Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R C. BUTTON, Ceshier
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM BILL LEWIS
The following letter, received in the hist
mail by Ramps Peterson, will be read with
much interest by many Iditarod people. It
is from Bill Lewis, who left here a year ago.
It is dated at Vernon, B. C., July ol, and
is written on stationery of the "5 ■ M. C. A.
with his majesty's Canadian forces on actiie
service," and is embellished with the motto,
* l or God, for King, and for Country. The
letter in part is as folou's:
"I've been in this outfit three months
(Eleventh Canadian Mounted Rifles), and
4U0 of us leave next Tuesday for England.
There are about 7,000 troops here training.
They work hell out of you—5:45 a. m.. a
run (on foot' for three or four miles, then
"physical jerks"; breakfast, i ; mounted
drill. 8:30 till 11:30; dinner, 12:30; skir
mishing. digging trenches and machine gun
practice, from 1:30 till 4:30; supper, 5:30;
then you are free. Besides all that, you have
to look after your horse. It’s worse than
running a dog ranch. I found it awfully
hard to obey all these guys at first, and was
in and out of the guard-room all the time
for the first six or seven weeks; but I find
it's no good bucking them. ;
1 ney seem ro iqiiik we wm ue wm ^
the Gallipoli peninsula. 1 rather hope we
will, as it doesn’t seem quite so dangerous
as Handers.
There are 1,100 interned prisoners here,
but we have nothiug to do with them; the
British Columbia Horse look after them.
We left Vancouver two mouths ago on a
troop train, which had two big engines and
went like blazes. Every culvert, bridge and
tunnel is guarded by soldiers from Van
couver to Halifax.
I jeot this paper from the ^ M. C. A.
You see, thev have several big tents, with i
pianos and papers, writing material, etc.,
for the bovs.
1 very nearly got fired in the medical ex
amination on account of my teeth, but I said
I'd get them fixed as soon as I could, so 1
went to a civil dentist, and he said he
could fix me up for $90. and was going to
start in a day or two, when, as luck would
have it, an order came from the war office
to have brigade dentists appointed at once,
so I got my mouth fixed up fine for noth
ing
rn have to quit now. I'll be back as
9 soon as this war is over, and will probably
come North again.
I saw a lot of Indian cavalry going
through the other day. They certainly look
all right, and had swell horses. They came
direct from India to Vancouver, and left in
two days on a troop train for Montreal,
where they embark for England. Tell old
Pard I’ll write him when 1 know where
Pm going. This is my address now, but it's
no good writing until I get over there:
Trooper A. E. Lewis, “C” Squadron. 11th
C M. R. BILL LEWIS.
OLD-TIMERS GO OUTSIDE
FOR FIRST TIME IN YEARS
Among those who left for the Outside on
Tuesday last were two old-timers Joe
Steiner and Billy Hanlon. The latter has
not been outside of Alaska during the past
seventeen years. He intends to make a trip
to his old home in Ireland, and will return
in the spring.
If you are in need of anything in our
line, tee ut. Two ttoret—Flat and Iditarod.
Boat the Clothier.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mrt. C. C. Chlttlck
DISCOVERY OTTER... Harry Donnelley
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley Houte)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_FLAT CITY_
“BUCK” LEAVES FOR OUTSIDE
(J. M. Arbuckle was a passenger for the
Outside on Tuesday’s boat. Mr. Arbuckle
has made a trip to the States but once since
1898. and intends to take an extensive holi
day. He will visit his old home in Illinois
after taking in the San Francisco fair, and
will visit also the Atlantic coast cities.
LEE TAKES A BRIDE
The Skagway Alaskan reports in u recent
issue the arrival of Ed Lee, the
Chinese restaurant keeper of Tanana, ac
companied by his bride. They were married
in San Francisco recently and are on their
way to their home in Tanana, where the
groom is well and favorably known in busi- ^
ness circles.
