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jafet lihdeberc
(Seattle Poet-Intelligencer I
Jafet Lindeberg was fortunate enough to
■Bape the Nome dorm experience. The
reason is because he was pursuing fortune
in the Chisana and Ndehina at the time.
When Mr. Lindeberg pursue* fortune—
which he is doing most of the time—he d
ways meet* with some measure of success.
He didn’t locate anything in the Ndehina,
but he did miss the disaster at Nome. That
was something; not as much as hs would
have liked, perhaps, in view of his early
euceesew. but still worth while.
If it had not been for Mr. Lindeberg and
his partners, Nome might have been waiting
yet for someone to come dong and discover
It. In that case the storm wouldn't have
been worth a telegraphic brevity, for it
would have done no harm. Mr. Lindeberg,
however, believes in being early, so Nome
was discovered, nnd at what you might call
the psychological moment, which was right
after the Klondike—right when the world
^as hungry for a new discovery. This was
in 1898, and if it had been in 1895 or 1896
he would have beaten the Klondike, and |
then a lot of other things never would have ,
happened. Who would have got a thrill,
for instanee, from W’tUiam Jennings Bryan s
metaphor of the eroes of gold if Nome and
the Klondike had antedated his free silver
campaign ?
But to come back to Mr. Lindeberg. He
seemed to have an intuition that something
waa waiting for him to come and discover
it. No sooner thought than done. The
gold could be washed from the beach sands.
The world heard of it in 1899, and in 1900
some 15,000 people were trying it. This it;
condensing history, but it is nothing to the
speed of the greatest of all gold migrations.
Incidentally, Mr. Lindeberg got awful rich.
Hs is ens of the few first discoverers who
have that distinction.
People who have any preconceived notion
of the sort of person Hr. Lindeberg ia al
waya revise it after seeing or Meeting him.
Hardy prospector! Yea. He is also, like ao
many other Alaskans, very much the typical
man of the world. It is quite true, how
ever, that few remote corners of the earth
contain ao many who are in other sphere*
typical men of the world. This is character
iatio of Alaska and Alaskans.
BILL IS INTRODUCED
TO END “RULE OF REASON"
lOknaxieus Dec trine Promulgated by tu*
grem* Ceurt I* Subject ef Pre
gated Legitletien
1 Washington, Jen. 17.—Following e eon
fere nee with President Wilson, Representa
tive Stanley of Kentucky today introduced
in the house of representative* a bill amend
ing the Sherman act which will make illegal
the monopoliiation in restraint of trade in
any degree. The bill is designed to elimi
nate the “rule of reason” laid down by- the
United State* supreme court in the Standard
Oil easea.
Hew, warn dog house, large meuglt to
--Mi da* McDonald Hotel
Mto—d.
THE PANAMA PARADE
With Great Britain in line, to be fol
lowed, of course, by all other maritime na
tions, the procession which the famous Ore
gon will lead through the Panama canal in
1915, on the way to the exposition at San
Francisco, will be potentially the greatest
the world has ever seen, whether of fight
ing ships or Teasels of commerce, or both
combined. The international fleet will
doubtleea consist of vessels of different
classes. That of the United States surely
will. But each foreign power will send at
least one of her highest type of battle
ship of the dreadnought or superdread
nought class, mounting at least eight guns
of 11 to 15 inches caliber.
Naval strength is reckoned at the pres
ent time chiefly in the number of such ves
sels in commission, the heavy dreadnoughts
and the cruiser battleships of recent con
struction, of the latter of which our navy
possesses none. Of "aU-big-gun" ships,
Great Britain has 29, Germany 20, United
States 12, France 8, Russia 7, Japan 7,
Italy 6, Austria-Hungary 4, Argentina 3,
Chile 1, and Turkey 1, when completed.
This is practically the order of naval
strength as estimated by experts, all other
classes of vessels being also given their due
proportion of weight. It is quite likely
that the number of Teasels contributed to
the international fleet, which will first as
semble in Hampton Roads, will be in about
the same proportions, though Japan is
likely to send more than Russia, each na
tion being careful not to disturb the gen
eral balance of naval strength in home
waters.
