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THE RAILROAD
The greatest piece of news that ever gladdened the heart of the
loyal citizen of Alaska was that of Wednesday night last, announcing
the passage by the house of representatives at Washington of the
Alaska railroad bill. Throughout the length and breadth of this great
territory there was general rejoicing, and it is only just to say that
the feeling of elation was not entirely caused by the thought of the
material advantages to be gained by this act of the national legislature.
There is the natural feeling of pride that the residents feel that they
are to personally participate in the building of an empire—a land of
permanent homes, of varied industries and occupations, which can in
vite the homeseeker. the capitalist, the professional man, the artisan
and the laborer, with the promise that they will reap an abundant re
ward for their investments and their skill, ingenuity and industry. The
optimistic Alaskan despairs of recounting all the possibilities brought
to the mind by the construction of modern transportation facilities
in this land of promise. The pessimist must for the time take a back
seat and allow the enthusiasm of his more hopeful compatriots to hold
full sway. __
Thursday night’s mass meeting of citizens of the Iditarod district
developed the fact that the people of this district are awake to the pos
sibilities opened up to them by the advent of railroad transportation.
It was a thoroughly representative gathering, and reflected no small
credit upon its promoters. The telegrams of felicitation sent to Wash
ington reflected the sentiment of the entire community.
% SECRETARY LANE’S PUNS FOR AUSKA
Elsewhere in this issue we print excerpts from Secretary of the
Interior Lane's annual report to the President, in which the secretary
recommends, among other things, the creation of a federal board to
administer all the national assets in the Territory of Alaska, “to be
used primarily for her improvement.” This board would have nothing
to do with the internal affairs of the territory and would exercise no
powers save such as congress granted over the property of the United
States.
Secretary Lane also recommends a leasing system for the opening
up of the coal fields of Alaska, the adoption of which would, while
safeguarding the people from the possibility of a monopoly being cre
ated in the fuel supply of Alaska, make possible the marketing of a
commodity which is essential to the growth and prosperity of the ter
ritory, and at the same time provide opportunities for men of small
means to participate in the rewards to be gained therefrom.
Secretary Lane’s proposals will not be received with unanimous
approval by our people, as there are many who doubt the wisdom of
entrusting the administration of the vast resources of the territory to
a board composed of a handful of men. To these we would recom
mend a careful perusal of the secretary’s arguments. It must also be
remembered that these proposals come from a man who is familiar
with the needs of Alaska as probably no other man in public life is.
and that man is a member of the administration which is thoroughly
in sympathy with the people of this territory in their desire to develop
its natural resources. The plan to open up the coal fields under a
leasing system has many features to recommend it.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, under the caption. "Constructive
Program for Alaska," gives a hearty indorsement to the recommenda
tions of the secretary, which, coming from an opposition newspaper,
is the more remarkable. That paper says:
“The report of Secretary Lane of the interior department is the
broadest, most sympathetic and wisest treatment of the situation pre
sented in Alaska which has yet been put out by any governmental
agency. It answers in full every criticism which has been advanced
against the proposal for government construction of railroads in that
territory. Furthermore, it is constructive, in that it suggests a work
able plan for the handling of all the resources of that great territory,
which should certainly commend itself to congress. Still further, it
is based upon the honest, straightforward and suitable ground that
Alaska should be developed for Alaskans, and not be looked upon as
a mere storehouse of resources upon which the people of the states
could draw.
“He suggests that the work of development of Alaska be under
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taken in the spirit that a great corporation would do the same work.
Into the hands of a commission or board of directors, working on the
ground, he would give all of the national assets of that territory, the
lands, fisheries, seals. Eskimos—all that the nation owns, cares for.
controls or regulates. Instead of undertaking to administer all of
these interests by bureaus at Washington City, 5,000 miles away, they
would be administered by such a commission in Alaska itself.
“All of the resources thus administered should be used for the
development of Alaska itself. That territory, like the Philippines,
should have control, through the commission, of its own resources and
have its own federal budget. ‘The funds raised from her lands and
fisheries, her furs, her forests and her mines should be used for the
construction of her roads, railroads, telegraph and telephone lines,, or
for other purposes which would make her resources more quickly avail
able to the world.’
“He strongly advocates the immediate construction of govern
ment railroads as essential to the development of the territory, with
the certainty that private capital will not take up the work for years
to come, and they should be built in the spirit that state roads are built,
not for revenue, but the general good.
