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niOUS DEATH
III THE JAR NORTH
SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE PRESENT
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Prospector’s Skeleton Found Near a
■turned Cabin, With IMsciiarged
Rifle Near Indicating that He Had
Made a Fight for Rife.
Reports have been received by the
Mounted Police at Dawson of a mys
terious death on the Nehanni river,
a tributary of the McKenzie river, be
yond the headwaters of the Pelly.. A
party of prospectors recently visited
there in quest of a supposedly rich
new placer strike and found that a
cahin which had -been erected by At
kinson and Jorgen was burned and
nearby found the skeleton of Jorgen
and his empty rifle, and evidences
pointing to an apparent struggle.
The party’s gruesome find was at
the place where Atkinson add hip
partner had been a cabin four or flvp
years ago, but they were confronted
with merely a clearing in the timber.
The cabin that had been built there
was gone. They investigated and
found that it had been burned, while
outside, stretched on the ground, was
the skeleton of a big man, evidently,
according to Atkinson, that of Jor
gen. His rifle was lying near the
body, with one cartridge fired and
ejected from the rifle. It looked as
if he had lost his life by four play,
putting up a fight, one against many.
The Indians in that locality are hos
tile to the whites. When Billy At
kinson was there last year they had
warned him off and threatened to kill
him if he returned.
Rev. C. Swanson, who contributes
this information, waited some days
at Ross river, expecting Bredvic to
return, but evidently the cold spell
kept him indoors, as it did most peo
ple.
The prospectors on the head of the
Belly are working hard. Johnson,
on Beaver creek, above Hole can
yon,' was flooded out of his hole. So
far, Nothing of very great value has
been found. The trappers in the coun
try are doing well.
Valdez. March 13, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.239
Temperature 7 p. in.11
Maximum temperature.17
Minimum temperature .10
Mean temperature ..13.6
Clear, moderate gale, northeast, 40
miles.
Interior Weather.
Fairbanks, —30; clear, cairn.
Salcha, —21; clear, windy, trail
good.
Richardson, —42; clear, calm.
McCarthy, —35; clear, calm.
Donnelly, —30; clear, calm, trail
good.
McCallum, —23; clear, calm, trail
good.
Paxson, —24; clear, ' calm, trail
good.
Hogan,> —4; clear, calm, trail
good.
Gulfcana, —8; clear, calm, trail
gOOd. ; •
Copper Center, —22; clear, calm,
trail good.
Tonslna, —23; clear, calm, trail
good.
Teikhell, —30; clear,, calm, trail
drifted.
Bearer Dam, -—4; 60 inches snow;
clear, windy, trail drifted.
Summit, 110 inches of snow, clear,
north wind, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 12 above; 66 inches of
snow; clear, windy, storming, trail
closed north; heavy south.
Anything in tbe Jewelry line at the
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JOOD FINDS ABE REPORTED
Boom Which Has Been Hanging
Over Camp Has Been Dispelled bj
Strikes on a Number of (Greeks—
Pans Range from 3 to 5 Cents.
That good prospects found on
.loose creek, on Llvengood and on
he divide between Livengood and
Vlike Hess have been the means of
Impelling the gloom which has pre
vailed in the Tolovana country con
erning the future of that camp, it
he latest report which has been re
eived from that camp. From the
ilose of navigation last fall until
he present time, particularly since
hte first of the year, the reports of
Prospecting done and holes sunk ir
he Tolovana district, have been of
-he Tolovana _ict, have been of
anything but an encouraging nature,
even though the fact was never print
ed in local papers.
According to the reports the good
prospects have turned gloom into
sunshine. The information does not
3tate that pay has been discovered—
Tolovanaites are now too old in ex
perience to say that—but it does
3tate that the prospects ‘ found have
had the effect of raising the hopes pf
the people of the entire district con
siderably.
The chief find, according to the
latest report, was made by Harry
Buhro, who is prospecting on the sec
ond tier, right limit bench on Moose
creek, opposite No. 16 above. He has
been prospecting there since, the first
of the year and according to the re
port, has at least - i feet of gravel
which will pan all the way from 3
to 5 cents to the pan from where it
was first found in the shaft to bed
rock. This it regarded aB an excel
lent showing and Moose creek mining
men are therefore jubilant over the
discovery. The principal owners of
the ground on which Mr. Buhro is
prospecting are himself. Dan McCar
ty and Henry Crook
Experienced miners say that the
bedrock on Moose creek is much
more trustworthy than that on the
Livengood side. That is, it is of such
a character that if pay is found it is
almost certain to be extensive. The
bedrock on Livengood creek is de
scribed as being of a very treacherous
nature, the miners being unable to
tell by the kind of bedrock found
whether or not their pay is to be
chopped off in the next few feet by a
different kind of bedrock.
In fact. Moose creek miners are so
enthusiastic over the recent discov
ery that they are already making
plans for the future as regards their
own ground. It is stated that the
water question will not bq bother
some on Moose, should extensive op
erations be decided upon, as there are
several “live” lakes at the head of
the creek from which a practically in
exhaustible supply of water may be
obtained.
Another good prospect reported
from the Tolovana country Is that
found on the divide between Liven
good and Mike Hess. The operators
there are said to be Thomas and
Jones, two Rampart men. According
to the report they struck pay at a
depth of 105 feet in the shaft they
have sunk practically in the top of
the divide. And the fact that pay has
been discovered there is not thought
strange by. mining men, for the rea
son that it is believed that Llvengood
creek and the streams on the Mike
Hess side of the divide were once
connected.
Martin Nash is reported to have
found good prospects on his Llven
good creek ground. Numerous other
miners are prospecting on that stream
but considerable work has shown
that, aside from the good ground lo
cated last summer, the pay occurs
principally In spots.
