V0L 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1913. NO. 174.
BRYAN RETURNS
TO SACRAMENTO
Requested oy President to Remain
Until Land Bill Disposed of
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Wilson Object to Law.
Sacramento, Cal., May —Sec
retary of Stale Bryan reached
here today from San Francisco
and has been requested by Pres
ident Wilson to remain here un
til Ihe land hill is finally disposed
of.
The president has wired that
in the event of the passage of
the hill the federal government
will immediately start suits in the
, United Stales courts to lest the
validity of Ihe ad. lie also lias
wired a strong protest against the
law to (inventor Johnson.
WILSON DENOUNCES
ALIM LAW
Washington, I>. <3., May 3.
I'resident Wilson today announ
ced that he would start, a test
case of the California land law
as soon as possible after the
passage of th<5 bill. He also has
publicly denounced the passage
of an alien land bill aimed at the
Japanese, and expresses I he be
lief that the law, as conlemplal
ed, is uneons'l it til i'orial.
JEANIE BRINGS
RIVER STEAMERS
The steamer Jeanie left Seattle
yesterday with supplies for can
neries and will come as far west
as Katalla, where she will dis
charge two river boats for Ihe
^overnmeiil parly, which will take
out Ihe coal for the navy. Two
:!<>-foot scows is pari of the out
til and the river steamers are 50
feel. long.
Judge Lyons to Retire.
Mis term about to expire, and 1
Hubert W. Jennings, his probable
smieessor, appdiu|ed by Presi
dent Wilson, Judge Thomas R.
Lyons this afternoon bid adieu
to the courtroom over which he
has so equitably, eTTicidntly and
faithfully presided since appoint
ed by President Taft nearly four
years ago. Judge Lyons leaves
tonight on the Spokane for Ketch
ikan, to open a term of court
there next Monday morning.
From Ketchikan Judge and Mrs.
Lyons .will go to Walla Walla,
Wash., for a rest.
Judge Lyons’ plans for the fu
ture are -indefinite. It is believ
ed he has an eye on Puget Sound,
as a probable location for law of
fices. Then again the call of
Alaska is lo he considered. The
friends of Judge Lyons are hop
ing Ihul he will listen to that call
and return here and reopen In*'
offices. As a practicing attorney
-Judge Lyons’ success is too well
known to he dwelt upon'. He was
one of the ablest lawyers in Alas
ka before he took up the gavel of
the court, and his experience* as
a jurist has undoubtedly enlarg
ed his storehouse of knowledge
of law and its intricacies. —Ju
ueau Dispatch.
Dougherty <& Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.
FOR RENT—Six room house on
Sherman street. Apply to Lieut.
Weeks at the Road Commission
otllce.
The last dance given by the
Eagles was a grand success and
ihe committee will “bust them
selves’’ to make this week’s dance
even better.
LAST BREAKUP
III IOTEH
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Commence Sluicing, Late Spring
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Delays Work-sProspects for
a Busy Season.
Fairbanks, May 3.--The break
up of the Tanana river is expect
ed about May ftth. The ice is
melting rapidly and it is thought
it will go out at about that time.
The spring has been very back
ward and the cold weather has
delayed the sluicing.
Many of the operators have
started sluicing but with only
small crews and only the favored
few have waletr enough with
which to work.
The prospects for a busy sea
son are very good and the oper
ators will rush work and employ
many men.
TESLIN SI IKE
IS OVERRATED
So Writes Dan Garvey, a Special
Correspondent of the Seat
tle Times.
That I hero is no tug stampede
to I he new digg ings in the Tes
Iin , Lake country, discovered by
Skonkum Jim: that there is at
prdsent nothing to justify 'one,
and that the value of the field
from a commercial standpoint
f-annot be determined until laic in
the summer, is the conclusion of
Dan l>. Garvey, a special cor
respondent of the Seal lie Times,
who is in AMin.