In the greatest naval battle ever fought,
that between the allied Greeks and the
Persians at Salamis, about 1,500 vessels
were engaged, used more as platforms on
which thousands of soldiers fought than as
contests between ship#. In the next great
est fight, at Actium, where Caesar de
feated Antony, more than 300 vessels were
engaged in a like manner. The Great Span
ish Armada contained 130 ships with 2,431
guns and 19,000 men, but never came into
full Ktion. Trafalgar, that greatest of
battles between wooden vessels mounted
with cannon, had but 50 ships, while Far
ragut at Mobile bad only 14 wooden ones
and four ironclads. Manils Bay, Santiago
and the Sea of Japan saw the great modern
battles of less than a score of ships. Yet
successvely each one of the fleets that
fought would have been able to destroy its
predecessors almost at will, and in like
manner a single vessel of a number of
those whieh will follow the Oregon from
ocean to ocean would be able to destroy
the whole fleet of any of these preceding
battles. Not alone in individual strength,
but in numbers, for doubtless fully 200
ships of war will be in the column, will the
Panama procession be the greatest demon
stration of physical force the world has
ever known, and all to herald the opening
of a great waterway hailed as the chief tri
umph of civilisation in the promotion of
peace.—8t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Our motto at the Crosby Baths is to keep
everything neat and dean.
Job Printing at Psoases efira
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SECRETARY LANE’S
PROPOSALS IN DETAIL
Comprehensive Plan for the Development of Alaska's Resources for the
Benefit of the Territory—Board to Have Control of All That the
Nation Owns, Cares for or Regulates in the Territory
Plans for Leasing of Coal Lands to Operators
Below we reproduce that portion of the
report of Secretary of the Interior Lane
relating to Alaskan affairs. The report was
submitted to the President on December 23
and has been the subject of much favor
able comment. There is little doubt that
the recommendations of the secretary,
showing, as they do, a comprehensive grasp
of Alaska’s needs, had great influence with
congress in its consideration of the railroad
bill just passed.
The largest body of unused and neg
lected land In the United States Is Alaska.
It is now nearly half a century since we
purchased tills territory, and It contains
today less than 40,000 white Inhabitants,
less than t,000 for each year It has been
In our possession. The purchase was made
as a means of protection against the possi
ble aggression of a foreign nation and
without the hope that It would be self
supporting. In the intervening 46 years
we have given It little more than the most
casual concern, yet Its mines, Ilslierles and
furs alone have added to our wealth the
grand sum of H500.000.000.
For almost a generation it was the rich
harvest field of a single company. Indi
vidual fortunes have been made In that
country larger than the price paid to Itus
sla for the whole territory. How rich its
waters are we know, because they have
been proved; but how rich Its lands are In
gold and copper, coal and oil. Iron and
line, no one knows. The prospector has
gone far enough, however, to tell us that
no other section of our land today makes
so rich a mineral promise. And In agri
culture the government Itself has demon
strated that It will produce lit abundance
all that can be raised In tile Scandinavian
countries .the hardy cereals and vegetables,
the meals and the berries oil which 9,000,
000 people live In Norway, Sweden and Fin
land. It has been estimated that there are
5u 000,000 acres of this land that will
make homes for a people as sturdy as those
of New Kuglaud. Whether this Is so or
not. It would appear that Alaska can he
made self-sustaining agriculturally.
Lin UnaavtiepM
This vast and unsurpassed asset Ilea
almost undeveloped. A territory one-flftli
the site of the United Stales contains less
than a thousand miles of anything that can
be called a wagon road. It has a few
Inconsiderable stretches of railroad which
terminate, with one exception, either In the
wilderness or at a private Industry. Only
the richest of Its mines ran be worked, and
one of its resources of greatest Immediate
value to the people—Its coal lands—lies un
worked.
