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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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OFFICERS:
CHAS. ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Cashier
R. C. BUTTON, Asst. Cashier
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PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
SOURDOUGH DANCE IN SEATTLE
Well-Known Northerners Participate in
Unique Social Function
A copy of the dance program of the Sour
dough Club, held in Seattle on December
30 last, has just been received. The dance
numbers were distinctly novel, and were as
follows: “Discovery.'" “Juneau Jingle,"
“Wrangell Wiggle," “Whitehorse Rapid,"
"Ruby Roll." “Selkirk Hobble," “Cariboo
Canter." “Circle City Circle,’ “Tanana
Tango." “Holy Cross Hold-up,” “Iditarod
Hesitation." Shushanna Stampede,” “St.
Michael Rest," “Stewart Glide." “Dawson
Dash, “Bennett Bender," “Skagway Skip,"
"Fortymile Dip,” “Eagle Flop,’ “Seattle
Spirit.” The extras were entitled “Nome
Gale." “Malamute Howl.” “Iceworm Glide,”
"Alaska Sweepstakes,” “Eskimo Cuddle,"
•'Sourdough Mix-up,” “Freeze-up, River
Closed."
The Tanana tango, which does not de
viate very far from the far-famed tango
as performed by FJsie Janis, was particu
larly intere-'ting. with Ed S. Sears and Mrs.
M. Sullivan, Charles Suter and Mrs. E. L.
C. De La Pole among the chief performers.
The general committee in charge of the
dance was: C. E. Taylor, R, E. Nixon, J.
T. Kelley. E. L. Crawford, George Butler,
E. L. C. De La Pole, F. A. Crawford, J. R.
Tiller, William Scouse, Ralph Boyker and
W. M. Woodburn.
Among the sourdoughs present were:
Captain Louis Lane. Dan Green. E. J. Ives,
J. J. Price, George Green, C. P. McCormick.
Dr. Brown, J. F. Sugie. James Mackison and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. L, L. Lane, Mr. and Mrs.
G. B. Harrington of Spokane, George Kil
roy, T. M. Clowes. Mr. and Mrs. George But
ler. Mr. and Mrs. James O’Neil Captain FI.
W. Patterson, Andrew Smedsburg, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Maas, Arthur E. Maynard.
George Carmack, M F. Thompson and Dave
O. Sullivan.
ENTITLED TO BLAME AS WELL
(Fairbanks News-Miner
Every grand jury of the past has been
permitted or induced to report upon the
(district attorney's office of this district. Ful
some praise of District Attorney Crossley
has been put through at least one grand
jury of other days. It would naturally ap
pear that if a grand jury is permitted to
praise him for any reason, another grand
jury should be entitled to blame him, if
that grand jury believes that he is to be
blamed. We do not believe that the sup
pression of the grand jury’s report was
caused by any desire on the part of Judge
Fuiier to protect the district attorney, and
do not believe it is just that such impres
sion should prevail.
DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS IN CITY
Several narrow escapes from stray bul
lets having occurred recently ail persons
are warned against discharging firearms in
or about the town of Iditarod.
P. G. CHARLES,
Deputy United States Marshal.
FOR SALE—Complete roadhouse and fix
tures, located at Forks of F'lat creek; a
bargain. Inquire on premises.
EX-CABINET OFFICER
CHARGED WITH GRAFT
Member of Taft't Administration Said to
Have Winked at the Destruction
of Alaska Fur Seals
Washington, Jan. IS.—Quite a large-sized
sensation was sprung in this city yesterday
when it was announced that the house com
mittee mi expenditures had unaerthed a
charge of graft against one of the former
cabinet officials. The committee accuses
Charles Nagel, secretary of commerce and
labor in the Taft cabinet, of securing graft
ill the protection of the seals in Alaskan
waters. It is charged that the former sec
retary winked at the destruction of the fur
seals in Alaska, although large sums were
secured to protect them from unlawful kill
ing.
Charges of graft are also made against
former high government officials and offi
cials of the North American Commercial
Company. From the information already
given out it is learned that the govern
ment officials were working a division of
the illegal seal profits. On the strength of
the showing made by the committee on ex
penditure it is probable that congress may
order an investigation of the affair.
WOLVES DESTRUCTIVE TO GAME
C. B. McDowell of Chicken creek, who
has made a study of the habits of caribou,
has written an interesting letter about the
same, says the Juneau Empire.