COPPER MINES ARE
EARNING MILLIONS
The big mining interests in New
York state that extra and increased
dividend payments t by the various
copper companies may be looked for
within the next six months due to the
extraordinary demand for copper at
high prices. Among the copper com
panies slated for favorable: actiqp are
Anaconda, Utah, Kennecott, China
and Ray Consolidated. One of the big
producers, who is well posted on the
production of the country, states that
the copper companies of the United
States, South America and Canada
are now.earning at the rate of nearly
*350,000,000 per year, the larger
percentage of which will go to the
shareholders.
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
takers. Percolators and Yncunni
"■leariers arrived on the last boat for
iha Emporium. tf
JUDGE DROWN IS
CALLED ^WITNESS
ATTORNEY ASKS FOR SUBPOENA
Witnesses for Government in the Tll
licum Club Case Embrace District
•Judge, Clerk of the Court and Uni
ted States Commissioner Uove.
The latest in the case of the United
States vs. James Fish, L. A. Kunzig
ind J. C. Martin, generally known as
.he Tillicum Club case, was sprung
ly District Attorney Spence yester
lay afternoon. At the request of the
irosecutor subpoenas were issued for
Judge Fred M. Brown, George J.
Love, Ross Paden and W. M. Finical
is Witnesses for the government in
the case, which is expected to come
up for hearing immediately following
he case of Ike Westberg vs. Ellamar
Mining Co., the hearing of which is
.et for April 24.
With the above subpoenas every of
fice connected with the judicial
branch of the court is represented in
the government’s case. Arthur Lang,
clerk of the court was subpoenaed to
appear just before his departure for
the states, and the present subpoenas
embrace the District Judge and the
U. 8. Commissioner.
The case will come up for hearing
before Judge Jennings, who has been
instructed by the Attorney General to
come to Valdez for that purpose, and
Judge Brown has received instruc
tions to occupy the bench of the First
Division while Judge Jennings is
here. Just what effect the subpoena
will have on the action of Judge
Brown is not known at this time.
The case against the Tiliicum club
was brought on information filed by
the District Attorney after the grand
jury had investigated the case and
refused to return an indictment, and
is the outcome of the factional politi
cal strike in which the District At
cal strige in which the District At
torney has taken sides with the Hub
bard-Frame-Boyle faction as against
his own (presumably) party. This
action has led to the filing of charges
against the District Attorney with the
Attorney General by the Democrats
of nearly every town in the Territory.
It is generally conceded that the
motive back of the presecution of the
Tiliicum Club does not arise so much
from a strict sense of duty as from a
desire to “get square” with his op
ponents, and this belief is strength
ened by the fact that the prosecuting
attorney has positively declined to
take steps against the members of
the Alaska Club, an organization op
erating in this city under similar
conditions by the opposing faction,
or against the Commercial Club of
Seward and the Locked Horns Club
of Kenai, all of which are equally
guilty and subject to the same proser
cution, as the Tiliicum club removed
its bar long before either of these
organizations, it is alleged. Nor has
any action been begun against any
similar organization operating in the
other divisions of the Territory, by
any other District Attorney.
The TilHcum Club Is a Valdez or
ganization composed of business men
and prominent army and Signal Corps
officers, who have made the Club his
toric for good fellowship and energy
throughout the United States.
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Faithful Service
Frank Manley, one of the big min
ing operators in the Iditarod, took a
horse into .the country twelve years
ago. The horse was a faithful animal
and never has shirked, but did his
part with the fellows, and even put a
little extra strength into the collar
when it bad soemed necessary. Yes
terday this pioneer Alaskan horse ar
rived on the Victoria and was met on
the pier by Manley who saw that he
was escorted safely to a stable and
after he recovers from the effects of
the rough sea voyage, he will be tak
en to a farm to rest and kick up his
heels in knee high grass for the bal
ance of his days. —Exchange.
GEORGE BLAINE IS
VICTIM OF BUZZARD
■ Reports reaching Candle from tjie
Selawlk section tell of another vic
tim done to death by the deadly bliz
zard that blew over the uttermost
reachs of the peninsula about the
first of the year. The unfortunate one
is George Blaine whose name is hot
unknown to many of the oldtlmers of
this section as he has long resided in
the district and particularly lu the
Kotzebue Sound country.
According to the. story reaching
handle the body of Blaine was found
'ylng a short distance outside of hlf
trading station, some distance north
i :>f Selawlk, a short time after the
itorin had blown over, cold and stiff
:n death. Investigation revealed the
’act that the man had left his cabir
luring the height of the storm for tlu
purpose of replacing a log which had
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Lva. Fort Llacum D**- Vildoi
i 8:15 a.m. 9:4*' alia.
1:16 p;m. 4:90 P-m.
TUESDAYS
1 8:15 a.m. 9:45 as.
i 1:16 p.m. 8:90 p.m.
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SATURDAYS tjF
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7:00 p.m >10;89 p.m.
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each month, the** dan beta* used 9*
dean boiler*.
blown off by the wind, and was caught
>y the whirling snows and could not
r»et back. The details of how he came
o wander away from the cabin will
>robably never be known as there is
'O apparent reason why a man of
Ills experience in Arctic winters would
;et so far away from his cabin ho
..ouid not locate it again. It was evi- j
dent that he had Just stepped out for
a short time as ha bad on house slip
pers and light clothing. Ho was once
before the victim of an Arctic blia
zard and lost part of his hands, being
compelled to stay out ail night with
in a mile of his destination. He is
said to be a member of the Arctic
Brotherhood.