„ T_, VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 101« NUMBER SI
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FOR EVERY YOUTH
Representative Gardner Advocates
Paying Men More Money and
Advancing Them Faster.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—“Compul
sory military training is one of the
•neat pieces of democracy that neces
sity has ever put before the Ameri
can people,” said Representative Au
gustus P. Gardner, of Massachusetts,
speaking on preparedness before the
National Security League. He sug
gested that every American youth
, serve at least one'year in either the
land or sea forces, as a means of in
creasing the army to 260,000 fighting
men, instead of 114,000 as planned
by Secretary of War Garrison and
likewise increasing our navy.
**We ought to secure as quickly as
poiiiibte the second place among the
nations for our navy, no matter what
it costs,” he said.
"As a matter of fact, we should be
In first place, out it is necessary first
to get into second place.
“in my opinion there is going to
he something doing,” he said refer
ring to the administration's defense
plans, “but that would be rendered a
certainty if the administration would
oniy come out and tell the people
where we stanu; whether the United
States is first, second, third or fourth
among the world powers. They tell
us the army and navy are strong, but
they should be stronger.
"Secretary Garrison is a patriot,” I
don't intend to drop raonkeywrenches
into his machinery, so t will refrain
from making any criticism on his
plan.
“There are-only two ways by which
we cart get 256;000 more men—first,
by going into the labor market and
paying the men more, and, second by
giving greater chances of -promotion
to the enlisted men In the army."
He declared that we cannot expect
to have soldiers, if we go on paying
them only $15 per month. In time
of war no national guard officer
should rank above major, be said.
Representative Gardner characterized
the continental plan for an army as
inadequate, stating that we must have
a good, reliable national army.
Discussing figures relative to coast
defense of Alow York, he said he be
enemy warships could land
hi on M Itockaway without being hit
by otft Tuins.
SEUBI/VN children are
> IN PITIABLE CONDITION
; a. Ill ■ mmmwmmrn
"Their fathers have fallen at the
front, their mothers have died of ty
phus fever. An American physician,
Dr. Strong, aided by American phys
icians and volunteer nurses, arrested
the spread of the disease and practic
ally extirpated It. To these same
Americans in a large measure is
credit due for arresting Cholera on
the threshold of the country. To
Americans now belong the supreme
duty and prlvilage of saving the or
phans of Servfa. These children are
not orphans in the ordinary sense.
They have not only lost their fathers
and mothers, but they have lost all
personal relations with world about
them. Many of them are in parts of
the country which are strange to
. them; they do not know where
their relatives are; some of them do
not know their own names. They
< are wandering about the country, in
' the fields and woods, caring for
i fbemselves or dying for lack of caro.
They arc feeding themselves as an
t Imals feed themselves, wandering
in little forlorn bands about deso
late parts of thee ountry, or, if they
are near vllages, they go to these
villages and are fed. Perhaps never
in the world has there been such a
pitiful condition as that of these
thousands of friendless, homeless,
and shelterless children. During the
anrnmer they have been sleeping in
the woods and open fields; but win
ter Is upon them, and it la not dlf-|
flcult to Imagine, if one Is willing
to face the truth, what will happen
to the greater part of these home
less wanderers.” — Hamilton Ma
Me, in the Outlook.
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Notice.
From now on every Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock there will be a mat
inee at the Liberty Theatre. Watfl>
papers for program and' particulars.
ARCADE CAFE
TO BE REMODELED
Jack Callin, of the Arcade Cafe
is one business man of Valdez who
expects good business during the
coming summer and will prepare in
advance for it. He says that whoa
the premises now occupied by Hun* s
Candy Kitchen are vacated that he
will have his building remodeled in
order to provide private dining rooms
for the restaurant. Jack is enjoying
good business despite the fact that
this is the dullest season of the year
and the Arcade is now kept open day
and night, and has engaged the serv
ices of an expert baker to handle the
bread trade.
ORE CHER FOR
SIB RIVER
Side Stream Navigation Company will
Have Fast Steamer to Serve
Devil's Elbow Camp.
Another new steamer to ply Alas
kan waters is under construction in
Seattle for Capt. Sid Barrington, of
the Side Streams Navigation com
pany, and she is expected to mark a
new era of transportation on the Yu
kon and other interior si reams for
years, has secured the contract for
transporting the ore from the Devil’s
Bllbow mine, about one hundred
miles up the Stikine river to Wran
gell.
The new steamer will be eightv
live feet long, twenty foot beam and
will have two eighty-horsepower Buf
falo engines. Her twin screws are
expected to give her a speed of 18
miles an hour which will enable her
to navigate the swift waters of-the
Stikine.
