs a school and
application has been made to the
governor for an appropriation to
build a school house and establish a
school.
Craig, which was formerly known
as Fish Egg, is less than three years
old and the entire island has been
platted and most of the lots have
been taken. The government is just
completing a splendid plank road
across the center of the island and
the older part of the town is plank
ing to intersect it. Water is brought
under pressure two miles through an
8-inch pipe.
Craig has a cannery that can
handle 125,000 fish per day; a large
fish freezer and mild cure plant; two
general stores with large stocks; a
meat market; jewelry store; two
bakeries; two barber shops; a saw
and planing mill of 20,000 daily
capacity. Two more fish packing
plants of large capacity will be
built this fall and it is claimed that
within a year Craig will handle more
fish than Gloucester, Mass.
All steamers sailing from Seattle
for Southwestern Alaska ports have
been sold out for four weeks ahead,
which indicates heavy travel during
the next few months.
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Territorial Treasurer Elect W. G.
Smith, of Katalla, will take office the
latter part of this month. First of
his new duties will be the collection
of the new poll tax, aided by the
new commissioner.
The act passed by the legislature,
is, in part, as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby
made, imposed and levied upon each
male person, except soldiers, sailors
of the United States navy or revenue
cutter service, volunteer firemen,
paupers, insane persons, or terri
torial charges, within the territory
of Alaska or the waters thereof, over
the age of 21 years and under the
age of 50 years, an annual tax in
the sum of $4 to be paid and col
lected in the manner provided in the
following sections of this act.
Sec. 2. That the commissioner of
each precinct in the territory of
Alaska shall, on or before the first
day of March in each year, set down
upon such blanks as the treasurer
of the territory of Alaska may pre
scribe, the names of all persons re
siding within his precinct subject
to the tax herein provided for; one
of such blanks shall be transmitted
by the commissioner to the treasurer
of the territory and the other shall
be retained by him. At the time of
transmitting one copy of the said
duplicate list of names of the per
sons subject to the tax herein pro
vided for within his precinct, the
commissioner shall cause to be pub
lished in at least one newspaper of
general circulation published within
his precinct or if there be no news
paper then by posting in five public
places within his precinct a notice
setting forth that the poll tax pro
vided for in this act is due and pay
able between certain dates and that
the payment thereof will become de
linquent as provided in this act, and
warning all persons to pay the same,
penalties, as herein provided for will
be imposed and it shall be the duty
of every person liable to pay such
tax to pay the same to the commis
sioner within the time in which such
notice specifies. .
Sec. 3. The tax herein provided
for shall be paid between the first
w
T Monday in the month of April and
the first Monday in the month of
August of each year.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of
the commissioner to receipt to each
person upon payment of the poll
tax herein provided for and the re
ceipt so delivered shall be the only
evidence of payment.
Sec. 5. Every person indebted to
one who neglects or refuses, after
demand, to pay a poll tax, becomes
liable therefor and must pay the
same for such other person after
service upon him by the commis
sioner of a notice in writing stating
the name of such person.
Sec. 6. Every person paying the
poll tax of another may deduct the
same from any indebtedness to such
other person. >
Any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined it
a sum of not more than $100 nor
less than $5. or Imprisoned in tne
federal jail for not more than 30
days nor less than one day.
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The other day, said the drummer,
a man went into a store to buy a
saw. He saw the kind he wanted
and asked the price. It was $1.65,
the dealer said.
“Good gracious,” said the man. “I
can get the same thing from Sears,
Roebuck & Co. for $1,35.”
“That's less than it cost me,” said
the dealer, “but I’ll sell it on the
same terms as the mail-order house
just the same.”
“All right,” said the customer,
“You can send it along and charge
it to my account.” )
“Not on your life,” the dealer re
plied. “No charge accounts. You
can’t do business with the mail-order
house that way. Fork over the
cash.” ,
“Now 2 cents postage and 5 cents
for a money order.”
“What—”
"Certainly, you have to send a let
ter and a money order to a mail
order house, you know.”
The customer, inwardly raving,
kept to his agreement and paid the
nickel.
“Now, 25 cents expressage.”
“Wjell, I’ll be—,” he said, but
paid it, saying, “Now hand me that
saw and I’ll take it home myself and
be rid of this foolery.”
“Hand it to you? Where do you
think you are. You’re in Alaska and
I’m in Chicago, and you’ll have to
wait two months for that saw.”
Whereupon the dealer hung the
saw on a peg and put the money in
his cash drawer.
“That makes $1.67,” he said. “It
j lias cost you 2 cents more and taken
■ you two months longer to get it than
I if you had paid my price in the first
j place.”
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The halibut schooner Idaho was
in port this morning on her way out
to the fishing banks from Seattle.
Her last trip was a good one, 115,
000 pounds of first-class fish being
landed in Seattle all of which com
manded a good price. Harry Fowler
of the Idaho while fishing in Cross
Sound on the last trip, hauled in the
biggest halibut ever landed in
Seattle. It was T feet, 8 inches long.
10 inches thick, and weighed 408
pounds.—Ketchikan Miner.