MRS. BUNNELL ARRIVES
The Fairbanks papers note the arrival in
that city of Mrs. C. E. Bunnell and daughter
Jean, wife and daughter of Judge C. E. Bun
nell of the Fourth district court, who joined
the judge at Ruby before his departure for
his home at Fairbanks. When Judge Bun
nell received the appointment as district
judge Mss. Bunnell and daughter went to
the Outside on a visit.
WAECHTERS EN ROUTE
Mr. and Mrs. William Waechter came out
from the Iditarod on Thursday’s train from
Whitehorse, and will leave for Seattle on
the Northwestern, says the Skagway Alas
kan. Mr. Waechter is a pioneer shipper of
cattle to the Interior, having started the
business in 1907 and followed it up ever
since. He is the father of Henry and Ollie
Waechter of Waechter Bros. & Gardner,
proprietors of the Independent market at
Fairbanks, and dealers in live stock. This
is Mrs. Waechter’s first visit to the North.
ELLIS’S NEW STORY
G. Ellis Gardner, the genial assistant dis
trict attorney, since his return to Fairbanks
is telling a story in his own inimitable man
ner which he heard while in Iditarod this
summer. According to the Citizen, he
prefaces the yarn by saying that the scene
was laid in the South, and concerned an old
darkey called Uncle Mose. Now. Uncle
Mose was a chronic thief who usually man
aged to keep within the petty larceny limit.
One time he miscalculated, and was sent to
trial for grand larceny.
“Have you a lawyer, Mose?” asked the
court.
“No, sah.”
“Well, to be perfectly fair, I 11 appoint a
couple. Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown will act
as counsel.”
“What’s dat?”
“Act as your lawyers consult with them
and prepare to tell me whether you are
guilty or not guilty.”
“Yas, sah.”
Mose talked with his attorneys for a few
minutes in husky whispers. The judge only
caught the word “alibi” several times re
peated. Then Mose arose, scratched his
head and addressed the court:
“Jedge, yoh honah,” he said, “cou’se Ah’s
only an ign’ant niggah, an’ Ah don’t want
toh both ah yoh honah. but Ah would sut
tinlv like toh trade, yoh honah, one of dese
yeah lawyers for a witness.”
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for coektail*. $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas’, Flat
and Iditarod.
For fine silver salmon, see Mitchell, at
Flat City.
For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat
GRAND BAR NOTHING BUT THE BEST
The Place to Meet
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Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
THF PDflODV Massa-S® and
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MElJlCATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
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Caribou St., Bet. Black and WillowSts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
AUTUMN EXODUS IS
NOW IN FULL SWING
The launches Prairie Bell anil Beaver left
for Dikeman on Tuesday last with passen
gers for the Outside and down-river points.
The Beaver got away from her dock at
about 10:30 a. "m. and the Prairie Bell left
at noon. Most of the passengers intended
to make the trip by way of St. Michael.
Among the score or so of departures, but
few intend to remain on the Outside, and
most of them will return in the spring, some
over the trail.
William McCloskev, one of the partners in
the B. & M. bench, Otter creek, was one of
the passengers.
J. J. McDonald left for his old home in
Nova Scotia.
Sture Stenberg, the well-known young
dog rnusher, who has won many events in
this district, was on his way to Seattle,
where he will take a course in a business
college, returning next spring.
Dougald MacPherson left for the Outside
■to undergo a surgical operation.
Max Simel left for his home at Cripple
City.
Jimmie Kay, son of Mrs. Ivrouse, is going
to Seattle to enter a trade school.
A. E. Bain, recently in business at Dis
covery, Otter, will go to San Francisco, and
later will return to the North, probably lo
cating at Anchorage.
Sam and Isadore Bayles were also passen
gers. They will go to their homes in Cali
fornia.
Other passengers were Louis Noelet, James
Chronister, Mrs. Knute Koland, Billy Han
lon, Joe Steiner, Horace Onyett, Mrs. J. E.
Beattie, Joe Kermonde, John Knox and Dr.