Garvey is a mining man of
many years experience and knows
every placer and quartz mining
camp in Alaska and the West
ern dounlry. The in,formal ion
he has gathered, and may be tak
en as being as accurate as it is
humanly possible to make it, is
as follows:
“Tlie accurate facts about the
alleged strike made by Skookum
Jim, the Indian, who shared with
George Carmack the discovery of
the Dawson gold fields, as near as
I can learn them from careful,
observing men upon whose judg
ment there can be no question,
are these:
“Cate last fall several Indians
discovered bright, coarse gold oil
an exposed rimrock of Silver
creek. They became excited and
hastened here to discover other
natives who had some experience
in the Klondike gold fields. They
were advised to go back and stake
the creek. This they did later in
the fall, making the trip over the
snow. In December forty of them
returned to Atlin and staked that
many claims.
“When it became known that
so many claims were staked and
recorded in a new-district,, the
white miners and prospectors in
this and neighboring camps grad:,
ually drifted into the new camp’'
and staked claims on nearly
creeks' without doing tmy- pros
pecting, A few of them have ti'jed
to sink to bedrock but,’ because of
water, they have not yet succeed
ed. The ground is now covered
.with four feet of snow."
Lieut Inpralm, who Is at For I
Liscuin for a . few weeks, wtfs a
visitor to Valdez today. The lieu
tenant will sail south about-'the
17th of the month. ^
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Lieut. Anderson, who has been
stationed at Fort Liscuin the past
winter, will leave for the states
on a leave of absepce and will
later #o to Fort Davis, near Ntrine,
where1 he will remain while the
80th infantry is stationed in
Alaska.
Read the Bally Prospector.
GABLE REPAIRED
IS MORNING
Repairs Were Made by New
Cableship—Burnside Be
ing Rebuilt.
Tlu> military cable, which went
out of commission on April 22
and has been down ever since
that date, while the Canadian line,
upon which we have depended
in the interim for news, has al
so had more or less trouble, if
being necessary to repair tin* line
when hit by snow slides.
The repairs were made by a
new cableship. which has been
chartered by the government to
replace' the Burnside, which is
now in drydock, whore an expen
dilure of S|on,non will la* made
on her. The cable machinery was
loaded upon I he new hoal and will
remain there for the four months
necessary to overhaul and rebuild
the Burnside.
The cable broke about GO miles
from Seattle ill I he same place as
the break of a month ago.
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POWERS DEMAND
TDRKSJUIT WAD
Constant inople. May It.—The
porle today received a note from
the powers demanding the cessa
tion of all hostilities hy the
Turks. . ... _• .. '
The nole is signed by all tin
powers.
Charles Wilcox, called to Cor-j
dova as a juror, is working the!
linoty pe machine for the Alaskan, j
L. W. Slorm and Mr. Nicholson |
ldj for Kliamar this morning.
Ceorge Moore is in town from |
Shoup bay. * >
A line special program al I lie j
Orptieum loniglil.
■John II. Robinson came up from
Cordova on the. Yukon. .
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National Democratic Chairman j
Cheney arrived in Juneau on I In
Mariposa. „■ *
John Orchard, Sr., who made
a hurried trip to Washington, re
turned on the Yukon last night.
John Frame, who made a trip
to the Port Wells country, re
in rued last night.'
F. Wagner, president of the
Rambler Cold Mining Co., return
ed from the* Port Wells section
today.
At a siimly attended mass
meeting in Juneau the members
of the Alaska legislature who
were elected to represent the
First division were condemned
for violating the pledges made
prj«r to the election.
Parke tJrwwold,' who was call
ed to Cordova, as a juror, was
dxcuSed by the court and return
ed to Vafdt-yi An the Yukon. While
in the railroad, town ParkV was
kept busy helping the Cordova
Times, the neW paper, to prepare
Tor its first issue tomorrow.
Special Change Tonight at the
Orpheum.
Lena and. the Geese, line Rio
graph story with swell scenery.
Detective/Dorothy, exciting de
tective story with Child taking Ihet
leading part.
Katzenjammer Kids, Heine con
templates a I rip to Germany, but
the kids spoil it.
Fine Sunday change tomorrow'.
Col. O’Neil at Fort I.iscum.
WANTED—A cook: inquire of
Talk abo’ul your bargains a!
Adler’s.
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Shortage Caused by Sudden De
mand From Mining Compan
ies is Relieved.
