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♦ NORTHLiPN HAPPENINGS +
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The news lias reached Dawson
cf Hie sad ending of the lives
of Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt, an
aged couple who formerly lived
in that town. . It appears that
in attempting to cross what is
known as the Russel glacier
the Schmidts were overtaken
by a storm and perished. Some
of their belongings have been
picked up and identified.
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Orders for two stern wheel
propelled barges, which will be
used by the special commission
composed of government sur
voyors and mineralogists who
will make an investigation of
the Alaska coal fields, have
been placed at the Puget sound
navy yard. The vessels will be
for river service and of light
draught. They will be 30 feel
long and 12 feet beam. Each
of the barges will be equipped
with a 50 horse power heavy
duty Corliss gas engine.
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Lieutenant Edgdrton, the en
gineer officer of the Alaska
road commission, has estimat
ed that (lie government should
expend in Alaska for the con
struction of trails and wagon
roads and the repair of those
already constructed in the next
five years, the sum of $7,250.
000. With this sum, he says
the territory could be opened
np and a comprehensive system
of roads and trails constructed.
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A question which is now re
garded by some attorneys as
debatable is whether or not
open pea pool is gambling un -
der the code, says the Nome
Nugget. Dog racing is said to
be all right to bet upon, and
not against the letter of the
law and it is argued that pea
pool is in a sinrliar position
Very few attorneys, however,
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DELEZENE WINS RACE
Nome, April 14-Kay Delezetm
l- the winner of the Nome-Can
c'.le dog race, covering the dis
tance in 7-5 hours and 1$ min
utes, with Johnson, in second
place, two hours and 22 min
utes behind the winner. Scotty
Allan ran third.
“ » ■
Senator Tanner, of Skagway,
was elected councilman on Ap
iil 1st, in his home town. An
attempt will he made lo dis
qualify the senator on the
grounds that he was in Juneau
end failed to register.
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F. F. Irons, special officer of
Hie Fairbanks section for the;
prevention of ttie sale of liquor
to natives, reports that there
are very few violations of law
in that part of the country.
Must he short of stool pigeons
there.
4 4 4
The shore ice of Cape Prince
ot Wales let go and went out
during Ihe first week of March.
The oldest settler have no
knowledge of so early a move
ment of the ice.
4 4 4
It is reported that during ihe
blockade of the Copper River
railway the people of Chitina
were reduced to a diet of jack
rabbits and beans.
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Judge Peter R. Overfield, or
Ihe Third division, will have
command of the floating tem
ple of justice this summer.
4 4 4
Jacob Ncilson. the young Nor
we g,f> n arrested at R a w son
charged with being the man
who dynamited the Yukon
Cold company’s dredge, was
one of the men who wore em
ployed to find llie culprit.
4 + 4
Peter Johnson, of Illiamma,
who was found to he insane
by a jury in the commissioner
court there, died in the hos
pital at Valdez last week.
'I'lie Alaska Water, Light and
Lower company has just com
pleted a new power house at
\ aldez.
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Knocking any camp, says the
Fairbanks News Miner is a
poor business.
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Dawson Camp, A. B. has de
cided lo stay with the Puget
Sound organization.
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Homer Banta, a Haines laun
diyman, will start up in busi
ness at Juneau.
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NEW COMMISSIONER
FOR CIRCLE CITY
Ux.iled State- District Judge
Frederic E. Puller, of the 4th
Un ison has appointed Frank A.
Reynolds, of Circle City, to he
United States commissioner for
his district, lie succeeds John
A Cameron, who was appoint
ed less than a year ago lo suc
ceed Abe Spring.
WHITE PASS SAILORS
GO TO THEIR POSTS
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Fifty steamboat men of the
White Pass & 'nikon route, in
cluding Captain McDonald,
Captain Bloomquist, Captain
Gardner and Chief Engineer
Jams Caiideri were aboard the
last. Princess Sophia enroutc lo
Whitehorse for the purpose of
getting ready for the season s
work. Chief Cauden is accomp
anied by his wife.
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A five foot ledge of silver ore
was exposed on Michigan creek
in the Koyukuk country, near
Betties.
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A number of earthquake
-hocks nave been lelt lately by
the residents of Kautislnia.
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Five large stamp mills are
being constructed within a ran
bis of twenty miles around
Valdez.
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SHIPPING JAPS TO ATLIN
TO WORK PLACER
Twenty Japs were taken
trrorgh in bond on I lie last trip
of the Princess Sophia to bo
worked in the Atlin placer
mines. It is said that Ihe comp
any employing them put up
s 1000 for each Oriental to in
-uro that lie did not slip of I
the ship at any of the points
! enroute.