“Here is the outline of a comprehensive, concrete plan for deal
ing with Alaska. It is a program, not a series of abstract suggestions.
If congress will act upon the plan it will have no more Alaska problems
to deal with thereafter, and that territory will develop at a rate greater
than was ever seen in any other portion of the country. And beyond
all this, it is a program founded on exact justice, recognizing, as it does,
that Alaska is for Alaskans, not something to be exploited for the fan
cied benefit of people in other parts of the country, or to be tied up in
reserves for the benefit of ‘posterity.
Throughout the fight for the enactment of the law for the con
struction by the government of railroads in Alaska there has been con
siderable petulant talk about the “enemies of Alaska.” Several of the
Pacific coast members of the senate and house had their own pet the
ories in regard to the best means of aiding Alaska’s development, and
it was only natural to expect that they would do their utmost to incor
porate their ideas into the bill as passed. When that was found to be
impossible they lined up for the measure and worked for its passage.
This was to be expected, and now that the battle is over they will be
given full credit for their honesty of intention.
Already the boosters are figuring on the possible route of the
railroad, and it will seem almost an infinitesimal time till the shriek of
the locomotive is heard in the land. One advantage the builders will
have over those in a more thickly settled country—there will not be
much engineering required to avoid the deadly grade crossing.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes a list of hunting fatalities by
states, provinces and territories in the season just closed. Alaska oc
cupies third place, with a total of 27 fatalities, and is exceeded only
by Michigan, with 28. and Wisconsin, with 27. The paper does not
give the source of its information.
LANE’S PROPOSAL NOT NEW
The proposal of Secretary Lane that the
natural resources of Alaska be set apart
for the benefit of the territory is not wholly
a new idea, though it is the first time that
such a policy has been proposed by an of
ficial high in the executive branch of the
government. More than a score of years
ago the late Senator John T. Morgan of
Alabama urged that the federal govern
ment donate to the separate states all the
natural resources within their respective
boundaries, and he made an argument in
favor of the proposal that has never been
successfully answered. The venerable men
tor of the senate at that time contended that
the government of the people is so closely
connected with the ownership and control
of the soil and other natural resources that
the continuance of federal management of
them had become a menace to self-govern
ment in the states. It required a regime
of Roosevelt's new nationalism and Pinchot
to demonstrate the wisdom of Morgan’s con
tention, but it has been demonstrated to the
satisfaction of those living in states and
territories where the federal government is
in control of large areas of their territory'.
To make Secretary Lane’s proposition con
form to the amendment offered in the sen
ate in the early '90’s by Senator Morgan it
would be necessary that the board of di
rectors or commission that he would estab
lish to have charge of the natural resources
of Alaska should be understood as holding
them in trust for the coming state or states
to be erected in the North. Logically, with
the admission of Alaska to statehood, the
trust should cease and the remnant of the
natural resources should be turned over to
the state, Just as Morgan would have turned
over the public lands and other resources
within the separate states to those states for
local administration twenty years ago.—Ju
neau Empire.
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ARRIVED SAFELY
(Seward Gateway, Jan. 8)
Mr. Terry of Iditarod arrived last night
on his way to the States. He will leave on
the Alameda.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
MONSTER CELEBRATION
FOR FOURTH OF JULY
Initial Stepi Looking Toward Street Fair
and Summer Carnival for National
Holiday
A number of business men met Wednes
day night at the Northern Commercial
Company’s office to make preliminary ar
rangements for a huge and novel ce1 rbrs
tion in Iditarod of next Independence day.
It is planned to organize a street fair and
summer carnival in addition to the usual
sports. A committee was instructed to im
mediately order the necessary supplies to
come in by first boat in order that there
may be no hitch in the preparations.
NEW SYNDICATE FORMED
TO OPERATE IN TERRITORY
It is reported heTe that Charles K Lip
man, a New York financier, has completed
the formation of a group of powerful cap
italists who will exploit the gold placers of
the Iditarod and Fairbanks on a large scale.
They will probably commence actual work
next summer, enlarging considerably their
present holdings.
The new company is said to be capital
ized on a huge scale, and will be a domi
nant factor in the mining situation in those
communities where it will operate.