The one constructive thing done by this
government on behalf of Alaska In nearly
half a century was the Importation of rein
deer Tor the benefit of the Eskimos on the
border of the Arctic ocean. For the white
man we have done nothing—so little, in
fact, that to mention what we have done
Is matter for chagrin and humiliation. I
have thought that perhaps the scandals that
have developed In Alaska have been In some
part the result of a feeling that It was a
no-man's land, where the primal Instincts
and powers were the only law.
Ollmata la Tamparata
This unfortunate condition cannot be
explained on the ground of the innuspllaliiy
of the Alaskan climate. A careful study
of isothermal Hues shows that some of
.Southeastern Alaska has a climate more
temperate and more equable than that of
this city, while much of the greater por
tion to the north has a kindlier climate
than Stockholm or St. Petersburg. More
over, our people are not stayed In their
quest for homes or wealth by the rigors of
a long winter. The spirit and purpose
which brought them from Europe to Vir
ginia and to .Massachusetts take them today
to Montana and Saskatchewan. The United
States lately opened to entry a tract or land
In Montana for which there were 16,000
applicants for registration, and only 7,000
of these could be given an opportunity to
homestead. There Is more railroad build
ing 600 ndles north of the Canadian border
than there Is for the same distance south
Why has not this land been developed?
The frank answer is that we did not reallre
until within a rew years that It was worth
developing. As soon as we discovered its
value as a national asset we became alarmed
and drew back affrighted at the thought
that we might lose It, or at least that It
would become the property of those who
would eiplolt It without respect to the pub
lic Interest. Since then we have been wait
ing to make up our minds as to what wisely
could be done. We have hesitated and
halted out of the very keenness of our ap
preciation of what Alaska might become. It
has rather been In compliment to Alaska
than In derogation of her value that we
have done so little Tor her in late years.
It was a new land, to be opened under new
conditions. The mistakes made here and
there we did not wish to repeat, but now
after a long pause It would seem to be the
sense or the people that wc did not wish
to repeat. But now after a long pause
It would seem to be the sense of the people
that we shall proceed at once and In a
large way to deal with the problem of
Alaskan development.
Pro pot *4 Mmlnlatrallv* Board
We have withdrawn Alaska from the too
aggressive and self-serving exploiter. What
have we to substitute as a safer servant
or public interest? To this question I
have given much thought, and my conclu
sion Is that If we are to bring Alaska Into
the early and full reallxatlon or her pos
sibilities we must create a new piece of
government machinery for the purpose. We
should undertake the work In the spirit
and a»cr the method or a great corporation
wishing to develop a large territory. In my
Judgment the way to deal with the problem
of Alaskan resources Is to establish a board
of directors to have this work In rharge.
Into the bands of this board or commis
sion I would give all the national assets In
that territory, to be used primarily ror her
Improvement—her lands, fisheries, Indians,
Eskimos, seals, forests, mines, waterways,
railroads—all that the nation owns, cares
for or regulates. Congress should deter
mine In broad outline the policies which
this board In a liberal discretion should
elaborate and administer, such as Is done
as- to the Philippines, This board would, of
course, have nothing whatsoever to do with
the internal affairs of tho organised terri
tory of Alaska, for It would exercise no
powers save such as congress granted over
the property of the United States In Alaska.
Ramona tor Board
There are several reasons which appeal
to me as supporting this suggestion:
1. Such a board could advise congress
as to what should he done, without prejud
ice, out of a deep national Interest and
with first-hand knowledge, of conditions.
*. Such a hoard would co-ordlnatc the
present enterprises of the government In
Alaska. As It Is now the control of lands
Is tn one department, of forests In another,
of roads In another, of fisheries tn a fourth,
of railroads In still another. The care of
black bear Is In one department and of
brown bear In another.
3. There can be no satisfactory admin
istration of land laws nor any other laws
at a distance of 5,000 miles from the point
of action. Much less Is this possible where
the two sections of the country are sep
arated by an ocean and the land calling for
attention is closed lo tbe world one-half
of the year. The eye that aees the need
should be near the voice that gives the
order.
i. Alaska's opening and Improvement
should be treated as one problem. Each
step in such an administration should ho
part or a plan, not an Isolated act. We
should have a unified and conservative pro
gram, based on Immediate knowledge gov
erning HUS work. Each line of activity
within the territory should be correlated
with all other activities. The opening of
lands and the building of railroads or wagon
roads, for Instance, should be part of one
scheme.
