OF GENERAL INFORMATION
A wet or dry proposition has been
put squarely up to the residents of
the First judicial division within
two miles of any town where a re
tail liquor license is to be granted by
the federal court.
First—A census showing the ex
act number of residents, both male
and female, over the age of 21 years,
within a radius of two miles of each
town, without expense to the court.
Second—A petition must be cir
culated, showing the name, age, res
idence and occupation of each signer
favoring the sale of liquor within
each town where application has been
made for retail licenses, and the pe
tition must contain a majority of the
names on the census previously tak
en, in order to show that licenses
shall be granted.
Every retail liquor dealer in Ju
neau and Douglas was present in
court when Judge Jennings informed
the saloonmen that gambling, wom
en, miners, etc., were barred from
saloons by law, and that the viola
tion of these provisions meant the
cancellation of a liquor license. He
laid stress on these provisions, de
claring liquor dealers must obey the
law, and that each application would
be carefully examined to see that
licenses were granted to good men.
Questioned regarding whether each
applicant was to circulate his own
petition, the court ruled that one
petition favoring saloons would be
taken as an indication that the resi
dents favored saloons.
Judge Jennings informed the sa
loon men that any one of the follow
ing census takers would be accept
able to the court:
Juneau—A. Shattuck, A. W. Bell.
Joe Snow and Mark Sabin.
Douglas—J. F. McDonald, J. F.
Henson, Frank Bach and George
Dusing.
The saloonmen may submit the
name of any enumerator, but before
the said enumerator qualifies he
must be endorsed by the court.
A movement to have a mass melt
ing in every town in Alaska held on
the lame day to discuss Alaska rail
road legislation and to wire the re
sults of the deliberations sent Wasr
Jngton. is one that originated with
Speaker Frank E. Collins, of the
Alaska House of Representatives,
who is on his way to the interior.
Speaker Collins consulted with Gov
ernor J. F. A. Strong, Gen. W. L.
Distin and others in Juneau about
the plan and all agreed that it would
probably result in hastening action
by Congress. Speaker Colling will
take the matter up with the people of
Fairbanks and communicate with
those of other towns of Alaska after
he shall' have arrived at the Tanar.a
metropolis.
Speaker Collins is very much in
earnest in his desire that the peop'e
of Alaska do something to aid in the
passage of the Chamberlain-WSck
ersham bill, or one that will bring
the results that that bill is intended
to produce, which will do so much
for the people of the Alaska inter
ior. He believes that such a move
ment as that has s tarted will be the
most effective way that this can be
done.
“Another good purpose would be
served by such a movement,” said
Speaker Collins, in speaking of the
matter, “and that is that it will be
a long step in the 'working-together
spirit’ that the people of Alaska must
cultivate if the best results for the
territory are to be secured. The
people of the territory must get in
and drill on this team work. That
Alaska is to come into its own, the
people of all the great sections of this
vast country must come to realize
that Alaska is one territory, and it
takes those of all the divisions to
make it. What is important to
one section is important to all. When
that soaks into the people to such an
extent that they will accept it as
the foundation for a rule of action,
the hard places in the road to a
developed commonwealth will have
been left behind.”
Every westward boat coming in
to Skagway carries to Cordova a
consignment of Skagway grown veg
etables. The boats of the Alaska
Steamship Company, plying between
this port and the westward, take
fresh grown garden produce from the
H. D. Clark ranch for a retail house
In Cordova, and the Cordova mer
chant is building up a big trade on
the fact that he can supply the
Alaska grown perishables within a
few hours of the time they are gath
ered in the Gem City.
It takes several days for garden
stuff to reach the Alaskan cities
from the Sound, and when they ar
rive they are generally wilted, but
the Skagway brand is put on the
westward market crisp and fresh.
Local produce brings better prices
and is worth it. Of course, it is
generally known that much of Mr.
Clark's ranch produce goes to White
horse, and the cities of the Yukon,
and it will be a matter of but a few
years until Skagway gardeners sup
ply the Alaska demand, and more
money will be made from that source
than is made today in mining.—Skag
way Alaskan.