It is understood that its preliminary op
erations will be confined to dredging, but
placer deposits will not solely control the
new syndicate’s activities, quartz mines also
being part of the prospects of the new group.
Unlike other financial concerns which have
made Alaska the field of their operations,
this company will not be quoted on the
stock exchange, and will be strictly limited
in membership to those capitalists who have
now grouped their interests to exploit
Alaska. It will be neither a corporation
nor joint stock company in any sense of
the word, the operations being carried on
on an individual basis, but apparently with
unlimited capital. r
That it is in any way an invasion of the
field hitherto occupied by the Alaska syndi
cate is denied by the promoters of the
group. I
JU,ASKA_
Placer tin lias been found with the placer
gold in the gravels of Sullivan creek, in the
Rampart district. The tin is in smoothly
rounded |>ebbles of cassiterite, or oixde of
tin, and the area in which tin is found is
less than a mile long. In the richest spots
as much as half a pound of tin to the pan
is reported, which, at the present value of
the ore, would give the ground a value of
*18 to S20 per yard. The gold and tin have
traveled together, as where one is found in
greatest quantity the other is in like pro
portion. The tin is regarded as a nuisance
by the miners, as it is difficult to separate
from the gold. With cheaper transports
tion the miners would realise as much from
the tin as from the gold.- Cordova Alaskan.
A Seattle dispatch of January 2 states
that Attorney Callaham of Juneau is in the
city for the purpose of buying a plant for
the establishment of a Republican weekly
newspaper in the Alaska capital. Mr Calla
ham urges a federal probe into the condi
tion of peonage said to exist among the can
neries throughout Alaska.
Captain Donald B. Olson, who at one
time was the telephone magnate of Dawson,
and later engaged in mining at Littuya bay,
Alaska, has been appointed su[>erntendent
of the state reformatory at Monroe, Wash.,
by Governor Lister.
It was announced recently in Washington
city that application had been filed by the
First National Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska,
for the first *50,01)0 worth of the bonds of
the Alaska railway, which is to be built with
the proceeds of the bonds issued by the gov
ernment. The faith thus evidenced in the
railway from the Alaska end is said to have
had a good effect upon the bill’s chances.
That ground going as high as $10 to the
square foot of bedrock has been found on
the Hanson association claim at the mouth
of First Chance creek, on Coldstream, is the
report brought to Fairbanks recently. The
big strike was made by Nerland, Larson and
Christanson, laymen on the ground, but
they said nothing about it until they dis
covered that they had a paystreak which,
although narrow, is wide enough to work
to advantage. The ground on which the big
find was made is owned by Peter Hanson
and A. R. Heilig A lease on the entire
claim was given last fall to P. G. Hofstad
and Sam Christianson, who sublet a plot of
ground 300 feet square to T. A. Nerland.
Carl Larson and M. P. Christianson. The
extremely rich paystreak is known to be
only 14 feet wide. However, the ground
will pay to work 35 feet in width, and the
laymen are therefore preparing to open up
on a large scale.
Believing that all corporations and busi
ness firms should pay territorial taxes, de
spite the opinion of the attorney general
that their method of collection through fed
eral officials is illegal, B. L. Thane, man
ager of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Com
pany, at Juneau, has issued instructions for
his company to pay voluntarily the same.
“The Territory of Alaska,” said Mr. Thane,
“needs the money, and I believe it the part
of every good citizen to come to its aid,
and not take advantage of a technical error
as charged against the legislature by the at
torney general of the United States. More
over, since, under the opinion given, com
missioners who have collected poll tax can
not charge a commission on the same, I be
lieve they should donate their services al
ready given, more especally since they re
ceive regular compensation from the gov
ernment.”
The same points that were passed upon
by Attorney General James C. McReynolds
in connection with the Alaska revenue laws
are now pending before the United States
circuit court of appeals in San Francisco.
They are involved in the appeal of A. B.
Callaham from the decision of Judge Fred
M. Brown, holding the poll tax law to be
valid. The court of appeals will probably
i rule on the matter before long. If the
court of appeals should agree with Judge
Brown, it is believed by attorneys who have
discussed the matter that the department
of justice will follow the court's ruling
rather than the opinion recently signed by
the attorney general.