Want* g Klara I Budgat
D. Alaska should be developed, so Tar
as possible, out of her own revenues and
resources. She should have a federal
budget of her own. Her resources and
expenditures should be presented lo con
gress on a single sheet. The funds raised
from her lands and fisheries her furs, her
forests and her mines, should he used for
telegraph and telephone lines,, or for any
other purpose which would make her re
sources more quickly available to the world.
I believe 11 eould be shown that Alaska Is
self-supporting today, or, what Is more to
the point, that, by proper taxes and charges
imposed upon those who are deriving large
return from their enterprise In the terri
tory, such revenue eould he derived as
would support a large pulley of expansion
and Improvement. In short. I would con
struct the administrative machinery that
would most surely lead to a prompt and
continuous development of Alaska as a part
of the liilted Slates upon a plane commen
surate with her possibilities Industrially,
agriculturally and socially.
The members of such a hoard appointed
by the President would be selected presum
ably with reference to their fitness for the
work to be done. Each one could he made
the administrative and residentiary head of
a department or division, so that there
might he a commissioner or the Alaska
land ofllcc. another commissioner of high
ways, another, perhaps, commissioner of
Indian affairs and fisheries, and so on. All
would sit together, as In the commission
form of municipal government, and would
work for the common end, the upbuilding
of Alaska as an integral and contributing
part of the L'nlon.
Dangsr of Corruption
I apprehend the fear that with such a
commission there would be danger or cor
ruption or Indifference creeping Into Us
work. This, however. Is Incident to the
bestowal of all authority. The commission
would not go unchecked, of course, for It
must report to the head of some depart
ment at Washington, and through that head
to congress, and would he always subject
to Investigation. Moreover, no method has
yet been Invented by which dishonesty or
poor Judgment can be guarded against in
public or private life. In the end the char
aeter and wisdom of the men appointed
Is the only insurance that can he given
against conduct that is foolish or worse.
Alaska should not. In my Judgment, he
regarded as a mere storehouse of resources
upon which the people of the stales may
draw. She has the potentialities of a state.
And whatever policy may be adopted should
look toward an Alaska of homes, or Indus
tries and of an extended commerce.
Strongly as I would urge this method of
management—for It offers a .ace opportu
nity to exhibit the efficiency or a republic—
1 would not have Alaska wait for nced-el
legislation until the merit of such a plan
things which appeal to me as of Immediate
necessity upon which Independent action
could be passed upon by congress. Thi.se
may be taken are (I the construction of
railroads In the territory and (i) the open
ing of her coal lands.
Alaskan Railroads
I have already expressed lo the enngrejj
my heller that it was wise ror the govern
ment Itselr lo undertake the construction
and operation of a system of trunk line ru.l
roads In Alaska. And I am led to this r.ew
Irrespective or the possibility or private c n
lerprlse undertaking sueh work, although
my belter Is that no railroads would he
privately constructed In Alaska ror many
years to come, excepting as adjuncts to
some private enterprise. He that as It
may, It would seem wise for the govern
ment to undertake this task upon grounds
of state. The rales and the service or such
railroads should be fixed with reference to
Alaskan development—not with regard to
Immediate returns. The charges fixed
should be lower for years to come than
would Justify private Investment. I would
build and operate these highways In the
same spirit that the counties or the state*
build wagon road*—not for revenue, but
ror the general good.. After all. a railroad
Is little more than an operated wagon road.
In many countries they still call railroad
cars wagon*.’ Our laws as to railroads are
evolved from our old laws as to carriage
by wagorts. our courts speak of railroads
as property charged with a public Interest,
and so Justify the regulation nf their rates,
[tut no court would Justify the Imposition
or rates made Tor the purpose for which
Alaskan rates should be made—the crea
tion of a commonwealth, ir this Is our
task. 11 should be done whole-heartedly and
with a consciousness that the dollar spent
today on an Alaskan railroad will yield no
more Immediate return on the Investment
than the dollar spent on the Panama canal.