A similar vessel has been built for
service at Anchorage, but she has
les3 power than the Stikine boat, hav
ing a speed of fourteen knots an hour.
The Cook inlet carrier’s draft is six
inches, but she is of the twin tunnel
stern type, insuring plenty of grip
for the screws. _ She will also be op
erated by Capt. Barrington’s com
pany.
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LAUNCHES RACE
COMING UP Ml
Shamrock with FWalgo Crowd on
Board and B. P. M. with Gran
ite Crew Race IS MUe«.
The end ot a pretty launch race
was (Witnessed last evening about 6
o’clock when the Shamrock and the B.
F. Mi pulled up at the Valdez Dock
Within a few seconds ot each other.
Both launches were crowded with
passengers and the finish of the race
was so close that there is doubt as to
which of the boats is the faster.
The race began outside of the Nar
rows and it is safe to say that the
distance which is approximated at 16
miles, was covered in record break
ing time. The Shamrock had been
in Bllamar and was headed for the
Narrows when the B. F. M., coming
up -ue bay from the Granite mihe, at
tempted to pass and the race was on.
The passengers on both launches
entered into the spirit of the race and
cheered the crews to greater efforts
an,, offered siient prayers that the gas
engines wou,u not go out of commis
sion. The Shamrock, which had the ]
lead from the start, held her position
but the crew of the B. F. M. claim
ed to have shortened the distance be
tween them. The Shamrock’s crew |
believe their boat is the fastest and
another race will have to be run to
determine to the satisfaction of the
passengers of both boats as to which
is the faster.
Pete Cashman came in from Wort
man’s yesterday afternoon and re
ports that the canyon from top to
bottom is sb smooth as glass. His
rig was turned jover several times in
making'the trip but fortunately no
other mishaps occurred. 1
NORTHWESTERN DUE
ABOUT MIDNIGHT
Will be Delayed Twenty-Four Honrs
Discharging Freight for Rail
road and Interior Mines.
Cable advices from Cordova state
that the steamer Northwestern reach
ed that place at 6 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and would be delayed
twenty-four hours unloading freight
before leaving for Valdez.
It is believed that the steamer car
ried a large quantity of freight for
the Copper River and Northwestern
railroad as well as a big shipment of
machinery and supplies for the cop
per and placer gold mines in the in
terior.
Although no advices have been re
ceived regarding the blockade on the
railroad caused by the recent heavy
storm, it is believed that trains are
again in operation as Supt. Corser
had prepared for such emergencies.
The heavy shipments of high grade
copper from the Keuuecott mine with
the present price of copper would
ensure every effort on the part of
the railroad people to keep the line
open to traffic.
The passengers on the Northwest
ern as cabled from Seattle are Miss
Kussman and Mra. Berger. Helen
Van Campeu, of Latouche, is also a
passenger on the steamer en route
to her home from an extended visit
in the eastern 3tates.
PENOCHLE CROUP
BEING DEVELOPED
Wisconsin Capitalist Has become in
terested in Mining Property
Near VaMer. Glacier.
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George Wilkinson, a Wisconsin
lumberman, who has become inter
ested in the Penochle group of min
ing claims, which adjoin the Ram
say-Rutherford mine near the Val
dez glacier, has a crew of men dev
eloping the property. He is an exper
ienced mining man and operated
with success Goldfield district before
coming to Alaska last summer.
The miners are drifting on the
lead which was tapped at-a depth of
one hundred and twenty-five feet be
low the surface after a cross-cut one
hundred and fifty feet had been run.
The lead Is reported to be eight feet
wide where the miners are working
but the ore is lacking In commercial
values.
Wilkinson is drifting toward an
extensive p&yshoot which shows on
the surface -and Is confident that
when he taps the ore body under the
pay that the merits ot the mine will
be established.
Supplies were delivered to the mine
early last fall after the first fall of
snow and work will be continued all
winter.
Sutherland Will Move to Juneau.
It la reported that Senator Dan
Sutherland, who is an extensive min
ing operator In the Rnby district, will
shortly move his family to Juneau,
where he will establish a home. He
has become interested in a number of
| quartz properties in the Juneau dis
trict which he believes will require
considerable attention as they give
promise of developing into big prop
ositions.
Dr. A. von Gunther will mark the
passing of his sixty-first birthday en
tertaining hiB friends at Pioneer Hall
this evening. At the celebration of
his birthday last year at Eagle Hall
the doctor was surprised by about
two hundred and fifty of his friends
dropping in on him to enjoy his hos
pitality and wish him and his family
many happy returns of the Occasion.
A number of hunters took advan
tage of the flue weather yesterday
and today to go after birds and rab
bits and some good bags of game
wpre brought into town last evening.