Mine Inspector Sumner Smith has
issued the following “Notification
of Accidents” to the mine owners of
Alaska:
Section 5 of Senate bill No. 52,
passed by the Territorial Legisla
ture, provides that "Whenever a se
rious or fatal accident occurs in any
mine it is the duty of the person in
charge thereof to immediately notify
the inspector
As it is impossible to draw a fixed
line between serious and slight ac
cidents this office will follow the
practice of the federal Bureau of
Mines which classes, arbitrarily, ser
ious accidents as those which detain j
an employee from his work three
weeks or more, and slight or minor 1
accidents as those which detain an ,
employee from his work for less
than three weeks.
All fatal accidents, or those whose j
very nature makes them serious, ;
should be reported immediately. If
an accident should appear slight at
the time of its occurrence but should
later prove serious enough to deta'n
an employee from his labor for
three weeks or more a complete re
port should be made.
All reports should contain a com
plete account of the accident, the
man’s name, age, nationality, occu
pation in or about the mine, and his
previous experience, and in case of J
a fatal accident, the dependents
left. The report should be accom- ;
panied by the sworn statement of
those who witnessed the accident,
and should there be no witnesses, by
the verified statements of those first
present after the accident.
In reply to a telegram sent from ■
Juneau to Senator Pittman, chair- j
man of the Senate Committee on Ter- i
ritories, inquiring why C. E. David
son, nominated by the President for
Surveyor General of Alaska, had not
been confirmed, the following was re.
ceived:
‘‘Some of the Committee on Ter
ritories wanted time to invetigate,
but we do not now anticipate any
further delay.”
Governor Strong telegraphed Judge
C. D. Murane, at Nome, and the
Mayor of Fairbanks in the absence
of Judge Fuller, asking if the mu
nicipalities or citizens of Nome and
Fairbanks will provide sites free of
charge to the government for the
erection at these towns of detention
hospitals for the insane. An ap
propriation of $25,000 was made by
Congress three years ago for the con.
struction of these hospitals, but the
act made no provision for the ac
quisition of sites, and it was held
| that construction could not proceed
until the act had been amended. An
effort will now be made to procure
the sites through the municipali
ties interested.
The Governor 'received the fol
lowing telegram from Mayor Smith
of Fairbanks, relative to the site for
a detention hospital at that place:
“In reply to your telegram regard
ing detention hospital will say that
the town of Fairbanks will donate
site for the same. Site will be se
lected at the earliest possible mo
ment, probably by Monday next.
Your prompt action in this matter
meets with the hearty approval of
people here.”
James McGuire, a marine cook,
formerly employed on the steamer
Dora, committed suicide while un
der the influence of liquor when he
leaped from the fantail of the
steamer Mariposa while the vessel
was entering Icy Straits on her last
! trip south from here. Although
; seen by passengers, insufficient alarm
w’as raised and it was 9:15 in the
morning before Capt. Charles J. O’
J Brien, commander, learned of Mc
Guire’s tragic ending.
McGuire had boarded the vessel
' at Valdez and was working his pas
! Bage. He had been drinking heav
ily at Cordova and seemed in a
stupor wlfile aboard the ship. He
confided his intention to end his life
to no one, and the theory is that he
may have gone suddenly insane.
McGuire was seen by a steerage
passenger, but who failed to act with
presence of mind. He was roundly
condemned by Capt. O'Brien for his
stupidity. It seems the witness to
the drowning told one of the oilers,
and it was some'time afterwards be
fore the matter was reported to the
master of the vessel.
;By putting a new propellor on the
steamship Northwestern of the
Alaska Steamship Co., which arrived
yesterday and is now on the way to
the westward, the speed of that ves
el has been increased ." knots and
her running time between Seattle
and Cordova reduced 10 hours.
Although the new propellor is to
all appearances identical with the
one removed, the log of the steamship
on her last voyage showed an aver
age of 13.2 knots per hour as
against 12.5 per hour. The in
creased speed, which was entirely
unexpected by her owners, will ne
cessitate new reckonings on all her
future voyages.