H. Behla.
UNITED STATES PRISONERS
ON THE WAY OUTSIDE
The rumor (hat T. L. Thurston had been
admitted to bail pending an appeal from
the decision of the Iditarod term of the
district court, by which he was found guilty
of embezzlement of mail matter, seems to
have been unfounded, judging by the foi
lowing article from the Juneau Ivorire of
August 16:
C. L. Vawter, deputy United States mar
shal at Tanana, passed through Juneau yes
terday on the steamship Northwestern on
his way to McNeil’s Island penitentiary
with prisoners, and to Morningside asylum,
Portland, with insane patients.
Among the prisoners is “Tom” Thurston,
former postmaster at Iditarod, who was sen
tenced to fifteen months by Judge Charles
E. Bunnell for withholding mail from de
livery. Mrs. Thurston was also a passenger
on the Northwestern, and will reside in
Seattle.
George Smith, sentenced to twelve years
in the penitentiary for robbing a miner in (
Fairbanks, also is being taken to serve his
sentence. Smith’s victim was intoxicated
at the time of the robbery, it was dis
closed by the evidence. The prisoner is said ,
to have been in trouble at various times dur- j
ing his career in the Interior. He at one ,
time lived in Iditarod.
There are four insane patients in the j
party, including Harry McLean, former Idit- ,
arod postal clerk.
Deputy Marshal Vawter is accompanied
bv former Deputy Marshal Harry Sheppard |
of Iditarod, and John Patton, a Fairbanks
hotel man. who are making the trip as
guards, and by Mrs.Vawter.
JOE SMITH’S OPINION
ON TOLOVANA DISTRICT
“It looks good.”
That was the simple statement of Joe
Smith, the well-known merchant of Idita
rod and Fairbanks, to a News-Miner reporter j
at Fairbanks, when asked for his opinion of
the Tolovana camp. He says that he is not
yet ready to be quoted as saying that the
camp will be anything big, but that he has
every confidence in the future of the Tolo
vana as a small producer at least. He fur
ther states, however, that should the Mike
Hess country show up, the magnitude of
the country can only be guessed at.
FEW POTATOES ARE TO BE
IMPORTED FROM OUTSIDE I
That the Interior of Alaska has proven
itself a suitable place to grow potatoes as
good as can be raised anywhere in die j
United States is evident from the fact that
the merchants of Fairbanks, who have been
shipping in large amounts each year, will
import but few spuds this fall, says the F air
banks Times. The manager of one cf the
larger establishments states that the potato
imports this year will not be 25 per cent
of the amount brought in last season.
Each year for the past six years the num
ber of imported potatoes has been decreas
ing gradually, until today the imports are a
negligible quantity. Many of the merchants
who imported potatoes last year at a great
expense declare that they were not as good
as the greater part of the home-grown
product.
The Fairbanks Commercial Club has been
making an attempt, also, to induce the quar
termaster’s department to purchase all the
potatoes used by the crrny from farmers of
the Interior.
Last year there were some large shipments
of potatoes to the lower river points, and
the farmers say they will send larger quanti
ties this summer.
Never before has the crop been as good
as it is this year, and unless there is too
much rain in the next few weeks the spuds
grown in the Interior will be as good, if not
superior to those grown in the States.
Fine Watch Repairing. ™F?atTay‘
MARRIED MEN’S WAGES
EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION
The case of Cameron & Finnegan vs. Ross
Lovelace was up before Commissioner Guy
Gerraghty on Monday last. The plaintiffs
recently obtained judgment against Lovelace
for the sum of S>74 and costs, and an at
tachment was issued against wages due the
defendant. Lovelace made application for
an order declaring that the money in the
hands of the court be declared exempt from
execution under Sec. 1105, Compiled Laws
of Alaska, which exempts from attachment
and execution the wages of a married man
for a period of sixty days prior to the date
attachment issues.
Fred Harrison represented Lovelace.
OFF FOR MARSHALL
On Sunday afternoon last, about 1:30,
’Gene Norton’s launch Comet, having in tow
a large barge with a party of miners and
their outfits, bound for Marshall City, left
for down river. Mr. Norton only expected
to take the outfit as far as Dikeman, from
whence a small launch of Mr. Gay’s would
furnish the propelling power. The party
consisted of Charles Gay, John Nelson, Dan
McKinzie, Frank McGibney, Terence Mc
Grath and wife, Malcolm McDonald. George
Richardson and Charley Sweeney. rlhe out
fit included two horses, hydraulic equipment
and provisions, which were not procurable
at Marshall City.