An electrical storm of such sever
ity as to put the telephone system
out of service, struck Fairbanks re
cently.
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Dr. J. Chambers, of Nome, who had
accused Judge C. D. Murnane, for
mer Mayor W. A. Gilmore and Assist
ant District Attorney X. H. Castle of
various crimes, including bribe-tak
ing and grafting, was sentenced to
four months in jail for libel by United
States Commissioner George Scho
field last month.
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A. M. Rosseau, a printer of the
Soapy Smith days, in Skagway, is
again employed on the Skagway
Alaskan.
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So serious has become the short
age of water on Seward peninsula
that the output of gold for the year
may be appreciably reduced from the
amount produced in recent years. In
addition to this drawback, the frost
last winter penetrated so deeply into
the groun that it is thawing tardily,
and this delays the progress of the
dredges. This latter condition pre
vails in all parts of the peninsula.
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The discovery of a camel’s bones
in Alaska near Circle City, an
nonuced by the Smithsonian Insti
tute, has attracted the attention of
the scientists. The bones were un
earthed by Copley Amoery fifty miles
south of Old Crow River.
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Word comes from Valdez of the
drowning recently in Mineral Creek,
of Herman Magnusson, a brother of
Pontius Magnusson, formerly in
business in this city. Magnusson
had gone to Mineral Creek to do
some work on a mining claim, but
did not show up when expected, so a
search was made for him. One of
the party saw a small dog known to
belong to Magnusson running about
on a bar in the river, and on going
there found the body lying on the
bar, partially burled in the Band. It
was recovered and taken to Valdez.
As Magnusson was traveling alone it
is not known how he fell into the
3tream.
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With the opening of the Yukon
76,000 pounds of mail was dis
latched from Whitehorse for points
n the Yukon district.
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Val Diebold has returned to Fair
banks after a four days’ mush from
the Circle country. He reports a
shortage of water and that unless
rain comes soon many of the work
ings will be forced to close down.
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Work on the Newsboy mine at the
head of Cleary Creek. Fairbanks dis
trict, is rapidly progressing under
the direction of Lucien B. Rhoads.
Thirteen men are employed and the
stamps are kept dropping continu
ally.
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Reports from Port Wells state
that high values have been found on
the Tatum claims.
The lead is a strong two feet and
the rock is literally sprinkled with
gold, visible to the naked eye.
The work so far done by the con
tractors has given a depth of 115
feet and the lead has been followed
for a distance of 90 feet showing
that it continues to carry the same
high grade rock all the distance.
“The work so far done,” says
Senator Millard, “justifies us in
plancing a stamp mill on the ground,
but we prefer to do more develop
ment work and block out more ore
so that when we do install a mill we
will have plenty of ore to keep it
going. The value of the ore blocked
! out justifies the mill but we have not
as yet uncovered enough tonnage.”
iThe Tatum property was bonded
I by Senator Mallard and his son Ray
1 and they have associated with them,
Linderburg of the Pioneer Mining
Company of Nome, and also J. E.
Chilberg, the Seattle banker and the
four have kept the stock the them
selves and to date have refused to
take others in with them in the
venture.
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The Valdez Commoner reports
another strike of rich gold bearing
quartz in the Shoup bay district, and
gives the following account of the
property:
One of the most substantial min
ing discoveries yet made in this dis
trict was recorded this week. It was
made by Emil Davis, of the Rambler
Mining Company, and Billy Wester
ey, the well-known prospector.
On July 12th they located six
claims on the opposite side of Valdez
glacier from the Cameron-Johnson
property, and it is thought to be the
same lead. It will be known as the
Ivanhoe group. The ledge is fully
seven feet wide, and an assay made
of a general sample across the face
of the ledge shows a value of $4 3
per ton. Near this ledge is another
about 18 inches in width, a pure
white quartz, assaying $336 per ton.
The large ledge can be easily traced
for a distance of more than 1,500
feet. It has distinct, well-defined
walls and cuts the formation
.squarely, running southeast by north
west, while the formation runs al
most east and west. The ledge lies
between a graywhack and slate con
tact. The discovery point in this
ledge is only 150 feet from the foot
of the mountain and easily accessible
with horses. A splendid water power
comes down the mountain side
near it.
There is a pass in the mountain
through which parties travel going
from the Shoup basin over to the
Olson or Cameron-Johnson properties
on the opposite side of the glacier.
Passing over this saddle in the moun
ain, on reaching the glacier one must
keep up the Valdez side instead of
crossing over the glacier, and after
traveling along the foot of the moun
tain for about two miles he comes
to this ledge discovered by Davis and
Westerley. The discoverers will have
no trouble to finance their find, as
it is the kind of a property that all
investors are looking for, that is, a
big body of ore of the value that the
assay shows this to carry. Davis
and Westerley have returned to the
ground for the purpose of bringing to
town 200 or 300 pounds of the ore
for a mill test.
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Henry Deyo, the civil and mining
engineer, who accompanied the Rail
road Commission to Fairbanks last
season, made a trip to Portage Pass
age last week and pronounces it the
most feasible railroad route of all
that have been proposed. He will
undoubtedly make a report of the
factp ascertained by him on his trip
to the Portage Pass and fully inform
the authorities as to the conditions
there so far as the construction of
a railroad is concerned.