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PULLING DOWN
THE OLD CLUB
*
I’hc Northland Dock compau>
is nulling down the old “Club
building, which has gotten into
lad -hope, and will plank over,
the site it now occupies. There I
are rumors that a concrete block
may be put up on the Club cor
ner, but this is unconfirmed.
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Prince Rupert, April 4—Sid
ney Smith, head of the Atlin
! Fisheries company, is arrang
ing fur a carrier pigeon ser
vice. Each boat will take out
pigeons and the birds will be
regularly released, Unis giving
ilie latest news of (lie catch.
Tins is the first instance of
Midi a service in the history of
i he Pacific Co as I fisheries.
-TACOMA TRIBUNE
The Chrislian Science Hall on
l iont street, next door to the
! Power Boat Club was treated
| 11\ n n i • w i'ii.iI nl' nn ini lllis
Herndon, ITorido, to mode her
■future home. Mrs. Knights is
known to nearly every one in
Ibis district, having lived at
Luring for the past twelve
years until poor health caused
Mr. Knighls to seek a warmer
climate so went In Florida and
'where his wife will now join
| him to make I heir future home.
RICHER FIELD THAN
KLONDIKE REPORTED
That I he recent reported gold
strike on Silver, Moosehorn,
and ii'p adjacent creeks in the
A Ilia d!> fi f 1 was really only
in ingen.CiiS cleverly arranged
picii !o divert attention, and
p event a 11 sli of prospectors
,o the :cai '.cation of the new
gjld l‘ -ids is I he surprising lull
will mil hod mined information
llial reached the city today and
was circulated in mining cir
cles.
A well known mining man
says: “Because I have very
pressing business in Vancouver
ami Seattle that means several
thousand dollars lo nie within
the next few days, I passed up
the chance to go with Carmack
and Skookum Jim, who arc
both warm friends of mine ami
were anxious to have me with
their party.
“But from what I gathered
from them I believe the new
strike is in the hitherto un
known and improspeeted Liard
liver district. They explained
that I hey had actually found
some gold while prospecting
uii the Silver and Moocchorn
creeks, but said that Ihe new
placer fields they had in view
would eclipse even Eldorado
and Too-Mueh-Gold creeks in
the Klondike district.
“The reporled strike on Sil
ver and Moosehorn which they
are credited with having dis
covered, was simply given out
by them as a blind to explain
why they were taking is such
a large stock of supplies. But
i firmly believe that Carmack
and Skookum Jim have got
something good in sight, for
they are preparing for a long
slay, wherever they are going.
They are taking their wives in
with them and an extensive out
lit. | know that they have in
vested almost every cent they
could raise in supplies and a
Seattle firm has also lmavily
grub-slaked them for a year's
stay in camp”.
Other local mining men, who
are familiar with the northern
portion of the province, were
inclined to believe that Car
mack and his parly had taken
that simple but effective means
oi preventing a stampede to
tlie real location of the placer
fields,"-Vancouver World.
CAPT. PERRY \jENKJNS
BRINGS FINE SCAT
Gapt. Perry Jenkins arrived
up from the Sound about mid-;
night last night with a brand i
new gas boat (lie Olympic. She
a, a fine looking little craft of
-<; feel in length and is power
ed with a 30 horse power Im
perial marine engine. Perry
will use her in conjunction
with his fish trap.
MAY cut SATURDAY
The Princess May will sail
from Vancouver in place of the
I Tin< ess Sophia for the north
ern points Saturday night, and
shout I arrive here Monday
night. The Sophia arrived at
her destination all safe but with
e:gbi feet of water in her fore
peal*.
are making cans
The can making crew of the
Ketchikan cannery are busily
engaged these days in prepar
ing Lhe cans for this season's
pack. Considerable tin had
already been received and the
Alki unloaded (590 boxes this
afternoon on her return from
the north.
The Ryus-Dmg campany have
on exhibition in their window
Inlay a variety of deep -ca life
II hat is very seldom si en in the
| form of a deep-sea crab which
jwas caught about 20 mites of
Paruml'f Island and mounted
l y Art Thcbo, and is a very
fine piece of work.
THE SITUATION
BY A CANNERMAM
Rditor Daily Miner:—
It. seems apparent that the
expense of the territorial gov
ernment for Alaska shall be
borne almost wholly by the
fishing industry, judging by
Mie bills introduced into the
legislature.