He says the main caribou range of Alaska
is bounded on the northeast by the 5 ukon
river, the southwest by the Tanana river
and the southeast by the White river. In
this district the snowfall is lighter than in
any part of Alaska, the climatic conditions
are the most favorable, and the feed the
most plentiful.
The calving season is during early May
and the letter says one may travel for days
over the rolling hills near the headwatres
of Seventy-mile river and the hills appear
to be in motion, owing to the thousands and
thousands of herds of caribou and their
young. The calves readily become domesti
cated, and will follow man. During the
calving season no males are seen among
the herd. They join the “cows" in June
or July.
The letter states that 25 wolves will de
stroy more caribou than all the miners and
residents in the territory*. Even the tourist
head-hunters are not nearly so destructive.
The wolves camp upon the flank of the herd,
cutting out their prey and feasting upon
them continually. The writer believes a
bounty of $10 a head on wolves should be
iffered. This has been recommended al
ready by the governor in his report. Mr.
McDowell thinks that the caribou, if prop
erly conserved, will become a valuable Alas
kan industry, supplying the markets of the
world.
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IMTABOD SCENE
Of A ROMANCE
Thrilling Story Told to Seattle
Newspaper of Doings in
This District
REX BEACH HEROES OUTDONE
Another Instance of "Going Away From
Home to Hear the News” Is Brought
/ to Light in Post-Intelligencer—
New Edition of "Spoilers"
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer of January
S contained the following interesting story,
which was printed on its first page and
adorned with “scare" headlines:
“haw and Guns Figure in Fight for Gold
Claim—Corporation’s Armed Guards Drive
Miners from Chicago Bench on Flat Creek
Men Haled to Court on Trespass Charge
Discharged, They Return and Are Routed in
Battle with Yukon Gold Company's Posse—
With Dog Team One of the Partners Trav
els 600 Miles. Coming to Engage Counsel.
“The story of a fight for a $1,000,000
gold claim between two miners and a great
corporation, in which armed guards, gun
fights, long trails traveled by dog team and
alleged false arrests figure in a manner rem
iniscent of “The Spoilers," by Rex Beach,
has reached Seattle from the F'ar North. The
contenders in the legal and physical battle
being waged for possession of the forty-acre
area of ground on F'lat creek, in the Idita
rod, said to contain $1,000,000, are William
Knox and Samuel Adams, two well-known
Alaska miners, on one side, and on the
other the Yukon Gold Company of New
York, owners of the great Dawson dredges,
which have eliminated the pick and shovel
miner from the golden Mecca of 1898, and
in which the Guggenheims are heavy share
holders.
Travels 600 Miles by Dog Team
“Adams arrived in Seattle on January 8
n the steamer Northwestern from Valdez,
after a 600-mile trip from Iditarod City to
Seward, making the journey to consult legal
talent here and plan for the coming legal
battle in the North. He has retained Wil
liam A. Gilmore, the former mayor of
Nome, who is spending the winter in this
city, as his chief attorney. Mr. Adams is
now in Spokane.
“According to friends of Mr. Adams the
following is a brief skeleton of the story:
“The Chicago Bench claim, on the right i
limit of Flat creek, is one of the richest un- |
worked claims in Alaska, to judge from
development already done. Last fall Adams
and Knox relocated this claim, alleging for
feiture in 1911 by Tom Aitkcn, the original
owner, through his failure to do the an
nual assessment work. In the meantime
Aitkcn and his associates had leased the
ground to the Yukon Gold Company.
Repulsed by Armed Guards
“On October 14 of last year Adams and
all his men then at work on the rich claim
were arrested at the behest of officers of
the corporation and haled into court at
Iditarod on a charge of trespass. After
trial, during which feeling ran high and
physical violence was imminent, Adams
and his associates were acquitted.
“Jubilant over their legal victory, they
returned to the claim on Flat creek to re
sume work, only to find the property sur
rounded by armed guards of the Yukon Gold
Company. There was a pitched battle in
which Adams and his men were routed.
Adams returned to Iditarod City and on
December 31 last filed suit in the district
court there to oust the Yukon Gold Com
pany from possession of the claim.
“In November Adams started from Idita
rod City by dog team and traveled 600
miles over the snow to Seward to catch a
steamer for Seattle. Word was received in
the city by his friends yesterday that suit
had been filed for him and his associates
by lawyers in Iditarod City for $100,000
damages for false arrest.
Mine Under Armed Guard
“The legal battle for the possession of the
mine will be contested in Iditarod City next
July.
“Attorney Gilmore will return to Nome
on the first steamer up and go at once from
there to Iditarod to take personal charge of
the case.