Mr. Deyo, in the past, has endeav
ored to have the government exam
ine this route but could never induce
those in authority to give it any
consideration. The government
should not now permit any private
interests to control this superb gate
way to the interior. Mr. Deyo says
that much credit is due Colonel
O’Neal for having succeeded in gain
ing the government’s ear and hav
ing informed the proper officials of
the feasibility of the plans.—Com
moner.
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The Valdez school board is con
sidering the advisability of post
poning the opening date of the school
term from August 4th to some later
time when the present epidemic of
whooping cough shall have subsided.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop received a let
ter in yesterday's mail from Mrs.
Fitzpatrick at Victoria, where she
recently took her son, William B.
Rowe, who was shot by Dan Reeder,
for treatment. He is now in the
Jubilee Hospital, where Dr. Jones
made a thorough examination of his
wounds, and says that there is no
hope of Rowe ever having the use
of his lower limbs. There are three
bullet hole's through the spine and
the specialist advises against an oper
ation, which may prove fatal. Rowe
is suffering considerable and as he
is beginning to appreciate his dan
gerous condition it is feared that he
will lose hope and his grit desert him.
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The five tents at Tickel, occupied
by Copper River & Northwestern
Railway section hands were burned
o the ground. The fire started in the
mess camp from a defective flue.
SUMMONS.
In the Justice Court, Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska.
Joseph Feaster, Plaintiff,
vs.
Jack Lowery, Defendant.
Summons No. 114.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, GREET
ING:
To the above named Defendant, Jack
Lowery:
You are hereby required to appear
in the Justice Court of Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, within thirty days of the
completion of the publication of this
summons, and answer the complaint
of the above named complainant,
Joseph Feaster, which alleges that
the defendant is indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum of Ninety-five
dollars for goods and merchandise
sold and money loaned and praying
for a jugment in that amount to
gether with interest thereon and ac
crued costs in this action, and that
unless you, the said defendant, so
appear and answer the complaint,
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in his said com
plaint.
Date of order for said publication
of Summons, June 24th, 1913.
Witness, Justice of said court Paul
d'Heirry, this 24th day of June, 1913.
First publication, July 1, 1913.
Last publication, August 12,. 1913.
0. ADRIAN NELSON
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
CHIT1NA - - - ALASKA
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Coffee House
HENRY GESSNER, Prop.
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The revenue cutter Bear has been
dispatched to East Cape to investi
gate the circumstances surrounding
the death of a Russian native police
man, who is reported to have been
killed by a member of the crew of
the trading schooner Sea Wolf re
cently. According to reports which
have reached here from the Siberian
side, the policeman was shot because
he insisted upon searching the Sea
Wolf for whisky, but the stories are
conflicting and it is difficult to obtain
reliable information concerning the
case.
Baron Kleist, chief executive at
Providence bay, Siberia, arrived in
Nome a few days ago for the purpose
of inducing the American authorities
to inquire into the matter. He insists
that the shooting occurred, and his
statement is verified by the stories of
a number of natives who visited East
Cape in a trading schooner soon
after the departure of the Sea Wolf.
The shooting is denied, however, by
the officers and members of the crew
of the Sea Wolf who have just
arrived at Nome.
The officers of the revenue cutter
also will investigate the report that
| the Russian governor commanded
I the American schooner Polar Bear,
| with Louis Lane, an American trader,
any many other passengers on board,
j to give chase to the Sea Wolf. This
i report is not confirmed by the cap
tain of the Sea Wblf, although he
admits that the Polar Bear was
(sighted a number of times and ap
! pearing to be patrolling the sea. He
denies having purposely avoided the
1 schooner.
GREAT STAMPEDE ON
FROM THE TANANA
FAIRBANKS, July 28.—The wild
est excitement prevails here over the
reports from the placer gold strike
on the Sushanna river tributaries.
An army of sourdoughs are on the
trail. They will use poling boats
from McCarthy’s which is the best
possible route to the new diggings,
as boats can take men within a few
miles of the district.
The Northern Navigation Company
will put the steamer Reliance on the
upper Tanana as soon as possible.
The steamer Dusty Diamond, which
sailed from Fairbanks a week ago
for the Sushanna became disabled
and had to crawl back. She arrived
here today. The owners are building
a new light draft boat which will
leave here in about a week with 3d
tons of merchandise and all the old
timers she can carry. The steamer
Tatlin will also sail the coming week
for the placer diggings.
The excitement over the Sushanna
strike exceeds anything since the
Iditarod stampede and bids fair to
eclipse that if favorable reports con
tinue. Men are quitting all sorts
of jobs in town and on the creeks
; to join in the stampede.
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Capt. C. F. Louks, who has been
' keeper of the Hinchinbrook light
house. has been transferred to the
lighthouse at Cape Sarichef on Uni
mak Island, which marks the en
trance to Unimak pass. He will leave
for his new station on the lighthouse
tender Columbine.
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