For instance conned salmon
already pays a federal tax of
lour cents per ease. Senator
Sutherland recently introduced
; till providing an additional
• on red salmon of eleven
r nls per case for Hie purpose
<->i propagation. Senate bill No.
r«fj, introduced by Senator Tan
ner provides for a tax per case
of ten cents on reds, five cents
on cohoes and three cents on
pinks in addition to the taxes
above enumerated; also a tax
i f >2.00 per barrel on salmon
bellies. All of the above taxes
i,: c specit’iced for the purpose
of propagation. Now, in ad
dition to the above the Ways
and Means Committee are yet
in be heard from as to the
rule to be levied for territorial
purposes.
A lax of $2.00 per barrel on
salmon bellies is entirely pro
hibitive. This is apparent to
every person who has had any
thing to do with salting sal
mon in Alaska for tlie last fif
teen years. There is no record
in all those years of anyone
having made any considerable
profit on salt salmon.
The proposed rales of tax
ed ion pralicularly bit South
eastern Alaska where nearly all
c.i the pack is of » cheaper
grade and is already taxed all
the market will stand.
The people of Alaska have
broil assured through all the
years of agitation for a terri
bund government, that taxes
could not and would not be in
creased; that Hie money al
i cadv paid as taxes on busi
ness and industry would more
I ban abundiantly cover all the
expense of government While
(.hose assurances have been
doubted by many from the out
set, the proof that they were
without foundation has be
come manifest by Hie tax bills
* ••(•«• 1111 y introduced in the leg
i.-ledure, which are calculated
tn more than double Hie bur
den on the principal industry of
the territory. Those engaged
in the fishing industry are nol
averse to paying a reasonable
rale of taxation, so long os the
svslcni or taxation is equitable,
and any system wliili does nol
make each business or industry
bear its proper proportion of
Laxa1 mu is not eqiiitauie.
i'; o 1912 pack of pink and
.-limn salmon sold on I lie mar
ket at an actual loss to Hie
packer, yel it is proposed to in
i rca>e litis loss by adding an
ollicr three cenls to (lie wrong
side of Hie ledger. Why not
add another few cents to the
burden and thus put an end to
Ike whole matter, for it is safe
h: say that had it been known
H at an increased lax would
[have been placed on canned
iml salt salmon by this legis
!leiure there is not, a cannery
in* s,tilery south of Juneau Ilia!
v mild have been operated Hii
y.'ar. As it is now all contracts
and arrangements have beer
made for the season of 191'
r.ud lho plants must operate, oi
Miller a grealer loss than the)
I would otherwise. Those hav
j lug they money already invest
jed were willing to take ;
! chance on a better niarke
rattier than leave the plant'
idle. Hid the slim chance of ;
margin has been greatly de
creased by the several laxalioi
• i ll.mi's wliirli have been pro
posed, and the end it not yet.
.1X0. R. REEG1J
The cannery tender Rich
mond, bound for one of lit
cannerys north entered at Hr
local Custom House today, sir
is under (he command of Cap!
FIREMEN'S SMOKER
GRAND SUCCESS
Ah! that smoker of the Fire
Department and the Band. If
you weren’t there you should
have been. The guests began
to assemble before 8:30 ami
kept coming until the capacious
Bed Men’s Ilall was well filled.
Exercises were opened with
music by our band, of which
we should be very proud, all
clad in their new and Becom
ing suits and the most gratify
ing proficiency attained by
them under the efficient train
ing of Prof. Sumpf. They ren
dered several selections all
o! them excellent. The hall
had been arranged especially
lor (he athletic features, with
a good mat for ihe wrestlers
and boxers, around which the
scats were placed for the spec
tators. The program as ren
dered was music by the band,
followed by a song and encore
by Jack Close and a recitation
•“Ten Miles or Bust” a parady
on Longfellow’s “Excelsion”
by W. II. Burgstresser, both cf
which were well rendered and
enjoyed by all. Following Ibis
Mr. Churchill, as Master and
Judge of the athletics intro
duced a couple of our famous
ring generals in the personal -
ues of Alva Radenbaugli and
George Cole who lived things
up with a couple of rounds of
>p timing, after which “Ad Woi
gast” and “Cyclone Kelly” was
impersonated by Hie two, very
small but coming defenders of
Ketchikan’s claim as Ihe home
o■■ (he Pacific Coast Champion
in the art, the two small sons
of our fellow townsman Mr
Merritt. This proved to be the
crowning event of the evening,
these little tots domned the
gloves, marched to the center
of the mat and after shaking
hands made things lively for
I love rounds, boxing with a
vigor and determination'not ex
tilled by the older ones, receiv
ing rounds of applause and en
couragemeut from the specta
tors and a box of nice choco
lates and some cash for their
efforts, at the conclusion as an
incentive to future exhibitions.