The launch Prospector arrived
last night with 500 gallons of
gasoline from the railroad town
consigned to S. Ilium & Co. The
gasoline was telegraphed for
from the Cordova branch of the
house to relieve the shortage in
Valdez, caused when the Cam
eron-Johnson, (odd King and
other mining companies purchas
ed enough gasoline lo last them
during tin* summer and started to
freight it to the camps.
The local merchants were un
prepared for the sudden and
heavy demand and the supply was
soon exhausted, and to cap tin*
climax I hr Cordov a went wrong
and was compelled to return to
Seattle from Nanaimo and 'the
Kdilh was senl in her plan*.
1 (ioldic is still at Cordova and
is learning how to play billiards.
LOW FREIGHT
FORJAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, _ May ;i.—The agent
of'the While Pass railroad tias
announced a cut of $10 in freight
rales given out at the first of the
season and the passenger rate is
expected”T»Tlie cut in hAtT
The Canadian road intends to
compete with the lower river
boats operated by the Norlhevrn
'Commercial company and expect
a large share of the business.
The children enjoyed a line
matinee today at the Orpheum.
Head the line Orpheum Sunday
change of program in the Miner.
William Kock will return to the
Oiill' mine Monday.
Special change of program al
I lie Orpheum tonight.
William Conley returned to
Pori Wells on I tie Itrighton this
morning.
Mike Sherry came hack from
the Pori Wells section late last
night.
The Ragles will give their bi
weekly dance tonight at Ragle
hall.
Tl»e Brighton, in command of
Captain Stomey, left for the Pori
Wells section this morning with
a large amount of freight and
many passengers.
Thtfre will be a meeting of the
Rpiscopal Ladies Guild at the;
home of Mrs. Thomas It. Shop- ;
ard this afternoon at 4 o’clock to |
arrange for a reception to Bishop
Rowe next Wednesday evening.
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Ray Millard, superintendent of
the Cliff mine. Vfhs .in town this
morning and'dd' his return was
loaded down with pay checks for
(he men.
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The Ofpheum was painted last
night al I I o’clock. The late hour
for the work was selected in or
der not to inconvenience the pa
trons of I he theater. A second
coat of while enamel will follow
yesterday’s ooal and whc.n com
pleted the front will be greatly
ipfpfoved in appearance.
Charles McCallum came in
from Gold creek because of the
many snow slides which made
Working oil his claims dangerous
and he will wail for a few weeks
Until the snow has stopped slid
ing.
The steamer Yukon brought I
steerage passengers for Valdez.
MANY NATIVES
HAVE DIPHTHERIA
Two Dead at Nulato, Others Sick
and Two Hundred Exposed
to the Disease.
Fairbanks, May 3.--An epidem
ic of diphtheria among the na
tives at Nulato has carried otf
two and many are sick and it is
feared that more will take the
disease, as over 200 have been
exposed.
The government is rushing
doctors with antitoxin from Fort
(tibbon and Ruby to the stricken
natives, and every precaution will j
be taken to prevent I lie spree.] |
of I In1 disease.
The special venire,•which was]
called to C.ordova. is expected j
hack on the Mariposa.
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AND SAILS WEST!
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Has Large Number of Westward
Passengers—Brought Coal
Party to Katalla.
The Yukon, in command of
Captain McKay, arrived at Val
dez yesterday afternoon al i and
sailed west shortly after (>.
The Yukon brought a., large
number of passengers north on
this trip, landing several at Yak
alaga Beach, where Van Milli
gan. Slierward, Smith and Blog- !
ell, who were of the parly, wifi j
spend the summer operating I lit* i
dredge on I he Yakataga river. i
Al Katalla a large parly under j
Captain -I. (>. Downey left. Ihc
ship. They will spend the sum
mer taking out the 885 tons of
coal mined last year, but which
has never been delivered to tide
water. The men are all from the
Bremerton navy slalio nand in
clude A. J. Seng, machinist's
male, second-class, from the Ore
gon; \V. It. Boardman, machin
ist's mate, second-class, from the
Galveston; Ci. \V. Bacon, machin
ist’s mate, second-class, from the
Charleston; L. RassleV, boat
swain's mate, second-class, from
the Pittsburg; R. Allen, coxswain,
from the Galveston; D. R. Alley,
fireman, first-class, from Hie
Fortune; J. Marekr, ordinary sea
man, from the St. Louis; K. G.