Former Governor Walter E. Clark
jumped into a pair of overalls and
longshored at the Quadra cannery
for three hours, receiving $1.50 for
his work, while enroute to Seattle
on the Steamship Jefferson, with Mrs.
Clark two weeks ago. News to this
effect is just going the rounds of
Southeastern Alaska.
It seems that the Jefferson had a
large cargo of canned salmon to
load at Quadra. As the vessel was
considerably shy of help, Governor
Clark volunteered to help as soon as
he learned of the shortage of labor.
Royal A. Gunnison, recently ap
pointed by Governor Strong as an
Alaskan member of the Uniform Laws
Commission, has been requested to
report to headquarters, maintained at
Philadelphia, on r1! uniform laws
passed by the first Alaska Legisla
ture, and the report will be compli
mentary to the Alaska Commission as
many of the new acts were prepared
with a view to following general
lines of uniformity.
Hon. Franklin D. Lane, Secretary
of the Interior, sounds the keynote
of true conservation in his home
stead policy. He would give bona
fide settlers every encouragement.
Therefore he seeks, to revise the
stringent rules of the general land
office.
The steamer Sampson picked up
at Katalla seven horses consigned to
Dr. Holmes, of the government coal
expedition at Knick anchorage. These
horses are to be used in getting the
coal out of the Matanuska fields,
having been in the service of Dr.
Downing in the Bering river dis
trict.
What appears to be a natural gas
veil has been found in Kenai lake,
about twenty feet from shore, near
what are known as the Bowhead
cabins. This manifestation or phe
nomenon in the waters has been no
ticed by old timers, but they paid no
particular attention to it. Andrew
Simons, the guide, who lives in that
vicinity, got interested in the occur
rence and set about making tests of
the effusion which comes bubbling
up from the depths of the lake. His
demonstrations leads himself, as well
as others who saw It, to be convinced
that the well is giving forth natur
al gas.
The importance of this discovery,
hould it indeed prove natural gas,
depends, of course, to what use tne
product is put. 'It is, perhaps, the
i heapest commodity known for heat
ing and lighting purposes, and if
Seward ever reaches a point of great
commercial importance, the natural
gas available would play an active
part in supplying it with heat and
light.
The turbulent waters of Cook In
let have claimed another victim.
About two weeks ago a man, whose
name could not be learned, despite
dilligent inquiry, set out from Hope
in a row boat, heavily laden with
supplies, enroute across Turnagain
Arm to Bird creek. This was the
last seen of him. A few days later
his boat was found floating about
near Fire Island, half filled with
mud. A search failed to reveal the
remains of the victim.
J. O. Patton, of the Kern Creek
hotel, knew the man quite well, al
though he could not recall his name.
He says he apeared to be a fine fel
jlow, in the prime of life, and had
been engaged in prospecting.
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E. F. Gray, general manager of
the Great Northern Development Co.
returned from New York this morn
ing and will leave tomorrow for in
terior to look after their copper
property. At present thrpe crews
are working on the Regal group, and
the development of these claims will
be rushed with all possible vigor.
On account of a mere technicality
the patents on the Copper Moun
tain and Kotsina groups have been
held up by the land office, and while
there is every reason to believe that
these will shortly issue, only the as
sessment work will be done until
definite action is taken.
Mr. Gray will return to town in
time to catch the boat sailing from
here July 2, and will go to Nevada,
where the capitalists who are so
largely interested in Alaska mines,
i are now engaged in the formation
! of the Consolidated Coppermines
Company, this being a merger of a
number of the most important cop
per groups of the country.
Mr. Gray is the general manager
of this new corporation and will de
vote most of his time for the next
year to the development of these
properties.