These, then, are the persuading reasons
for the belter that the government should
undertake to drive rrom the coast Inland
one or more lines of railroad: (1) The
government already regards 11 as Its duty
to build wagon roads. Such roads wnen
well built are almost as costly as the con
struction of a railroad, which is the essen
tial modern means or transportation. (!)
There ran be no assurance that without
surrendering our resources In Alaska pri
vate railroads will be built. ( 3 ' The open
ing of this now country demands that the
highways of travel and commerce .should
be made wholly subservient not to private
Interest, but to the upbuilding or this ter
ritory. that they may be the real servants
or the national purpose.
IT It Is thought wise to recoup the gov
ernment for Its original outlay It can be
done, at least In part, by roUowIng a plan
not unknown to our people—by giving a
land subsidy to the owners of the road.
Retain In the government one-hair or the
land on each side of the railroad until It
has appreciated In value by the. growth of
the lands given to the public. Thus the
government would subsidize Itself and reap
some of the benefits accruing to Its land
from the construction of the road, Judg
ing by the Increase In land values In the
newly-opened sections of Canada, who could
say but that long before the bonds were
due the government would thus have an
asset sufficient to meet the original debt?
There seems to me no necessity for bar
ring the way to minor privately-owned
roads because of the presene.e of longer
systems or publicly-owned roads. The two
exist together In other countries. I would
not even apply the principle or the com
modities clause of the act to regulate com
merce to sueh roads. They should be built,
however, under government supervision,
and be at any time subject to purchase by
the government at their cost, minus de
preciation.
Alaska Coal
It Is not necessary to set forth here the.
extent or character of the, coal fields of
Alaska. Neither could I add to your knowl
edge or that of congress as to the need for
this coal both by the, navy and by the ln
dusrties and the people of the Pacific coast
generally. There are. almost unlimited
quantities or a high grade or lignite In the
Interior which may not stand extended stor
age or transportation. This could be con
verted Into electricity at the mouth of the
mine and widely distributed for lighting,
heat and power. Toward the southern coast
of the peninsula there are two well-known
fields of a high grade bituminous coal and
some anthracite. These are the fields which
have given rise to the troubles with which
all are ramlllar.
These coal fields should be opened, not
to speculators, but to operators. Those
should have these lauds who will use them.
None should be opened as a basis ror a
gamble In future value*. If these premises
express a sound public policy there appears
to me but one conclusion that can be
reached as to the manner In which they
may safely be turned over to the public—
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under a leasing and royally system similar
to that under which the state of Minne
sota leases Its ore lands and the states of
Montana and Colorado their coal lands. The
tracts opened should he disposed of to those
who within a certain time would develop
mines and make their product commercially
available. This means that where a rail
road Is necessary to the opening of a mine
the applicant should take a lease so condi
tioned for a limited period. Sufficient land
should be leased as a body to Justify long
continued and economical operation. As
the average of ull operations In the United
Stales Is Aim acres. Including many small
holdings, this might be taken as a maxi
mum unit.
Dlaputa la Acadamlc
There has been much dispute between
those who ravor making a lease for an in
determinate period, dependent alone upon
continued operation, and those who believe
It wisest to fix a term for the lease, twenty,
thirty or more years. This dispute seems
to me or much more academic than practi
cal Interest. There should he no disposition
to change the lessee. If a Hied term of
lease Is decided upon the original lease
should have an assured preferential right
to a renewal until the mine Is worked out.
So that in the end the fixed term Is a res
ervation of the right on the part of the
government to make new terms at the end
or a number or years, a reservation which
could he tiled 111 an Indeterminate lease.
A filed minimum annual royalty would
conduce to operation and prevent the hold
ing of lands out of use. These are mat
1 ters, however, of regulation upon which
much thought should be expended, and the
experience of other lands will he found
helpful. If the principle or the homestead
law Is adopted and one lease only permitted
to anv one person or group of persons, and
all leases made nun-transferable excepting
with the consent of a designated authority.