Horton, coal passer, from the
Galveston,
The boat will stop al Illamina.
where 13 passengers will be land
ed and Hie provisions for the
summer's work on many proper
ties in Ilia! section will be taken
ashore.
The Yukon will go no further
west than Kodiak. The following
passengers came north on the
steamer.
Following is Hie passenger list
for the Yukon:
For Katalla—A. Allen, L. Mark
er, N. Kelley, F. M. Bacon. L. F.
Alley, L. IL Ressler, M. Seng, B.
O. Boardman, (). H. Van Milli
gan, Capt. J. O. Downey, Geo. K.
Barrett, V. Blodgett, R. Blodgett,
\V. R. Reese, Jas. Saers, Geo. '
Sherwi*or|,o Kay* Smith and II
steerage.
Valdez—John Orchard. Sr„ and
13 step rage.
Seward—Fred Laulmer, F. Fish.
Mrs. Kish.
Iljiamnia—Dave Johnson, G. H.
McNeil. J. Worgan. R. L. Kinney,
11. H. Millet, Alex. Borland, L- A.
Thurston, N. Cook, F. Cook, J. O.
Gillis, \V. B. West, Mrs. West.
Port Graham—J* W. Alley.
Kttik—Kvone Farrington, E. C.
HefTiner. A. McHenry and 12
steerage.
Kodiak— F. M. Hall, Barney
Heltle, Jack Blinn, M. D. Snod
grass, Mrs. Snodgrass and four
steerage.
NO HEARING ON
RAILROAD BILL
Alaskans in Capital Anxious Be
cause of Delay—Gugqenheims
Have Active Lobby.
Washington. 1). C., May —lie—
oausp of no quorum the Senate
Committee on Territories have
held no public meeting to con
sider the Alaska Railroad bill.
Many Alaskans ,are (anxious at
the long delay and are hopeful
that some action will soon be
taken, which would indicate the
chances for the sucvess of the.
measure.
The (iiiggenheim interests have
a strong lobby working for the
sale of tin' Cordova road to the
government as part of the system
of Alaska roads.
CARNEGIE OPENS
PEACECONFERENCE
St. Louis. Mo.. May .'(.--Andrew
Carnegie opened the peace con
ference here and in his opening
address said that there is no dan
ger of a war between the t'nifed
States and Japan.
The peace conference will make
every effort to secure the arbitra
tion of all mailers of dispute be
tween countries and abolish the
resort to arms.
MARIPOSA PASSED
SKAGWAY TODAY
Tin- Mariposa I• ■ l'| Skayway this
morning al I 0;:iri ami is due lo
arrive al Valdez early Monday
morning. Tile Prospector lias not
received (tie passenger list owing
t.o the fact of the cable being out
• f commission.
Lost Boy.
William It. Kinder, who left
bis home and mother li years
ago, is wanted by I tie aged par
ent. now 7.'! years old. He has
not written since tie left his home,
although he has been heard of
indirectly and is supposed to be
in Alaska. The old mother would
like to gel in communication with
her son and has written (he Pros
pector for information. The son
is 30 years old, is 5 feet 11 inches
high, ,has gray eyes and black
hair. Ilis home was in Hanford,
California. Will anyone know
ing of his whereabouts kindly in
form I he mother. Mrs. M. J. Kmd
(•r, 30S Outer street, Hanford,
Cal.
KILL ALL THE BEAR
YOU LIKE, OR CAN
The ban mi black bear has been
lifted by a sweeping order of Sec
retary of Commerce YV. S. Red
lield. This announcement was
made recently by YY'ard T. bow
er, of the Alaska division of the
bureau or Fisheries. According
to the order no restrictions are
placed on the killing and ship
ping of black bear in Alaska and
the news will come as a pleasant
surprise to ninirmls who have
heretofore been rest rained from
shooting black bear in the terri
tory.
The order of the secretary of
commerce is in response to a
widespread appeal from hunters
in Alaska.
Ft is now hoped that the Fisher
ies department will eventually be
given jurisdiction over the brown
bear in Alaska, which is controll
ed at present by the Department
of Agriculture.
Joe bush, who has been with
the McIntosh outfit at fiold creek,
came to town last night to look
around.
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