Notwithstanding the stringency in
the money market on the outside
Mr. Gray said that English and East
ern capitalists were ready and wil
ling to invest in Alaska just as soon
as the government defines its policy,
and he further declared that he had
tlie utmose confidence in the pres
ent administration's effort to al
low Alaska to be opened up for de
velopment; that public sentiment
had changed and the cry is no longer
heard about the fabulous wealth of
the country and that somebody was
trying to steal it. Everybody re
alizes that it takes capital, and lots
of it, if the mineral production is
to be increased, and it is only in this
way that the people of the territory
can be made happy and prosperous.
Walstein G. Smith, cashier of the
First Bank of Katalla since 1907,
has been appointed by Governor
Strong to the position of territorial
treasurer, under the act of the first
Alaska Legislature. He assumes
office July 29, the term ending Jan
uary 1, 1915. The position pays a
salary of SI,000. The Daily Alas
kan forecast the appointment ten
days ago.
Prior to going to Katalla Mr.
Smith was, for a number of years,
engaged in the banking business at
Anacortes and Bellingham, Wash
ington. He is a first-class account
ant, and by his long exuerience in
the banking buhsiness is thorough
ly equipped for the duties of the po
sition to which he has been appoint
ed. He is of independent procliv
ities in politics and has never been
active in them, i
i The duties of the treasurer will be
I many, and one of the most import
ant will be the organization of the
office, which will entail a great deal
of work, which will largely devolve
on the treasurer himself, the legis
lature having failed, through an over
; site probably, to make a sufficient
! appropriatino ofre cldffSv s.Oacq
: appropriation for clerk hire.
Mr. Smith is’married and has two
children. His official residence will
be at Juneau, as provided by the ret
creating the office.
There is nething slow about those
citizens of Seward. Unable or un
willing to pay the occupation tax
on its trackage, the Alaska Northern
railway Company refused longer to
operate its railroad. The people
of the city organized and, securing
the consent of the Attorney General,
they are running the road them
selves for the use and benefit of the
community. The manner in which
Alaskans rise to meet emergencies
is refreshing.
Stephen Birch, general manager
of the Alaska Syndicate’s mining in
terests, was a passenger on the North
I western. He wras joined at Juneau
by W. E. Dunkle, who has charge of
some property at Valdez, and Mr.
Birch went through to the latter
j place on today’s steamer. Later
' he will return to Cordova and make
a trip to the Bonanza m,ine at Ken
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The Canadian Geological Bureau
will operate a force of men in the
White river country this summer.
The scientists, their employees and
supplies are being moved into the
country.
Everybody Is Invited:
CHITINA i
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Fourth of July j
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PARADE STARTS AT 10 A. M. :
THE PROGRAM OF SPORTS INCLUDES
INDIAN POTLATCH DANCES INDIAN WAR DANCES
12 RACES FOR BOTH SIWASH AND WHITES
SI W ASH TUG-OF-WAR, 12 MEN TO EACH SIDE
12 CONTESTS OF JUMPING, RUNNING, PACKING, ETC.
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Down at the Douglas Opera House
where once all was bustle and life,
peace reigns. The yell of the chief
herder, the rattle of chips and the
merry laugh of the lassies is heard no
more. All is changed. Where once
the stage rattled and shook beneath
the feet of a buck and wing dancer,
a sober, six-hole range softly smokes.
It is now only a quiet, peaceable ho
tel with a dining room in connect
ion. As in days gone by, drinks
may be had at the bar. The old
Opera House has changed with the
times. Formerly no one wanted to
sleep, and the noise made it impos
sible. Now it is so quiet you feel
sleepy when you enter the door.—
Douglas News.
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The film “Prisoner of Zenda” is
pronounced the greatest ever shipped
to Alaska. Emmett Harris, a trav
eling man, has the northern conces
sion to show the film.
'Lieut. Commander Boyd. lT. S. NT.,
decdares that the semi-bituminous
coal of Alaska the salvation of the
fuel problem of the Pacific coast.
The Valdez Prospector is author
ity for the statement that Attorney
T. J. Donohoe is willing to make a
wager that in the event E. W. Exuni
is not confirmed as U. S. Marshal
for this division, John L. Steele, of
Landlock Bay, will receive the ap
pointment.
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