“At present the mine is in possession of
the Yukon Gold Company, which maintains
an armed patrol there.”
ORIENTAL EGGS TO BE USED
Smaller in Size but Quality Superior—Regu
lar Shipments to Commence
Seattle, Jan. 26.—What is left of the stor
age egg stocks may receive a stunning blow
by the opening of the sales of eggs from
the Orient at 35 cents per dozen, the same
price as the April product. Wrhile less than
300 cases of the new competitor have as
yet been brought to the market, regular
shipments, it is announced, will now follow.
It is asserted by jobbers who are handling
the product from the Far East that these
eggs have been laid only three weeks,
against nine months for the storage eggs.
The light is fine for dog team photos.
| See Clemons * Koon for all kinds of por
trait and view work.
JUNEAU TO YIELD YEARLY
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
Four Properties Alone Will Exceed Present
Gold Yield of Entire Territory—
Liveliest Alaskan City
“Four properties within a radius of three
miles, with Juneau as the center, will be
producing within four years, when the de
velopment now on is completed, a total of
$20,000,000 a year. This is more gold than
is now produced annually in Alaska, and ap
proximately as much as the production of
the great gold states of California and Col
orado.”
Such is the statement of Philip C. Stoess,
mining engineer, in the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer. Mr. Stoess returned recently from a
business trip to the Southeastern Alaska
metropolis.
“The significance of these figures is fur
ther indicated when it is known that the
production of the great Treadwell mine now
is less than $3,000,000 a year. The Tread
well is one of the four properties which are
making Juneau the center of the greatest
mining activity on the American continent.
Its production is about 1,000,000 tons of
ore running something less than $2.50 a
ton. This is to be considerably increased.
“The Alaska-Gastineau and the Alaska
Juneau properties will develop a capacity of
not less than 6,000 tons a day, and the
Ebner property, which has been tied up by
litigation for a long time, will be put on a
heavy producing basis by the United States
Smelting and Refining Company.
In Small Area t
“All this production is in an area of not
more than ten square miles. With many
properties producing and developing on each
side of Juneau for 100 miles, it is reason
able to suppose that there will be other
properties that will perhaps compare in
wealth with the large ones mentioned. Out
side capital is being attracted to the Juneau
country by the remarkable record of the
properties already devloped.”
With all this development, however, Mr.
Stoess says there are many idle men around
Juneau during the winter. This condition
will be removed with the opening of spring.
Liveliest Town in Alaska
Juneau right now has the reptuation of
being the liveliest town in Alaska, Mr. Stoess
says. One thing that surprised him was
the number of automobiles in use in that
town of not more than 3,000 inhabitants.
“There are several fine cars in the town,''
he said. “Two of the big stores make their
deliveries by auto, and the cars are used
a great deal, notwithstanding the restricted
area in which they can be operated. I even
noticed one taxicab in the city.”
RICH QUARTZ FIND NEAR SUSITNA
Was Reported by the Mining Expert, John
F. Baird of Iditarod
The Seward correspondent of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, under date of December
IS. writes as follows to that paper :
“John F. Baird, a well-known mining and j
business man from Iditarod and Fairbanks, j
who has just arrived in Seward from the
big interior camp, says that at Susitna sta
tion, on his way out, he saw some of the
richest quartz he has ever seen during a
lifetime spent in mining camps. The quartz
was a sample weighing 168 pounds, and Mr.
Baird says that at a conservative estimate
there is more than $1,000 in free gold in
the sample.
“The ore is from a lately discovered ledge
in the Cache creek district, on Nugget gulch,
and was located late last fall by two pros
pectors named Gage and Baker. When they
made the discovery they panned and mor
tared out specimens of the ore, and at Su
sitna station had $2,000 in dust that they
had extracted from the ore with a gold pan
and a clawhammer. They took the largest
piece of the richest ore they could find and
loaded it on a dog sled and brought it down
to the station.
“Nugget gulch has long been one of the
best producers in the Cache creek country
in a placer way, and the gold all shows
recent release from quartz, which leads
many to believe that the recent find un
covers one of the principal sources of the
Cache creek p&ystreak.”
A JUDICIAL HUERTA
(Valdez Commoner )
The Ketchikan Morning Mail says: “Judge
Jennings recently refused to grant a saloon
license to Chris Petievith of Juneau on the
ground that there are already too many
saloons in Juneau. The wrong part of this
is the fact that the decision in the matter
is with the judge of the district court.
