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The candidacy of James M.
Shoup for the position of delegate
to Congress is opposed by the Ju
neau Transcript on the grounds
that Shoup is not really an Alas
kan, that he lives in 'Alaska lie
cause he has a fat federal job that
requires his presence here. The
paper further states that Shoup is
a resident of this territory, “for
revenue only.”
It is to be regretted that
we have not the full text
of Mr. Jarvis’ memorial to the
senate in which he knocks subsidy
lor railroads in Alaska. Why any
well wisher for the whole of Alaska
should do that is not readily to be
understood. Certainly no Alaskan
is called upon to sit as watchdog
over the United States treasury
lest they spend too much money
on Alaskan development. They
can be trusted to look out for that,
can’t they?—Fairbanks News.
After reading in detail the story
of the Alaska convention, last
November, one can not but be im
pressed with the very apparent
fact that the members of the con
vention, as a whole, were more
anxious about the offices and
notoriety than they were for the
general good of the district. In
the first place the delegates almost
entirely overlooked the real pur
pose for which the convention was
called, that is to - consider needed
legislation for Alaska. The con
vention did, of course, made sun
dry and divers recommenua lions,
but the features of the meeting
seem to have been unseemly wrang
ling and a desire to divide the
offices. On this question the mem
bers of the convention were real
patriots, many of them being quite
ready^to’fight, bleed and die—for
office.—Nome Nugget.
Prominent Alaskan miners have
started an agitation to secure the
survey"andjmarking ot the Alaska
boundary in the White river coun
try. Such rich deposits of copper
have been found in that section
that a survey is necessary to pro
tect locators.
The people of Juneau and Doug
las are preparing for a grand ban
quet to be given to Governor Hog
gatt upon his_arrival from the
States.
Naples, April 11—Two hundred
people who were gathered at the
market place at Mon toll ve to es
cape ithe fall of hot ashes were
killed by the collapse of the roof.
The weight of the ashes crushed
the building. Inhabitants of all
the cities in the country around
Vesuvius are in terror. Reports
so far are that more than five hun
dred have been killed. Twenty
were kil.ed at Sorrento by the fall
of buildings under the weight of
ashes. Two hundred were killed
at San Guiseppe from the same
cause. I he railroad tracks to is a
pies are buried under ashes, and.
the air is so filled with gases that
breathing is difficult. The sea is
greatly agitated and a tidal wave
is feared to-day. The flow of lava
at midnight had slightly dimin
ished. Reports are coming from
all points oi the devastation of
towns and villages. The town of
San Girogio. Cremona, Porticio,
Res ;ina and Torro del Greco are
surrounded by lava and thepopulace
has fled. The inhabitants of Tone
An nunziato are prepared to leave
at a moments notice. In all of
these towns many ot the houses
have been crushed by the weight
of ashes Earthquakes and light
ning are continuing steadily. The
prisoners of the Annunzizta mu
tiny have been taken to Naples un
' der a heavy guard.
Missionary Makes Charges
Continued from First Page
dians in the spring when most des
titute. All this conflict of report
in reference to the condition of the
Copper River Indians arises from
the fact traders are determined to
keep their true condition from the
Government, so that the natives
may not receive cheapened food.
Ask prospectors or those who have
no interest in stores, and they will
tell you that these Indians arc in
a semi-starved state, at least one
half of the year, and that there is
no way that they of themselves can
better their condition. * * *
I think I wrote you that we have
a saloon now in Copper Center.
Inuian women, or rather young
young Indian women, have been
seen coining from the saloon in a
drunken condition. The parents
of one girl have complained to us
bitterly. This Andrew Holman,
the United States Commissioner
here, built the building for the
saloon, shipped in the liquors and
has saloon not to exceed 25 feet
from bis office, on his own land
If he does not own it, be aids and
abets it. What can wedo? * * *
Yours very truly,
G. S. Clevenger.
While these charges would on
tin ir face appear to he serious, to
any one who is conversant with
conditions at Copper Center they
are absurd. It is a well known
fact thct Andrew Holman has ai
all times been active in endeavor
ing to assist the natives himself
and to secure government aid for
them, and this fact is ably set
forth in his answer to the charges,
corroborated by u mass of affidavits
and letters from all of the most
influential and prominent citizens,
miners and prospectors, who reside
in the district. That -Mr. Holman,
who has given more to the Indians,
and employed more of them at
good wages, than any other man in
the Copper 'River valley, would
endeavor to prevent the govern
ment distribution of supplies to
tlioso who are needy is beyond be
lief, and the statements made by
Mr. Clevenger that Mr. Holmnt
was instrumental in having a false
report made to the government is
without foundation.
The charge that liquor is bein',
sold to the indians, with the know
ledge and consent of Holman i
untrue and incapable of proof. In
fact it is well known to residents
of this valley that the natives have
never acquired the liquor habit
and we have yet to find a person
who has seen any of them, with
one exception, under the influence
of liquor. This exception is a
woman who has been a common
wanton since rJIKJ, five years prior
to the starting of the saloon at the
Center. Since tlie Commissioner’s
oflice has been at the Center this
woman has been kept under a close
surveillance, and has never been
given or sold a drop of liquor at
the saloon, nor has she at any time
been seen intoxicated near the
saloon. Mr. Holman does not own
the saloon at Copper Center, and
has no interest in it further than
heitur interested in tire company
which owns the building rented by
the saloon.
The natives who live near Cop
per Center look upon Mr. Holman
as a good friend and always speak
well of him, while in regard to Mr.
Cleavenger they say “Halo good,
all time wawa skin ketchum, halo
potlatch muck-muck.” If is evi
d> nt that the charges made by the
reverend gentlemen are inspired
by personal pique at Holman, and
any one who knows the partiesand
the conditions can have no doubt
as to tire result of the investigation.
