BRANCH BANKS FOR
FLAT READY JUNE I
With buildings nearly ready for occupation at Plat City', both
the Miners & Merchants bank and the American Bank of Alaska,
with headquarters in this city, are about ready to open up branch
establishments in the big creek town, and expect to be doing busi
ness there by the first of .T or as soon as the active mining sea
son begins.
The M. & M. bank has secured quarters opposite the Stanley
house on the waterfront, while the American bank will be on the
same side of the thoroughfare opposite the Connolly.
E. G. Lindberg, manager of the M. & M., will spend the larger
part of his time at Flat during the summer, and is accordingly
preparing a residence on Gold strtet for Mrs. Lindberg and him
self. He will be assisted at the branch bank by T. W. Brown, who
received his banking experience in Philadelphia.
J. B. Adams, formerly assayer for the Washington Alaska
bank at Fairbanks, will be in charge of the branch bank for the
American, but his assistant has not yet been decided upon.
Neither one of the institutions will do any soliciting for gold
dust on the creeks, as was the custom in Fairbanks, and all assay
ing will be done in this city.
Panama Canal Will
Be Ready Sept 1,1913
Washington, March n—Colonel George W. Goethals, chief en
gineer of the Panama canal, says the canal will he completed by Sept,
i, 1913, at a cost of $360,000,000.
This is two years ahead of all earlier estimates for completion of
the canal and fully $50,000,000 less than many engineers have figured
as the cost.
Because of the early completion of the canal, Colonel Goethals
urged the House Committee to prepare legislation under which can be
fixed shipping tolls for passage of vessels through the waterway.
President Taft has made similar recommendations and bills for
this purpose have been presented by Senator Flint and Chairman Mann
of the House Committee, each of which gives the President authority to
fix or to designate some one else to fix toll rates within a maximum and
minimum charge.
Colonel Goethals did not say what whould be a fair charge, but j
thought $1 per net ton of a vessel would not be a heavy tax on vessels!
using the canal, but would give the transcontinental railroads compe
tition 011 freight from New York to San Francisco.
The cost ot the canal, the machine shops at Balboa, the Pacific ter
minal, the coaling stations at Colon, the Atlantic and Pacific terminals
and other supply stations are all included in Golonel Goethals’ estimate
of $360,000,000 for the entire cost of the great waterways. He also be
lieves it will be possible to build a drydock within the estimated limit
of cost of the canal.
Wireless Sent Across Pacific
San Francisco, March 30—The wire
less operator in the station in this city
held conversation for an hour with the ;
operator at Chosi, Shimosa, on the i
coast of Japan, 5,700 miles away. The
messages were passed across the Pa
cific with one relay. It is stated that
the performance establishes a new
record for wireless work in this portion ■
of the globe.
Are Looking for Wm. Wiley
Up in Fairbanks they are asking for
one William Wiley, one of the discov
erers of pay on Vault creek, but now
thought to be on the Outside.
A. J. Metz, a lawyer of Seattle, is
looking for William, as he is a benefi
ciary under a will. If he happens to
be in this portion of the country, it
might be well to look up that matter
in Seattle.
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Reciprocity With Canada
Means Much to Alaska
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Washington, April 1 —It is known that Delegate Wickersham
and other Alaskans, spending the winter in Washington, have been |
more than ordinarily active in urging the passage of the Canadian
reciprocity bill, and that now they are exerting every effort to have
the senate act favorably upon the measure.
One of them gave as their reason the desire of Alaska to place
Vancouver on the same level as Seattle, Tacoma and Portland as a
trading place for the Noith, and thereby make more acute compe
tition for their trade and thus get lower prices. In fact, it is inti
mated that if the reciprocity agreement is made into a law, not only
Vancouver but other Canadian cities will rapidly develop into sup
ply sources for Alaska. This will be particularly true, said an
Alaskan, of the terminal of the new Grand Trunk line, which will
reach the Pacific several score of miles further north than other
roads, and within a very short distance of Alaskan territory.
Under the provisions of an agreement, Vancouver and other
British Columbia points will enter into absolute competition with
Puget sound on lumber products, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy
products, eggs and poultry, cattle, sheep and other live stock.
Marked reductions on Canadian fresh meats, bacon and hams, lard,
canned vegetables, flour and other breadstuffs will also permit
them to trade with Alaska in these articles at a good profit.