Juneau has nineteen saloons located suffi
ciently convenient that no one, however
famished, need perish for want of a drink,
and we are not saying that the judge is
unwise in his decision, but it is so foreign
to anything like democracy to place this
decision at the disposal of any one man
that we are unable to see how an American
congress could so legislate.”
That is the whole thing in a nutshell,
Brother Mail. Judge Jennings thinks nine
teen saloons are enough, but suppose Judge
Jennings should die (and the good 'most
always die young) and some other judge
should be chosen who would decide that
one saloon was enough. Would not his opin
ion have as much right to preVail as the
opinion of Judge Jennings? There should
be no judicial Huertas in Alaska. Bob Jen
nings is no better judge of how many sa
loons Juneau needs than the president of
the Bartenders’ Union of the capital city.
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Accused of Abominable Crime
Thomas H. White of Big Chena is under
arrest at Fairbanks on a charge of incest,
his daughter, a girl of 16, being the com
plaining witness.
“Unlucky Tom" Is No More
Tom Nixon, known as “Unlucky Tom,”
formerly of Nome, died recently at Tomb
stone, Ariz., of consumption. “Unlucky
Tom struck it rich on the beach at Nome
in 1904 and made a snug fortune, after
which he went to the States, where he
lived lavisffihly. Later he was stricken with
tuberculosis, and had been a resident of
Arizona for over a year in an effort to re
gain his health. For a time it was thought
that he would pull through, but he gradu
ally became weaker until the final sum
mons came.
John Barleycorn Claims Another Victim
While under the influence of liquor, Jim
Nally, an old-timer in the North, who wras
well known in the interior, was frozen to
death near Chitina recently. After a cele
bration at Chitina, in which liquor played
an important part, he started for his cabin,
not prepared for the severe weather which
prevailed, and when he became numb he
lay down to his death in the road.
Visit of Bank Examiner
W. E. Wilcox, national bank examiner,
reached Fairbanks recently on a hurried trip
to investigate the condition of the First
National Bank. The coming of the exam
iner was unannounced, as is the custom in
that department, and he started checking
up the affairs fo the bank immediately. The
examination is made almost every year, and
is but part of the routine of the office.
Alaska Farmer Gets Patent to Homestead
After 14 years of effort, H. D. Clark,
Skagway's leading farmer, is about to get a
patent to his homestead on the west side
of Skagway river. In the 14 years that
Mr. Clark has been running his farm he
has had four surveys made of his lands.
The last one, according to the Skagway
Alaskan, has been accepted and a patent
will be issued on the showing made. Mr.
Clark’s farm is the most famous in Alaska.
He has produced some record-breaking
crops on it, and his products have been sold
at a profit in northern markets extending
from Whitehorse to Cordova, and in Seattle.
Divorced From White Slaver
After hearing the testimony of the
plaintiff in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Beau
mont vs. Thomas H. Beaumont, Judge Ful
ler of Fairbanks has granted the plaintiff
an absolute divorce from her husband, who
is over 70 years of age, and is at present
a prisoner in the federal penitentiary at
McNeil's island. The defendant was con
victed of a violation of the Mann act, which
is commonly known as the “white slave
law,” in 1912 ,and was sentenced on Oc
tober 31, 1912, to serve two years in the
penitentiary. The couple were married at
Fairbanks on July 26, 1911, and afterward
resided at Fort Yukon, where the husband
was engaged in the mercantile business. The
ground for the divorce, as stated in the
complaint, was desertion.
Will Not Dredge Yukon's Mouth
Owing to the report filed by the United
States engineer’s office at Seattle, it is ex
pected that the government will not dredge
mouth of the Yukon river, as au
thorized by act on congress on March 4,
1913, according to a letter received in Fair
banks.
Harry Dewey Is Missing
Since leaving Fairbanks for the Chisana,
by way of Dawson, the latter part of last
summer, Harry Dewey, the well-known dec
orator, has not been heard from, and his
friends fear that some misfortune has over
taken him on the long trip to the new dig
gings. When he left Fairbanks Mr. Dewey
planned on stopping at DawBon to enlarge
his outfit and to purchase some Btock which
he was to take into the Chisana. Meager
reports state that he bought the outfit a;
Dawson as intended, and started overland,
and it is not known whether he abandoned
the trip later and went to some other see
tion of the country or went Outside As
he had some business matters pending in
Fairbanks which would require his atten
tion, his friends feel certain that he would
have written if he had been in a position
to do so, and on this account they are par
ticularly anxious.
