VQL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1913. NO. 82.
PAYMENT ON VALDEZ CREEK
DEAL RECEIVED DY OWNERS
BOSTON PARTIES PAY OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOU
SAND DOLLARS ON OPTION OBTAINED SOME TIME AGO
TRUST MORTGAGE FILED RAISE FUNDS TO OPERATE.
The George W. Sais Syndicate
of Boston have made a payment
of $147,000 on Valdez creek prop
erty bonded some time ago. The
properly includes fourteen claims
mostly held by Valdez interests,
the money having arrived from
Seattle on the Mariposa. The
same company also have an op
tion on twenty bench claims off
the same creek, $10,000 on each
claim being due on the first of
January, 1914.
A short time ago the purchas
ers filed for record in the office
of the United Slates commission
er hero a trust mortgage issued
to the International Trust Com
pany of Boston, presumably to
secure bonds to he issued by the
purchasers. It is the intention
of tht> Sais people to place ma
chinery on Valdez creek to work
the ground on a large scale.
Competent experts report that
the immense deposits of gravel on
Valdez creek will average fifty
cents a cubic yard, which makes
it one of the largest hydraulic
propositions in Alaska. The
ground on the creek has been
held for a number of years, 1. .i
was worked only in a desulotry
way. owing to the lack of means
to work tilt' ground on a sulfi
ciently extensive scale to make it
pay.
There can be no doubt but that
the company will take over the
bench claims when the payment
becomes due, as this ground is
known to tie equally as rich as the
creek claims and is necessary to
the proper and economical work
ing of the ground already obtain
ed.
Among those who have bene
fited by the payment received on
the last steamer are It. P. Fergu
son and Sam Blum, (he latter
having obtained the interests of
Frank Kernan. II is understood
that the new owners are to issue
lmnds through the International
Trust company with which lo put
the necessary machinery on 'the
ground and lo open up the prop
erty preparatory ol actual mining
operations. To accomplish this
on a sufficient scale several hun
dred thousand dollars will have to
ho expended before any returns;
can he expected.
Without doubt this is the larg
est placer deal ever brought to a
successful conclusion in South
western Alaska and will mean
much for the development of the
country in the neighborhood of I
Valdez creek.
els SNEII DIES
ON NORTHWESTERN
Former Game Warden on Way
to States for Health, Dies
While En Route.
Chris .Shea, former game war
den of the Kenai precinct, died on
I he Northwestern between Ketch
ikan and Juneau, while en route
to the states for his health.
Shea had been failing for
some time and lie and his mother
left on the Northwestern for the
states. It was his intention to
enter a sanitarium, but lie had
waited too long.
The body of Hie deceased was
removed at Ketchikan and pre
pared for shipment and then re
shipped on the Humboldt to Seat
iie for interment.
Shea was game warden fur four
years, having received his ap
pointment from (iovernor lloggatl
am! lie held over under tiovernov
Clark until Iasi summer, when he
was removed ii\ Clark for sup
porting Cilmnre, to whom Clark
was opposed. Ceorge Cantwell
was ..ntly appointed in Shea’s
place.
Dr. Hyde Now on Trial.
Kansas City, .Ian. I (»_Tin
third trial of Dr. Hyde for the
murder of his father-in-law, Col.
Swope, by slow poisoning, has be
gun. . The forme'- trials created a
great sensation.
Josephine, the 18-months-old
daughter of Mike Zarliofl', janitor
at tin* court house, died this
morning of a spinal paralysis.
The remains will lie interred at
Fllamar by the side of Mr. Zar
holFs other ehildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus NY. (Har
rington left today for their future
home on Candlock hay. For the
winter they wit tommy tin* Dickey
home.
This is the kind of weather
iIml the tenants of “The Cliff”
wear a broad smile and spend
lheir time in their, rooms with
comfort.
COLO WAVE IN
THE INTERIOR
Sixty-four Degrees Below Zero at
Beaver Dam--Calm on the
Summit.
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The interior weather is clear
and cold, the thermometer rang
ing from 64 below at Beaver Dam
to 37 below at Gulkana. It is the
coldest snap this year and is gen
eral from the coast to the inter
ior. It was 4 4 below at Teikhell,
52 below at Tonsina and 48 lie
low at Copper Center.
No wind was blowing on the
summit and it is clear and calm
from the range in as far as Pax
sons, at which point it was cold
and also blowing,
j No reports from the Copper j
| river have been received, but it is !
i wry likely that it is also cold and j
i blowing along the. Copper—“It's !
I I lie same in January. May and;
: J Ulie."
j The Mariposa is expected in
I'miii Seward this evening.
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! NOT CONFIRMED
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| li is rumored about (own Ihnl |
jtlie Postmaster General lias or-I
Idered the interior mail routed by |
way of Valdez. No confirmation |
of tlie repprl could be bad up to j
the time of going to press. There |
ran be no doubt, however, Hint the j
Postoffiee Department lias be-j
come very tired over the poor ser- j
vice rendered by the Copper River I
railroad, no matter bow much ef- !
fort they may make to keep the
road open to traffic.
River Stationary.
Cincinnati, O,, Jan. 16.—The
j Ohio river is stationary at sixty
two feet.