PLEASANT HOURS
AT EAGLE HALL
Initiation was Made the Occasion of
Celebration with Refreshments
in Great Abundance.
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I Valdez Aerie, Fraternal Order oi
(Eagles, held a rousing meeting last
night and celebrated the initiation o?
a new member Into the fraternity.
The members of the Aerie are strong
on entertaining and it is seldom that
a Friday evening is permitted to pass
without some sort of high jinks fol
lowing the regular meeting.
The local Aerie, in point of mem
bership is one of the strongest
fraternal bodies in Alaska. Although
it is a few years since the Aerie was
granted a charter it now has a mem
bership of nearly one hundred and
fifty, owns its own home, which Is
valued at approximately $10,000, and
spends hundreds of dollars annually
In caring for Its members who are
sick or unfortunate.
The Eagle lodges in tlie north
draw their membership from men in
every walk in life, aud while the or
der is strictly fraternal its members
nro always to be found actively pro
moting the best Interests of the com- ■
munities in which they reside.
The ceremonies last night were con- !
ducted by Willard T. Scott, president ■
of the Valdez aerie, and nearly ev- (
ery one of its members who reside in j
town was present. |
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WIRELESS HAS i
GONE ON BUM
Witli Cable Broken and Kngine at
Sitka refusing to work Alaska
is Isolated from Outside.
The government cable. which
broke north of Sitka last Sunday
morning, is still out of commission
and although no advices to that ef
fect have been received by the local
office of the Signal Corps it is believed
that the cableship Burnside is en
route northward to make the repair.
The Burnside was in drydock when
the Cable parted a few weeks ago
near Seattle and has had ample time
to be in commission again.
Since the -break In the cable oc
curred the Alaska business north of
Sitka has been handled by the naval
radio stations at Sitka and Whttshed
and gave good service until yester
day when the engine at Sitka went
out of commission. No messages
were received from the statee since
early yesterday morning except those
coming via the Dominion line.
The operators In the local office re
mained on duty up to a late hour last
night in hopes that Sitka would he
able to overcome the difficulty but
there was nothing doing and *'w
same conditions prevail today.
The set of wireless Instruments
which were recently received here by
the Signal Corps to be taken over
the winter road to the interior for
the station at Fairbanks, was sent
out to Wortman’s yesterday as ar
rangements have been made with
Jack Miller's men to deliver it at the
Willow Creek roadhouse. Driver
Rowbottom will leave next week with
the government dog team to take the
instruments from Willow Creek to
Fairbanks.
Ed Wood, of the Copper River
Draying company, who went to Irish
Cove on the Shamrock to superintend
the work of hauling ore from W. A.
Dickey’s mine to the beach, is re
ported to be making good progress
in breaking trail to the mine. The
hunkers on the beach have been com
pleted and are ready to receive the
ore for shipment to the smelter.
Children Take Note.
All the children of Valdez are in
vited to attend the matinee given at
the Liberty theatre, Sunday after
noon at 3 p. m., as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Surrhyne.
TUNNEL CONTRACT LET
SETTLES BAY MINE
Passengers coining up the Sound
from Port Wells report that another
mine is being developed at Betties
[Bay, where H. C. Vance, the well
known mining man, has become in
terested in the Bennett and Hines
property. Considerable development
work has already been done on thr
ground and it is reported that Vance
has given a contract tor an additional
two hundred feet of tunnel. It is said
that the mine has shown up satisfac
torily under development and the
work will be rushed with a view of
putting a mill on the grouud early
next summer.
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TREAT FRIENDS
Pleasant Evening Spent at Pioneer
Hall Amidst Story, Song and
Music—Large Attendance.
Tho Pioneer Women of Alaska en
tertained the members of tho Valdez
| Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, and their
friends last night and the evening
was spent in story telling, singing,
music and dancing.
The Pioneer Woman’s lodge, of
which there Is only one other in Alas
ka, is constantly increasing its mem
bership and takes an important part
In the social life of the town. Tho
lodge meets every Friday evening
and the ladies frequently invite the
Pioneers and their friends to be their
guests. Needless to .say that such an
invitation is never overlooked as they
know that a treat is always in store
for them.
I The ladies had prepared for the oc
casion and following the close of the
regular business meeting a table ex
tending down the center of the room
was loaded, with an abundance of
good home-cooked things to eat and
liquid refreshments in plenty.
Pioneer hall was combortably fill
ed with the Pioneers and their friends
and the midnight hour had come and
gone before the happy crowd dis
persed.
MORE COLD FROM
THE GRANITE MINE
Port Wells District Escaped the High
Winds but Has Experienced
Very Cold Weather.