Physicians Taking Out Licenses
There has been a great deal of corre
spondence between members of the territorial
medical board with a view of raising the
standard of the medicaJ profession in
Alaska. More than 60 per cent of the repu
table physicians in Alaska have applied to
the board and secured territorial licenses.
While this is not compulsory for those es
tablished before the new territorial law
went into effect, it is an evidence of good
faith and an additional guarantee that those
securing the same are in first-class standing
as physicians and surgeons.
Appellate Court Kills Poll Tax
Shackleford & Bayless, attorneys for Ar
thur B. Callaham, have received wire from
the clerk of the appellate court advising
them that the court has given a decision
reversing the lower ocurt in the cases of
Callaham against the territory and of Calla
ham against J. B. Marshall, ex-officio col
lector of poll tax for the Juneau precinct
of the First judicial division, says the Ju
neau Empire. This in effect nullifies the
poll tax law, unless the matter be taken
to the supreme court and another inter
pretation be placed upon the legislative act.
MISSING ONES
Requests have been received from the
governor's offiee in Juneau for information
concernit.g the following persons:
J. D. Nickell.—Last heard from in Ju
neau, January, 1913. Spent seasons of 1911
and 1912 with a United States geological
survey party in Alaska. Brother anxious to
hear from him.
George Havelock Wellington Foy.—Prob
ably called “Hal” by his friends. He is 5
feet 9 inches in height, has dark hair and
eyes, fresh complexion, and is 28 years old.
Foy came to America from Ireland about
two years ago and was last heard from at
Honolulu, Hawaii, in October, 1912. Has
been in Mexico, Hawaii, Peru, and it is pre
surned he came to Alaska on a prospecting
trip. Father and mother in Ireland are
very anxious to hear from him.
A wooden stovepipe 13M> feet in diam
eter, and almost a mile long, is part of a
water power plant in Washington. It is
thought to be the largest construction of
its kind.
REPORTS FROM NELCHINA
ARE MOST ENCOURAGING
New Discoveries Said to Have Been Made
and Results of Prospecting Are Pre
sumably Satisfactory
Valdes, Jan. 20.--Angus McDougall. a
well-known miner, returned today from Nel
china, and reports that the camp will be
a very large producer. He has ordered an
Empire drill with five-inch core for the pur
| pose of prospecting the deeper ground
where the best placer pay has been located.
He is returning at once to the camp to con
tinue work. There are now 250 men in the
camp and three women. Guy Birch, a Se
attle attorney, and his wife, have secured a
good claim. The Griffiths brothers of Fair
banks have secured from Knik owners an
option on three claims on Crooked creek,
paying $9,000 cash down. They have a Key
stone drill working with a nine-inch core,
and the results have every indication of
being permanently satisfactory.
A new discovery was made on Dublin
gulch, about 18 miles from Crooked creek.
The gulch is, however, small, containing
only four claims. There is an 18-inch streak
of pay dirt, and pans run from 25 cents to
a dollar.
Many who were formerly in the Chisana
are now ail heading towards the Nelchina
camp, including Bill Black, the Nome and
Council freighter, who has 28 horses stead
ily employed freighting into the Nelchina.
and with not an idle hour since he started,
and at very good rates. It is reported that
well-known Nome mining men have impor
tant interests in ths camp, following the visit
of Jafet Lindeberg and party last fall.
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The Loyal Order of Moose is now in all the principal camp, of Alaska and ^
territories, and Iditarod is to enjoy the same distinction shortly.
The Moose is acknowledged to be the fastest growing and most popular order in
the world—700,000 members in over 1,500 lodges scattered from Nome to Panama anrt
from Berlin to Mamla-and ody 25 years old.
All the members enjoy all the privileges of every Moose club house anywhere, and
the International Home University, where indigent Moose widows and orphans are cared
for, and Moose children given a college education absolutely free^
The lodge provides free medical attention for each member and his family, weegiy
nek benefits when unable to work, funeral benefit in case of death, eU.
Charter initiation fee is $10, and covers all cost of joining. Dues are only $13
year, andTnt^ed'should send their names and addresses to Basil Die'
director Loyal Order of Moose, at Clemons A Koon's studio, corner Wickersham sad Front
Clemons, the deputy organiser for this district, is dmlyexp^ting ^arrival
of Mr. Johnson, the regular organuer, from Seward peninsula, where h
number of charter menibere, and it ,s almost a cer.a.ntythat thenew lodge of Moc«
to be organised in this district will be one of the largest in the North._
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