With the installation of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Jones as government teachers
on Annette island, in Southeastern Alaska,
the work of “Father" William Duncan in
the famous Indian settlement has been
brought to a close, according to W. T. Lopp,
chief of the Alaska bureau of education,
who arrived in Seattle recently from Met
lakahtla. William Duncan, who has been
called the “Apostle of Alaska,” is more than
83 years old. During his 50 years’ service
among the Indians he has raised them from
savagery to civilization, teaching them
trades and the elements of business, giving
them schools and the advantages of a mod
ern city. The establishment of the govern
ment Indian school followed the petitions
of the natives themselves, on account of the
age of “Father” Duncan. The new teach
ers are receiving the united co-operation of
the natives in carrying out the work so well
begun, and are making a good start says
Mr. Lopp.
“In twenty years the reindeer industry has
elevated the Eskimos in Northern and
Western Alaska from nomadic hunters and
fishermen, eking out a precarious existence
upon the rapidly disappearing game animals
and fish, to civilized and thrifty men, hav
ing in their herds assured support for them
selves and opportunity to acquire wealth by
the sale of meat and skins to the whte men
in these regions and the shipment of meat
and skins to the States.” This is the state
ment made by Philander P. Claxton, chief
of the bureau of education.
OFFICIAL ORDER FROM
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
Limit of Weight and Postage Rate Appli
cable to Gold Mailed in or
to Alaska
Order No. 7707
Office of the Postmaster General,
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 0, 1913.
On and after January 1, 1914, gold coin,
gold bullion and gold dust offered for mail
ing between any two points in Alaska and
any point in the United States or its ix>s
sessions shall be inclosed in sealed packages
not exceeding 11 pounds in weight and sent
by registered mail. The rate of postage
thereon shall be 2 cents an ounce or frac
tion thereof, regardless of distance, in addi
tion to the regular registration fee.
All regulations or parts of regulations in
conflict herewith are hereby rescinded.
A. S. BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
The above order covering the shipping of
gold by mail not only covers shipments in
the summer season, but also applies to the
winter season, as well. In other words, gold
may be shipped at any season of the year—
can be shipped now.
T. L. THURSTON,
Postmaster.
Iditarod, Alaska, Feb. 17, 1914.
SALVE
When Willie Jones was leaving home to
make a glorious name
And have his map exhibited within the halls
or fame.
His father, Just a plain old man, took Wil
lie by the hand.
Saying, “My son, here’s something that you
ought to understand:
lb- upright in your dealings; be the same
to high and low.
And don't forget to spread the salve
wherever you may go.
"The salve is well worth spreading; as you
Journey on your way
Call every woman charming; she’ll believe
each word you say.
Tel] each man of your circle that he’s
brighter than tin* rest,
Though he may be a rummy or perhaps
the village post.
This is the last advice from me tlut you
may ever have:
When you start out to make your way,
don't sow wild oats—spread salve.
“Salve is the greatest medicine a young
man ever used
For winning Tame, making a name, or keep
ing friends enthused.
Don’t spread it stingily, my son, with a
begrudging scowl.
Hut daub it on in layers, like a mason with
a trowel.
So try the greatest stock in trade that any
boy can have.
And be assured your fame will spread if
you can spread the salve.”
—William F. Kirk.
FOR SALE
Dry blazed wood, birch and spruce, 16
foot lengths, cut in April, 1913, repiled in
summer on skids, $12 per cord, or green
birch and spruce, $10 per cord, delivered.
Difference in price is difference in produc
tion. Sample of blazed wood may be seen
at Pioneer office. DAN HARTNETT.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
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Forfeiture Notice
To L. H. Scgec:
You are hereby notified that I. the un
dersigned, have expended during the year i
nineteen hundred and thirteen (1913 one
hundred dollars (8lou in labor and iin i
provements upon the Mammy Association
placer mining claim, on left limit of Moore
creek, a tributary of the Takotna river, in
Mt. McKinley mining district, Fourth divi
sion. Territory or Alaska, notice of
location or which is found in volume
1, at page 190, of the records of said Mt.
McKinley mining district, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes, and the
amendments thereto approved January 2 2.
1880, coneerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to bold
said placer mining claim for the period
ending on the 31st day of December, 1913.
And if within ninety days arter the pub
lication of this notice you rail or reruse to
contribute your proportion of such expen
diture as a co-owner, your interest in the
Mammy Association placer mining claim
will become the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said section.
CECIL HARLOW.