The launch B. F. M. came up the
Sound yesterday afternoon from Hobo
Bay, Port .Wells, bringing Senator B.
F. Millard, Snpt. R. W. Millard and
several passengers from the Granite
mine. The launch also brought the
output of the Granite mine for the
past month, amounting to approxi
mately $15,000.
Senator Millard states that every
thing at the Granite is moving along
satisfactorily but that some flight
trouble has been experienced with the
water supply owing to the cold
weather. Port Wells escaped the full
force of the big wind which swept
over most of Alaska last week, but
according to Senator Millard, the
weather was colder there than at any
previous time since the Granite was
established. The water in the tun
nel is reported to have frozen back a
distance of five hundred feet and
caused added expense by requiring
constant attention to keep the work
ings free of ice.
Senator Millard brings word that
there is no shortage of ore at the
Granite mine and he is hoping for
milder weather as the cold spell if
long continued must eventually close
the springs which supply the mill
with water. During the past week
it was necessary to pump water for,
a few days but as the machinery was
on the ground no delay was caused.
Moose Dance Ton'ubt.
The regular weekly Moose dance
will be held tonight in Moose Hall.
Excellent
WILL INCREASE
FORCE AT NIRE
Alaska Mine* Oirjioratlon Now Em
ploys Twenty-live Men and Num
ber Will be Increased.
E. D. Reiter, manager of the Alae
ka Mines Corporation, returned on
the launch Shamrock last night from.
Fidalgo Bay where his company 's
developing a big copper property. He
ireports that good progress in being
made on the work of reconstructing
the wharf which was destroyed by the
big storm last week, and believes
that he will still be able to make a
shipment of ore' from the miue be
fore the close of the present month.
When the wharf and approach was
wrecked by the storm it dropped the
piledriver outfit into the bay at a
point where the water was five fath
oms or more deep. The members f
the crew, after the storm had sub
sided, succeeded in getting lines on
the machinery and soon had it on
shore and in working order. Two
thirds nf the approach which will he
about four hundred feet long, has
been completed. The wharf will le
forty by one hundred feet and work
is being rushed to enable the ship
ment of ore being sent to the smelter
this month.
Mr. Reiter states that his com
puny is now employing twenty-five
men and that the number will be in
creased as the development of the or *
bodies Is being continued while fac'
ities are being provided for shipping
the ore. The work of driving the tun
nel of the fourth level is being push
ed and it ts now in a distance of three
hundred feet but it is expected thu
five hundred feet more will require
to be run before the big body of high
grade chalcopyritcs oru encountered
between the third and second levels
will be tapped.
The destruction of the wharf pre
vented the shipment of one thousand
tons of ore on the last trip of the Ad
miral Farragut and the terminal
buildings, ore bunkers, shutes ana
tunnels, in fact every place where -.re
can be stored are tilled to capacity
Some idea of the force of the s*orm
Which destroyed ihe wharf may be
gained from the fact that the termi
nal building, with about fifteen ton*
of counterweights lor the cables, was
moved on its concrete base for a dis
tance of several inches. This, how
ever, does not worry the manageme t,
it had been plauned to move the
building had not the storm done th»
work. Miners coming up from tae
property say that the storm was the
worst they have ever seen in Alaska
or anywhere else, and that moun
tainous waves swept over the wharf
before it collapsed.
Supt.. A. G. Stahl of the mine te
also in town visiting his family aftvi
will return to Fidalgo bay on Mon
day or Tuesday when the Shamrock
will make a special trip down tke
Sound.
PRESIDENT WILSON
OOMKS OUT IN RACK
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6.—It is re
ported that all doubt about President
Wilson's willingness to accept tbs
one-term plank in tbe democratic
platform was removed today when
authority came direct from the White
House to place the President’s name
on the ballot to be voted for at In
diana’s first primary election t»
March.
A petition signed by more than
500 Indiana voters and requesting
.that Wilson’s name go on the Pres
idential ballot, was filed with Sec
retary of State after both Joseph P.
Tumulty, Secretary of the President
and Thomas Pence, Secretary of the
Democratic National Committee, had
called James H. Frye, Deputy Audi
tor of the State, over the long-dlir
tance telephone and authorized him
to act as a representative of the
President in filing the petition ta
his behalf.
Billy Hogan, Chris Matson, Oac
Anderson, Gus Johnson, Billy Mo
jPbail and George Puhrer left thin
morning for ,$hoop Bay, where they
are running a tunnel on the proper!?
of the Sea Coast Mining company.
They took several tons of supplies for
their camp, which Included one thon
jsand pounds of dynamite and the
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