It would seem that monopoly could be pre
vented. 1 would, however, add one other
precaution—that In each field a large body
or the coal land be reserved, so that the
public and the navy might be rendered in
dependent of private supplies If that should
become necessary.
Favors Loosing ajrslom
The attraction or a leasing system Is that
It enables an operator to put all of hls cap
ital into the promotion of hls enterprise, no
Investment being needed for the purchase
or the land. This makes It possible for
the man of comparatively small means to
become a coal mine operator. The lessee
Is pleased to pay the government a royalty
In lieu C>r tying up a large amount of cap
ital In the land itself.
There Is this further consideration, which
those Interested In Alaska's future might
well consider. The royalties arising from
ihese mines (as well as from oil would
for a lung lime be a aource of revenue to
the government. To stimulate the opening
of mines, all royalty might well be waived
Tor a brief period; later, however, these
royalties would be a not Inconsiderable ad
dition to the resources available for Alas
kan development, for I would think It the
wisest policy to give to this new land the
full return from her properties to be used
In her Improvement, at least for many
years.
There are many Isolated places In Alaska
where small mines may he opened to sup
ply a local and small need. A license to
mine a small acreage without any charge
whatever on the part of the government
would meet this need.
ACCOUNTING APPROVED
BY JUDGE FULLER
Quarterly Report of Marehal Erwin Show»
Expenditure! of Fourth Divison to
Have Boon {94,114.11
The second quarterly report of United
States Marshal L. T. Erwin has been form
ally approved by Judge Fuller, according to
the Fairbanks News-Miner. The report
Shows that the sum of 194,114.66 has been
expended in the Fourth division, although
when all has been accounted for the amount
will reach a much larger figure, as eight
of the outlying offices of the marshal have
not yet been heard from. A supplemental
report will therefore be necessary'
The eight offices not yet heard trom are
Iditarod, Flat, Ophir, Koyukuk, Ruby,
Eagle, Nulato and Kuskokwim. The money
has been expended by the government in
salary, fees and expenses of marshals, fees
of jurors, fees of witnesses, support of pris
oners, pay of bailiffs and guards, rent of
outlying marshals’ office*, expense of dis
trict attorney’s offices, etc. It does not in
clude the salaries of the several officials,
as they are paid direct from Washington.
Statistics show that the amount of money
expended by the government in the Fourth
judicial division is second only to that in
th division which includes the city of
Greater New York. The last record, that
of 1912, shows that in the latter division
a little more than the sum of $260,000 was
expended in the fiscal year, while in Fair
banks, as the headquarters of the Fourth
division, the sum expended was a little
more than $230,000. The division of North
ern Illinois, which includes Chicago, come*
third.
The accounting of the sum which has
just been approved by the judge is for
money expended by the government be
tween October 1 and January 1. All of
the money comes through the regular chan
nels from Washington, and is a benefit to
the country generally and to Fairbanks in
particular, in that all of it is distributed
here, while a great deal of it remains and
is spent here. Therefore, as stated by a
government official, the expenditure of
large sums of money to witnesses, jurors and
Ibthera. in the outlying district* is not a
’detriment to the town, but a benefit.
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
A woman won’t stand for anyone else
abusing her husband. That is her exclusive
privilege.
After meeting a nice young man for the
first time a girl always lays awake for an
hour wondering if she has made an im
pression.
The old-fashioned girl who used to have
to carry the washtub up to her room when
she wanted to take a bath had rosier cheeks
than the girl who finds it work to turn on
the faucets these days.
Father always gets made when he finds
that he can see through mother’s kitchen
skirt after the iceman and a dosen peddlers
have made their calls.
Daughter will run around the house all
morning in a transparent nightgown, but
she gets highly indignant if father doesn’t
put on his pants before he goes to the
bath room.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who used a mustache cup?
Every wife imagines that all the men
she knows envy her husband.
Women are all alike, but men have an
idea that the dear things are all different.