Followmg this was a wrestling
liont between Geo. Radenbaugli
and Art Thcbo, which, after a
stubborn contest of about half
an hour was linally won by
Padeubatigh. After this came
a couple of very spirited rounds
of sparring between “Billy
Winters” and “Jimmy Sum
mers” ending with honors even
Prof. Murphy Ihe celebrated
,ilg dancer lately from “Quid
Ireland” next treated us to an
Irish jig, stirring up such a
dust that Hot Coffee was wel
come. Sandwiches were served
ml being enlivened by the er.
, riuicing mini,; of the hand.
I he event was pulled off in a
manner to ? (-fleet credit on
diu.-c directi u. All seemed
in enjoy them elves lo the lim
11. Let us get the habit.
EAST AND WEST
There was a lime, well with
in (he experience of hundred
of men yet living, when there
was a vast difference between
(be East md Ihe West.
The East then was regarded
i as Ihe center of all things in
Ibis rounlry; possessed of ricli
; farms, of magnificent cities
1 i f Iraiispnrlalion systems (hi
equal of mi> in the world, am
1 of Ihe wealth that made life
• worlh the effort.
Bui the Wes I was Ihe land oi
1 Ihe pioneer. Beyond Ihe Mis
sissippi was praclically an un
I known laud, wherein only Hm
■jhardy dared to venture. H
M merits were unknown; it
iweallh had nut been unfoldei
I be foi e the eyes of those in lh*.
East.
Since then great changes
have l*oon wrought, both East
arid West. The tide of emi
gralion from older countries
has iu many parts of the East
aided in these changes. In
place of the old American slock
itself the product of sturdy
pioneers from aerpss the wat
ers, have come equally ambit
ious people from less favored
portions of the older countries;
people who have made their im
press on the East, peoples now
ir. the process of amalgama
tion.
Still possessed of rich farms,
even though in places the pass
ing of ilie original line of own
ers has brought a temporary
loss; containing cities larger
than in the past, rich and pros
perous; with coal mines the
greatest in the country; with
ether valuable mineral resour
ces developd; gridironed with
transportation systems, afford
ing quick and cheap communi
cation between all points; and
with many other things going
to make contented communi
ties.
Still the center, i^i large
measure, of the financial re
sources of the nation, with
wealth from the East, (lie West
the North, the South, tending
to flow toward control at a
common point, the East in
some ways yet lacks apprecia
tion of the advances made in
the recent home of the pio
neers.
Beyond the Mississippi trek
ked the descendants of the firs|
pioneers of the Eastern sea
board, spying out the rich land-,
towards the setting sun, pros
pecting in the mountains, break
ing the raw prairies, and putt
ing under I he plow the wealth
laden soils of the Pacific states.
Ever pushing toward the
West have been the adventur
ous, the hardy, the enterprising
who have brought under sub
jection a wild region, bringing
out of it a land more prosper
ous in many ways than may be
found to the East.
Its farms, its orchards, nils
mineral resources are known
as among the greatest belong
ing to the nation.
Its silver from the mines of
the Comstock Lode did much to
ward bringing prosperous con
ditions to the nation, following
the sacrifice of life and wealth
in lire war between the North
and South. Its gold from Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Nevada, and
the far north Alaska; its cop
per from Montana, Arizona,
Utah; its silver and lead from
Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada;
iis mineral wealth from all
sections by the mountains that
form (lie backbone of ihe con
tinent, have formed the base
upon which lias been builded
our national prosperity.
its farms, wrought from the
wilderness under difficulties
undreamed of by the present
generation, are today the equal
cf any to lie found in other poi*
Lons of (lie country, its or
( hards are the models pointed
to with pride by all the country.
Its railroads are spreading lo
reach all portions of a vast ter
ritory Unit only a few years
since was an unknown land;
nidil today there are but few
sections not served with the
means of reaching markets, of
providing communication be
tween all pointb in this great
country.
So today the East and the
West are surely, steadily be
coming one, wilh thoughts in
fluenced by local conditions,
but with aims unified.
The West, the slopping place
of Ihe pioneers whno lathers
builded so well on Ihe Eastern
shore, a new empire of wealth
mineral and agricultural.
The East, prosperous, awak
ening to,the empire rising in
the West.—Exihenge.