New Telephone Exchange for City by June First
With the arrival of the Ross & Nestor lumber, now at Dikeman,
which should be brought here during the latter part of this month,
building operations will be started on the new telephone exchange
in this city, or a remodeling of the old quarters to make a two
story building.
The change is made neceesary by the rush of business ex
pected during the summer when a double switchboard will be nec
essary to accommodate the local and the long-distance lines- The
building will also have offices for the manager and clerk, and
plenty of storage room for supplies.
After its completion it will be necessary to run a double shift
of centrals, and they will be here ready for duty when wanted.
With the arrival of the new switchboards, an exchange will be put
in at Flat, as already announced, and a line will most likely be run
to Dikeman, if it be ascertained that the wireless telegraph com
pany does not intend to establish a station at that point.
Rich Copper Ore Shipped
Within two weeks, says the Chitina i
Leader of April 18, the first train load
of the richest copper ore ever shipped
will be hauled from the famous Bonanza
mine to Cordova. Thousands of sacks
have been sent to ICennicott and most
of them are now filled with ore.
When the results of this shipment
are made known by the Tacoma smelter
the richness of this big body of copper
will startle the world and will attract
the attention of the Outside to Cor
dova as a mineral producer.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch.
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Stanley’s Cate Feeding the Multitude
Right where the sad waves beat
against the frowning front of Flat,
Frank Stanley opened his new eat fac
tory yesterday whereat he opened up
a few delicacies of the season and a lew
of last season.
The new place is right across from
the Stanley house and will be used for
the accommodation of the Stanley house
guests as well as the general public.
He has furnished up large quarters in
cluding a long lunch counter and tables
and will go into the catering business
right for the summer.
Save the pieces! broken lenses re
placed at Simpson’s.
Snow Glasses—Red Cross Drug Store. ,
Long Time to Put
Rich Man in Jail
The following chronological record of the trials of Abe Ruef
as printed at the time he finally went to the penitentiary at San
Quentin, Cal., gives a vivid idea of the prevailing effectiveness of
the criminal procedure of the United States, and shows how hard
it is to put a guilty man behind the bars when he is lined with
money enough to employ brilliant counsel.
Beginning with Ruef’s conviction in 190S, the chief events in
the battle to retain his liberty up to the clanging of the doors of
San Quentin behind him on March 7 are as follows:
1908
August 27.—Trial begins for bribery of J. J. Furey.
October 29.—E. A. S. Blake confesses that he attempted to
bribe John Martin Kelly, one of the jurors summoned to try Ruet.
November 5.—Jury completed.
November 13.—Morris Haas shoots Francis J. Heney in court
room. Ruef remanded to county jail.
December 10.—Ruef is found guilty.
December 29.—Sentenced to 14 years in San Quentin by Judge
Lawlor.
1909
December 2.—Admitted to bail by Judge Cabaniss on $600,000
securities.
1910
June 27.—Ruef files 12,000 page appeal in appellate court.
November 23.—Appellate court affirms verdict of lower court.
December 23.—Appellate court denies application for rehearing.
December 31.—Ruef petitions supreme court for rehearing.
1911
January 23. —Rehearing granted by supreme court.
February 6.—Attorney-General Webb argues against supreme
court’s order.
February 28.—Supreme court vacates order and Ruef is re
manded to county jail
March 1.—Judge Lawlor grants Ruefs seven days’ respite to
settle affairs.
March 7.—Petition for further stay of execution is denied and
Ruef goes to San Quentin.
STIER THOUGHT TO
BE THE COMMISSIONER
According to the latest advices from
Fairbanks, it appears that Judge
Heavey has resigned his post at George
town, and that he has been succeeded
in the ofHce by Ed. J. Slier, formerly
clerk of the district court at Fairbanks,
and later a mine operator in the Hot
Springs district.
Just the occasion for the resignation
of Commissioner Heavey is not known,
but when here last winter he gave it
out that he had a number of good min
ing propositions in prospect that he
wished to investigate.
Suer went over to Georgetown from
this city last winter, to assist Judge
Heavey with the work of his office. He
is eminently qualified for the position,
and was certainly in line for the ap
pointment, wherefore it is to be hoped
that conditions around George town will
become such as to make his office worth
while to him.
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