DR. BEHLA EN ROUTE
TO RESUME COLLEGE COURSE
Dr. H. Behla, the dentist, who returned
from Chicago on one of the first boats last
spring, was an outgoing passenger on the
Prairie Bell on Tuesday last. He is on his
way to Chicago to resume his studies at the
Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery,
where he expected to report on October 1.
Owing to circumstances, he probably will
not arrive on time.
It is the intention of Dr. Behla to return
on the first boat next spring and resume
the practice of his profession hre.
NEW MANAGER ARRIVES
FOR YUKON GOLD COMPANY
G. Coster, who comes from Dawson, ar
rived on the Prairie Bell on Monday last.
Mr. Coster is to assume the duties of man
ager of the Yukon Gold Company’s interests
in this district during the absence of Mr.
Austin, who will leave in a few days for the
Outside.
JOHN H. SHIELDS MISSING
A letter from D. F. McCarthy of Seward
to The Pioneer makes inquiry as to the
whereabouts of John II. Shields, about 30
years old, 5 feet 10*4 or 5 feet 11 inches
in height, weight ISO to 190 pounds, square
built and clean-shaven. His sister, who
lives in Tonopah, New, is anxious to locate
him. He was in Juneau a year or two ago
and was in Ketchikan last September. Ad
dress D. F. McCarthy, Hotel Seward, Seward,
Alaska.
SCARCITY OF GAME BIRDS
CAUSES MUCH SPECULATION
The scarcity of game birds this season,
especially all species of grouse, ptarmigan,
etc., is causing much comment among
the sportsmen. Until two years ago these
birds were most plentiful in the river bot
toms of this district, but for some unac
countable reason they have almost entirely
disappeared. The Sargent survey party re
port seeing but four or five coveys of these
birds during the whole summer, and they
seem to have entirely disappeared from the
vicinity of Iditarod.
Much speculation is indulged in as to the
cause, and the belief is expressed that some
form of pestilence has carried off the birds,
but as yet no one has come forward with
a definite explanation of the phenomenon.
PERCY IS A BOOSTER
According to Deputy Marsha! P. G.
Charles, who arrived here yesterday from
Iditarod, that camp will produce as much
this year as it did last. Iditarod, on the
whole, will produce more per capita, Mr.
Charles thinks, than any other camp in
Alaska.
Mr. Charles does not claim to know just
how much the camp will produce, as fig
ures of clean ups are never given out by the
dredge people. He only draws his inferences
by knowing how much ground each of the
two dredges works and how much the
ground goes, the latter by hearsay, but it is
his opinion that the output this year will
be in the neighborhood of $3,000,000. Two
dredges are working, that of the Guggen
heims, on Flat creek, and the Riley & Mar
ston dredge, on Otter creek.
Mr. Charles came with the court party,
primarily to bring up a number of prisoners.
Mrs. Charles accompanied him. They plan
to remain in Fairbanks for at least a week
before returning to their home at Iditarod.
—News-Miner, August 26.
A FINE BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod have been
receiving congratulations over the arrival of
a nine-pound boy, who was born on August
30 at the Flat hospital. The mother and
baby are doing well.
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can ' Iditarod Meat Co.
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Harvest in Tanana Valley
The hum of the binder and the mower
in the vicinity of Fairbanks will soon be a
thing of the past for this summer, most of
the ranches reporting that their grain is
nearly all cut, says the News-Miner of
August 18. Bert Johnson stated this morn
ing that he would have finished up today
but for the fact that the machine with
which he was working broke down. At the |
Rickert ranch the oats are all cut and partly '
in the stack. The oats crop this year ripened
better than ever known before, according l
to the statement of a well-known rancher.
In fact, the oats could be thrashed nicely
and a good crop secured in most instances,
but the ranchers here prefer to feed the
oats to their stock as hay. Owing to the
very rainy season this summer, a number
of the ranchers lost part of their oats crop.