A child receives kiascs free, but a young
man has to steal them and an old man
has to buy them.
Woman used to l>e a mystery to man.
But that was before the skin-tight cobweb
clothes came into style.
rather will wander around and accumu
late a mixed cargo of beer, boose, train
oil, garlic, onions and limburger and will
happen to remember that he hasn’t loved
mother up for a week Then he will go
home and get mad because mother doesn’t
want to kiss him.
There are 50 scats on a street car, but the
man who hasn't had a bath since the
Johnstown flood always sits down right be
side you.
A woman doesn't say a word when she
gets a $5 tablecloth in her laundry by mis
take. But if she misses a raggedy 6-cent
pillow slip she wants to set fire to the
laundry plant.
A girl would rather have a boil where
you can't seo it than a blackhead where
it is visible.
The old-fashioned man who paddled his
own canoe now has a eon who owns a
motor boat.
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Canada has appropriated $10,000,000 to
cover a period of 10 years’ instruction and
research in agriculture. The fund is to be
distributed among the provinces according
to population.
Hutton, slightly damaged—good dog
feed—10c pound. Iditarod Heat Co.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED
BY GUGGENHEIM SYNDICATE
Exploration Company Diitributn Extra Two
per Cent—Profit* Increasing—Total
for Yaar Reaches U'/i per Cent
The Mining Age, published in New York,
in its issue of December 6 says:
Guggenheim Exploration's extra dividend
of 2 per cent, just declared, in addition to
the regular dividend of 3 per cent, brings
this year's dividend total to 13V4 per cent
on the $25 par value of its stock, the regu
lar quarterly rate having been increased
from 2Vj per cent to 3 per cent at the June
meeting. Last year the company earned
15.7 per cent on its outstanding stock.
The market for the stock is firm at
around $46 on the New York Stock Ex
change In 1912 the company disposed of
110,000 shares of its American Smelters Se
curities preferred “A” stock, and $1,500,000
par value of its American Smelters Securi
ties 6 per cent bonds, and bought 65,246
shares of Yukon Gold stock, 69,500 shares
of American Smelting A Refining, 97,750
shares of the Chino Copper Company, and
121,200 shares of Ray Consolidated. As the
kesult of placing Chino on a $3 per annum
dividend basis the Guggenheim Explora
tion earnings from investment are now at a
rate greater than last year's. The annual
'report for the year ended December 31.
1912, showed the company with no bills or
accounts payable, and cash and demand
loans of $10,303,299.
The light is fine for dog team photos.
See Clemons A Koon for all kinds of por
trait and view work.
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I The Loyal Order of Mooee ia now ia aU the principal eampe of HaAa tad
territories, and Iditarod ia to enjoy the same distinction short^y.
The Mooee ia acknowledged to be the (aateet growing and mod popular order i*
the world—700,000 member* ia over l.JOO lodgee eeattered from Nome to Panama and
from Berlin to Meuila— and only 2* year* old.
All the member* enjoy all the privilege# of every Mooee dub house anywhere, and
the International Home Univeraity. where indigent Mooae widow* and orphan* are aarad
for, and Mooae children given a college education absolutely free. ... , w
The lodge provide* free medical attention for each member and hi* family, weakly
aak benefit* when unable to work, funeral benefit in ease of death, ata.
Charter initiation fee ia »10, and eover* aU eoet of joining. Duaa are only a
year, and no aaaaaamenta. _ _ ...
All interested Aould tend their namta and addresaas to Basil demons <h*r«t
director Loyal Order of Moo*, at demon* A Koon’s studio, corner Wiekeraham and Ftoot
**<M'Bui] demons, the deputy organiier for this district, is daily expecting A* arrival
of Mr. Johnson, the regular organiier, from Seward peninsula where he baa been very
successful in ogranixing and instituting lodges of the popular order.
Mr. Clemons experienced little difficulty in securing far more than the requisite
number of charter members and it ia almost a certainty that the new lodge of Moo*
to be organised in thi* district will be one of the largest in the North.
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