First publication. Feb. 21. 1914.
Last publication, May 23. 1914.
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E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Offict Second St., Iditarod, Aiaeka
Next to Iditarcxi Hotel
J. C. MOODY,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Office: Beattie House Bldg., Pint Ave.
W. F. HARRISON,
Attorney at Law
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Mat Pesola and E. Oksanen, and to your
heirs and assigns:
You and each <»f you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended In labor
and Improvements the sum of one hundr*^!
dollars ($100.00) for each of the years of
1911, 1912, 1913, upon placer mining
claims numbers five and six (No*, i and 0)
above discovery, situated on Yankee creek,
a tributary of Innoko river, in the Innoko
mining and recording district. District of
Alaska.
Location notices therefor being of record
in Yol. 8 at Page 63, and in Yol. 7, at
Page 289, of tbe records oT location for
said mining district.
You are further notified that If at tlxe
expiration of ninety ^90) day* after tbe
last publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure, your interest In said
claims will become the property of the*
undersigned, your co-owner, under Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Date of first publication, Dec. 6, 1913.
Date of last publication, March 7. 1914
CHARLES ANSIO, Co-Owner.
Forfeiture Notice
To S. S. Allison, J. IL Rodgers, Joe Buru.%
Mrs. W. Wilma Rodgers, William New
man and M. Halley:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that we, the undersigned, have expended
during tbe year nineteen hundred and
twelve (1912) one hundred dollars . $100>
in labor ami Improvements upon tbe Bo
nanza association placer mining claim, on
Lost creek, a tributary of utter creek, In
utter precinct, Fourth division. Territory of
Alaska, notice of location or which Is found
.n volume 1, at page 519, of the records of
said utter precinct, in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of section 2324
or the Revised Statutes, and the amendment
thereto approved January 22. 1880, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold said
placer mining claim for the period endLOf
on the 31st day of December. 1912.
And if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fall or refuae
to contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, your and each and
every of your Interests in the Bonanza as
soelation placer mining claim will become
the property of the subscribers, your co
owners, who have made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of sxid section.
DAN HARTNETT.
C. HURST.
First publication, Dec. 27, 1913.
Last publication, March 28, 1914.
Nolle* of Forfeiture
To Bessie Itamtis, Albert Hanes and Wm.
Hanlon:
You and eaeh of you are hereby notined
that the undersigned has expended during
the year nineteen hundred and thirteen
(1913) one hundred dollars (1100) In la
bor and improvements upon the Minnie as
soclation placer mining claim, on Mtnnlo
creek, a tributary of Otter creek. In Otter
precinct. Fourth division, Territory or
Alaska, notice of location of which !• found
In volume i, at page 597. of the records
or said Otter precinct, in order to hold laid
claim under the provisions of section 8324
of the Revised Statutes, and the amendment
thereto approved January 22, 1 880, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claims
being the amount required to hold said
placer mining claim for the period ending
on the 31st day of December, 1913.
And if within ninety days arter the pub
licatlon or this notice you rail or refuse
to contribute your proportion or such ex
penditure as a co-owner, your anil e»ch
and every of your Interests ill the Minnie
assoriatlon placer mining claim will became
the property of the subscriber, your co
owner, who has made the required expen
diture, by the terms of said section.
CHAS. P. GERHART.
First publication, Jan. 3. toil
Last publication, April 4, 1914.
Forfeiture Nolle*
To Chas. Strong:
You are hereby notified that I. the uo
derslgned, have expended during the year
nineteen hundred and thirteen (1913) one
hundred dollars (8100) in labor and Im
provements upon the New Moon Associa
tion placer mining claim, on Otter creek, a
tributary or the Iditarod river, in Otter
precinct, Fourth division. Territory or
Alaska, notice of location of which Is found
In Volume 2, at page 1, of the records or
said Otter precinct, In order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section 2324
of the Revised Statutes, and the amend
ment thereto approved January 22, 1880.
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to hold
said placer mining claim fur the period
ending on the 3,1st day or December, 1913.
And If within ninety days after the pub
licatlon of this notice you rail or reruse to
contribute,your proportion of such oipendl
lure as a co-owner, your Interest In the
New Moon Association plaeer ruining claim
will become the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said section,
JOHN KRUGER.
First publication, Jan. 31. 1911
Last publication. May ?. 1911.