Most of them succeeded in saving their oats,
however, although a large part of the native
hay cut is lost. Dick Thorne, the motion
picture man, states that he will take a pic
ture of a binder harvesting grain in Alaska,
for advertising purposes Outside. It is j
probable that the picture will be taken next
Sunday, when a machine will be in operation
at the Rickert farm.
Accidentally Killed by His Son
“Siwash” Brown, an old-timer in the vi
cinity of Seward, was shot dead near Kach
emak recently by his son, who mistook
his father’s raised arm for a moose horn :
while peering through the brush. The
younger Brown is almost heartbroken ovei
his mistake and cannot be consoled. The
body of Brown was taken to Seward as soon j
as the son reported the accident, and a cor
oner’s inquest was held. It resulted in a (
verdict of accidental death, and completely
exonerated the son from all blame. In I
telling the story of the accident at the in- j
quest young Brown said that he and h:s j
father were in a good moose country. They j
had detected signs everywhere and had sep- j
arated, intending to surround a draw where j
they were sure one of the animals was lo- j
cated. The father had on gloves, and for
that reason the white hand was not visible
as the arm came up over the brush which
the father was carefully pushing aside in
order that an animal near might not detect
\,he noise. The son noticed the arm, but
thinking it was the horn of a moose brows
ing on the bushes, raised his gun and fired,
with fatal effect.
News From the Chisana
Coming down the Tanana river in a small
boat, three Chisana mining men reached |
Fairbanks recently, according to the Citizen, \
Thev were A1 \Y illette, Billy Campbell and j
Henry Wright. They made the trip from
Chisana city in fifteen days, just drift
ing along most of the time. Shortly after
their arrival Mr. Wright went to the hos
nital, where he will undergo an operation.
Mr. Willette said that he expected that
about S150.000 would be taken out in the
Chisana this summer. There would have
been more but for the fact that it has been
very dry in that section of the country, no
rain having fallen since the snow went away
last spring. In fact, the small streams trib
utary to Bonanza which are known to con- |
tain gold in paying quantities were not
worked at all this summer, for the reason
that sluicing water could not be obtained.
Mr. Willette also says that Sam Shucklin,
or “Hard Luck Sam,” as they call him up
there, is preparing to move. He may come
bach to Fairbanks, but it is more probable
that'he will go Outside.
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Dock Destroyed by Shde
About 10.000 square feet of the Alaska
Gastineau company’s dock at lhane fell
into the channel on August 12 as the result
of a landslide under the water which cleaned
out the base of the docking for a distance
I of about 300 feet and to a depth of^ about
l twenty-five feet, says the Juneau Empire.
“Fortunately no one was injured,” said Su
perintendent Jackson not long after the
cave-in occurred. “We thought it was a
small tidal wave at first, and then realized
th{'f what had happened was a submarine
landslide. The piles shot into the air ten
or fifteen feet when the slide occurred, and
everything near the face of the dock slid
into the channel. R. J. Wulzen stated that
no valuable material had been lost. There
were several bolts of old cable that went
down with the dock, but its loss is negli
gible. The lumber that went over has been
recovered, and with the gang of men work
ing there now will be probably only a slight
loss other than that of the dock itself,
which is estimated at $5,000.
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Hundreds of Visitors
Between the hours of 4 and 10 o’clock
p. m. on August 18, according to the Alas
kan, there were between 600 and 700
strangers parading the streets of Skagway,
the biggest crown seen there at one time in
years. The Princess Alice arrived early in
the morning with more than 100 persons on
board; at 4 p. m. the Victoria came in with
150 or more, and when the train arrived
from the Interior there was another crowd
of probably 100. The strangers were gen
erous with their money, and the business
houses did a rattling good trade until the
departure of the Victoria and the Mariposa
for the south. At 4 o’clock in the morning
on the 19th the City of Seattle came in
with sixty-eight persons, and these, with
those on board the Canadian Pacific boat,
which did not leave until 8 p. m., gave the
town a lively appearance.