Notice.
I. the umlersigh *d, agent for K. M. Burk’s
int >rest in the Muon ; in . iron Duk ■*. an ’.
Lilhe < bum*, and owner oi s;n iiiteiv-n in the
Kxchaiige claim, all of which aie si* M.e< 1 on
.fco;ith >i h* Lanribv k hay and » *;••>;«! -<i in the
I’rinee William sound mining distri t, do her
'by notify ail concerned that I will u-.t he r
sf»:»n>ibie f »r any labor performed on any of
the above claims. Kkuabd Keif.
Notice For Publication in
Newspaper.
MINING APPLICATION NO .77.
United States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
February 21. A. I). 1906.
Notice is hereby g’ven that T.W Blakney,
wlio«o postoffice a<idre.*s is Valdes, Alaska, has
this day filed his apillcation for a patent for
fifteen hundred line.r feet of the \ lew I.nde
Mining Claim, with surface ground six hun
dred feet in width, situate in Valdes Min
ing District, District of Alaska, and designa
ted by the field notes and official plat on file in
this office as lot No. 654; said lot No. 654 being
described as follows, to-Wifr
B. ginniftg at the 8. K. location corner, being
Corner No. 1, a greenstowe 24x20x10 ins. set 12
in*, in ground, from which C. 8. Loc. Mon. No.
10 bears 8. 27 deg 02min E. 4229ft distant;
Thence N. 67 deg 25 rain W, 1500 ft to Corner
No. 2;
Thence N. 32 deg 35 min K, 600 ft to Corner
No. 3;
Thence S. 57 deg 25 min E, 1500 ft to Corner
No. 4;
Thence 8. 32 deg 35 min W 600 ft to Corner
No. 1. the place of beginning; Variation at all
corners 29 deg 42 inin E. Area 20.661 acres.
The presumed course of the lode line bears
8. 57 deg 2*>min E, 1500 ft throughout the length
of said mining claim, equi-dfstant from the
side lines therof.
Said mining claim is situate on the North
slope of Tarnll Mountain, near Copper River.
JThe locution of said lode mining claim is
only recorded in the office of the l*. 8. Commis
sioner, and ex-officio Recorder at Valdes, Alas
ka. in book "11” of mining locations at page
499.
Said mining claim Is bounded on all sides by
unclaimed public lands of the United States.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said View Lode Mining claim, or
surface ground are hereby required to file
their adverse claims with the Register of the
United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
during the sixty days period of publication
thereof, or they will be barred by virtue of
the statute.
John W. Dvdiey,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing nonce
of applic ation for patent of tie* View Lode Min
ing Claim, by T W. Itlakney. be published for
ten successive weeks In the Alaska I'rcwi kc
tok, a weekly newspaper published at Valdez,
Alaska.
John W. Dudley,
Register.
Brown A Smith, Attorneys.
Date of first publication March 22, 1906.
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale.
NOTICE IS HEREBY (SIVEX under and
by virtue of that certain chattel mortgage and
the power of sale therein contained, which
said mortgage was executed and delivered by
Huns Thorson of I’nga. Alaska, to Andrew
Grosvold of Sami Point, Alaska, dated August
18th, 19U.I, and was filed for record at Sitka,
Alaska, in the office of the Collector of Customs
on the tth clay of September. 1903, at 9:20 A. M.,
and recorded in Liber I. of Mortgages on Page
18, which said mortgage was given to secure
the payment of the* sum of one hundred six
($106) dollars, and was upon the following de
scribed personal property to wit:
One sloop known as the Alfa of five (5)gro*s
tons burden, licensed at ITnga, Alaska, perma
nent license No, 1. Vessels in coastwise or do
mestic* commerce. Official number of license,
107290. Said sloop is thirty (30) feet in length
ami ten (10) feet in breadth and has one ma*t.
Default having been made in the payment
of said sum of one hundred ami six dollars,
and there is now clue and owing thereon the
said sum of one hundred and six dollars and
interest at eight (8) per cent per annum from
August 18, itsw. And pursuant to instructions
from said mortgagee, who is still the owner
ami holder of the said mortgage, I will sell
said >loopat public auction to tin* highest bid
der for cash to satisfy said mortgage, costs and
expenses of sale Said sale will be held at the
front door of tlie court house at Valdez, Alas
ka. on the second dav of May, 1906, at one
o'clock 1*. M.
Witness rav hand this 26th day of March,
1906
Geo. G, Perry,
r. S. Marshal
Bv J, M. Lathrop,
Deputy.
Brown A- Smith. Attorneys for Mortgagee.
Date of fir*t public ation March 29,1906.
Date of last publication April 26. 1906.
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To L. TORCiKSOX:
^ ou are hereby norified that the under
signed have expended ?100 in labor and im
provements on each of the 28 lode mining
claims compi ising what is known as the Fjeld
group, located 1*4 miles west of the big bend of
the Jacksina river, a tributary of the Tanana
river.in the Fugle recording district, Alaska, in
order to hold said mining elaims under tlie
provisions of Section 2321 of the Revised Stat
utes of the I'nited States, being the required
amount to hold •■■aid mining elaims for the year
ending December 31. 19n*». And if within nine
ty ('.»•*) days from tie* service of this notice or
tie* completed publication thereof, y»u iail or
rofus1' to contribute your proportion of said
expei/diiute as co-owner, your l-2Mh interest
in said Fjeld group will become the property of
the said und usigne! under and pursuant of
said Section 2321 of llie Revised .Statutes of the
I'nited States.
Said amount may be paid within the speci
fied tine at the Hank or Valdez.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 1st day of March
1908.
K. J. FJELD.
FALL FAI LSON
First publication March 1,1906.
Last publication May 24. 1906.
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