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Reminiscences of “Ridgetop”
After a short visit in Seward, W. F.
Thompson, the well-known Fairbanks news
paper man, left for Seattle, where he will
join his wife. While in Seward Mr. Thomp- ,
son was the guest of Bennett James and a (
number of other equally well-known Alas
kans. He was shown around the town by
them and wa> taken out to the scene of the
railroad activity at Anchorage before he de
parted. Mr. Thompson’s visit to
Seward was made the occasion of a cele
bration of “Ridgetop days,” or days when
Mr. Thompson edited a paper at a little ;
town near Fairbanks, and Mr. James was :
stationmaster. At a banquet held in honor
of the visit of the newspaper man those
days were the theme of Mr. James’ speech, i
Mast Use City Dock
At a meeting held recently the Valdez;
city council passed an ordinance prohibiting !
the .steamers of the several steamship com- |
panics which operate boats on the coast of j
Alaska from using the Valdez dock. The
ordinance provides a heavy penalty for those I
who seek to break its conditions. The ordi- .
nance leaves the steamship companies noth
ing to do but to land their boats at the city j
dock. It was passed in order that the steam ;
ship companies might be forced to pay a i
tax. which they do not have to pay by j
landing at the Valdez dock. It is under- :
stood thar the transportation companies will j
fight the issue brought up by the passage j
of the ordinance. It is therefore probable
that the matter will be brought up and set
tled at the next term of court.
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Corn in Interior Alaska
Will corn mature in the Tanana valley?
That question is easily answered by a1
glance into the window at the Red Cross '
drug store, where a half dozen ears of fully- j
matured corn are on exhibition, says the
Fairbanks News-Miner. The corn is not ripe !
as yet. but L. R. Gillette, who brought it
to town from the Shafer ranch, states that \
these, ears are merely “sucker” or secondary i
ears, and that the ears of corn on the main 1
stalk out at the ranch are ripening nicely.
There is only a small patch of the corn
planted by Roy Shafer as an experiment, j
It belongs to what is known as the ninety
day variety. That is. it is guaranteed to
ripen within ninety days after it is planted. ;
This corn was planted on May 19 last.
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Duncan Is Dethroned
Bulletins have been posted in the native
village of Metlakahtla stating that all build
ings, including the cannery, church, saw
mill. water works, and all machinery in the ;
buildings have been taken over by the
agent, of the department of the interior.
A supply of cans and other supplies in the
cannery have been left to Father Duncan,
as they were his personal property. From
Alaska run of the company. The steadily
talked of for years as a unique settlement,
whose government was controlled solely by
the natives and Father Duncan, will be a
native settlement of the usual order, and
will come directly under the regulations of
the government which are applicable.
New Vessels for Alaska Trade
The Alaska Steamship Company has made j
announcement that before spring they will
purchase or build two steel steamships of
2,500 tons displacement to be used on the
Alaska run of the company. The steadily
increasing tonnage to and .from Alaska
makes this move an absolute necessity if
the company is going to maintain the same
efficiency in the future that it has exhibited
in the past. There has been a particularly
large increase in the amount of copper ore
shipped to the smelter in Tacoma. In a
single day $750,000 worth of ore was sent
from the Guggenheim properties in the
Copper river region.
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Registered Mail Recovered
The pouch of registered mail sent from
Valdez and other Alaska cities on the steam
ship Alameda on the trip of June 9, which
it w’as feared had been lost or stolen, has
been recovered, says the Cordova Times. The
mail sack was placed on board a Japanese
liner bound for Japan, and made the trip
across the Pacific. The postal authorities
tried in every way to locate the sack, and
it finally turned up in Japan, having been
placed on the ship by a new driver who
did not know the same was marked for the
main office in Seattle.
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Largest Timber Permit
News from the Coast tells of the granting
of the largest timber permit ever issued by
the forestry department for timber to be cut
in any of the Alaska forest reserves in a
single operation. A permit to cut 85,000,
000 feet of timber, valued at $145,000, has
just been issued to the Alaska engineering
commission for use in the construction of
the government railroad.
To Represent Alaska
Governor Strong has appointed ten dele
gates to represent Alaska at the annual
convention of the America Mining C n
gress, v.i ich meets at Sin Francisr >, Sep'.
20 t«. 22. The delegates ar<* B l Ih n
K. A. Ki.n/ie, P. P. Bradl'} Chari*' A.
Sulzer, B. F. Millard, YY. 11 Sagr -.
George James. F. A. AMrich, J. K. Havoci
and Falcon Joslin. At least three of r :
appointees will attend the tu'icriv
Guggenheim’s Optimism
Isaac Guggenheim, in an interview :
Seattle on August IS, expressed himself
the most optimistic terms in speaking of
Alaska’s future. He said that the territory
was due for a great era of development, ami
that it would fully come up to even the
most optimistic statements of its lirnu^t
boosters.
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Ketchikan to Have a Daily
According to the Ketchikan Progressive
of August 7, that newspaper has sent out
a rush order for a machine, and as soon as
it con be set up after it reaches there, the
Progressive will become a daily publication,
thus living up to its name.
Many Leave for Outside
(From Ruby Record-Citizen, Aug. 281
Twenty-six persons left Ruby on August
21 on the steamer Sarah, bound for the
Outside. All intend to return.
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Adams vs. Yukon Gold Company
Judge Bunnell spent Monday afternoon
listening to the arguments of the attorney?
in the retrial of the case of S. C Adams vs
the Yukon Gold Company. Ihis is an ac
tion by Adams to quiet title to two fractions
known as the Anaconda Fraction and Ana
conda Fraction No. 2, which Adams staked
in May, 1911. as excess off the Prospector
Association claim. On trial it was admit
ted that the Prospector as originally staked
contained twenty-seven acres excess, and
that the excess was not ca?t off unless by
Adams' staking until after this action was
commenced. The ground in controversy is
situated in the Iditarod district.
Judge Fuller rendered an opinion in this
case, but never signed findings or a decree.
His decision was in favor of the defendant,
and was based upon the shape of the loca
tion, which was 125 feet wide by 2,641
long.
This case involves also a question of law
relative to the staking of excess that has not
yet been decided by the courts, which Judge
Fuller avoided by hinging his decision on the
shape of the Adams location. The question
is whether notice of the excess must be
given to all of the locators of an association
iclaim before staking such excess. In this
case Adams claims to have notified two lo
cators of the Prospector Association of tin
excess and to have received their permi?
sion to stake off ‘either side or end" of the
claim. The defense claims he should have
notified all the eight locators or their suc
cessors in interest.
Plaintiff was represented by E. Coke Hill
and defendant by Henry Roden.
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The Eight-Hour Day
Davis, Kickbush & Olson, operating on
Poorman creek, have continued to pay
per day for eight hours' work ever mih“
the new law went into effect.
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Native Depravity
The jury in the case of Johnny I ige.
charged with the crime of rape, Thursday
night returned a verdict of guilty of assault
with intent to commit rape. The crime is
alleged to have been committed at Old St a
tion last April. The arrest of Johnny Lige
followed a secret indictment, which named
Norah Young, a half-breed child 9 years ■ in,
as the person upon whom the assault was
committed. The public was excluded from
the court room during the trial.
The child appears even younger than she
is, and Johnny Lige is a young native wis
hes reached the age of maturity.
Chechaco John, another young Indian, is
now in the federal jail charged with a sitm
lar crime against the same child since her
recent appearance at Ruby in connection
v.'ith the case against Lige. It is alleged that
other Indians were made the object of ini
proper advances by the girl, and her case is
a most unusual one.
Judge Bunnell sentenced Johnny Lige to
twelve years’ imprisonment at McNeil s
island.
FUNDS FOR CITY ARRIVE
Municipal Treasurer Dick Button reports
the receipt of funds from the clerk of the
district court at Fairbanks, which arrived in
last Monday’s mail. Dick states that the
city has now S2,400 in cash on hand, and
no indebtedness.
It is never too late or too early to ac
commodate the people from the creeks when
they come to the
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