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■ FOR .SAUL—JBinger sewing
ijiachine.; .Fine condition. Apply
I Henry Snossdorf. 'Phono 7.
HITCHCOCK SMS'
El OF EXPRESS
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Predicts That the Hauling jof
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Express Matter Will be Done,
by Government Alone.
.lust before the inauguration |if
the parcels post Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock said that the par
cels post would wipe out the ex
press companies in America. He
said:
“From tlr1 limited study I have
been able to give the parcels post
rat's I am convinced they are
higher than they need to be, and
in lime we will reduce the rates
materially. My view is that ul
timately the government should
lako over Hie express business of
the country. The greatest benefit
will he to the 20,000,000 people
who live where no express com
pany operates, hut who can he
served by the parcels post. 1 am
(,'onvinced that the parcels post
will greatly reduce the cost of
living.’’
ANOTHER MAN
IS PARDONED
President Pardons Another Victim
of the Hency-Burns Per
secutions.
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Portland, Ore., Jan. 10.—Word
was received from Washington
today that President Taft had
granted an absolute pardon to II.
If. Hendricks of Fossil, Ore., jail
ed with Franklin Pierce Mays,
Willard N. Jones and others in
connection with (he land fraud
cases prosecuted in litis stale by
Francis J. Honey and William J.
Burns se\on years ago.
Details of the pardon are lack
ing, Inti it is supposed it was
grunted on I lie saint! grounds up
on which the pardons of other
members of the alleged fraud
ring were granted by lilt* presi
dent. Practically every citizen of
Fossil signed the petition to Pres
ident Taft retpiesling Hendricks’
pardon.
THE STORY OF THE RAILROAD
TOLD OY CORDOVA ALASKAN
HISTORY OF EFFORT TO CLEAR THE LINE AS TOLD IN CORDO
VA PAPERS OF PAST TEN DAYS-iPROSPECTOR IS ROAST
ED— MONTGOMERY CATALOGS SENT TO FAIRBANKS.
Cordova, Jan. /.--This morn
ing the small rotary, three en
gines and a train left the Copper
River & Northwestern railway sta
tion for out the line to clear the
tiack of snow between Cordova
and Tiekel. All of the old men
went lo work and l i of them con
stituted the three crews in charge.
There was also a machinist, boil
er makers and several laborers
from the machine shop, who went
along in ease any accident occur
red to 'he rotary or engines. A
large quantity of coal and oil was
taken along for fuel, as well as
a supply of grub for the men.
There is every reason to believe
that this train will get through
to Tiekel and as soon as the track
is cleared between here and there
traffic can be resumed. Unless
something unforseen occurs this
will not take more than two or
three days.
The encouraging change m h>
eal conditions has caused much
rejoicing among Cordovans and
l he out look is now very bright for
a11 early resumption of Hie old
schedule of three trains a week.
This good news will not be baib-d
with much delight by the people
of Valdez, if Ihe press dispatches
the) are sending out from there
is any criterion oT the senlimeid
of its residents.
The I rue eoiidit Ions exist ing are
had enough, huL when a sister
town telegraphs broadcast delib
erate and malicious falsehoods it
can he done for no other purpose
Ilian to injure Cordova. (Iraniing
that Valdez is peeved because it
lost the interior mail contract
tliere is no justification for its
spreading misinformation, as it
only aels as a boomerang.
When Ihe Iasi regular train left
here December 21 il had aboard
1,000 pounds of mail for Fair
hanks, fditarnd. ltuby and Nome.
This train was stalled at 78 in a
snowslide and two days later, De
cember 23, a second rotary went
lo ibe rescue, also having aboard
1,000 pounds of mail. On account
of the elements and unavoidable
accidents neither of these trains
have as yet reached Cliitina. Dur
ing the tie-up the supply of fuel
for both the engines and rotaries
became exhausted and had to he
packed from Xiijkel to the nearest
train, which had reaclujd mile 98.
This difliciilfy having been over.
come the lirsi train has reached
Tiekel, and in another day should
be at C.hitina.
This morning's train took out
.‘1,200 pounds more of mail, which
included all of the tirst-ciass and
registered mailer on hand at the j
Cordova postoR'ice, as well as
much of the second and fourth-j
class matter, thus relieving the j
situation as far as the mail is
concerned. Hut these facts did
not deter Valdez from gel ting
busy in its knock against Cordova,
as the following telegram, receiv
ed by the daily Alaskan from
Nome today, shows:
.Nome, Jan. 7.--Received yester
day from an exchange at Valdez
the following dispatch: “Six
weeks mail accumulated at Cor
dova. Hopeless blockade on Cop
per River railroad. Heavy gales
on coast. Both rotaries stalled.
Hauling fuel oil by hand-sleds.
Outgoing mail slacked Clritina.
Incoming at Cordova." Please
send dispatch limned to hundred
words of aclictl conditions. Re
j ply implicit ly on yet;r correctness.
Rush reph.
IMtl'STIti SI. W'OHKKH.
The absolute incorrectness of
I the Valdez telegram to the Nome
newspaper is apparent in view of
the above statements of facts.
[Every carrier leaving Fairbanks
for down Yukon river points and
Nome has taken a full comple
ment of mail, the latest one leav
ing yesterday. This was made
possible through the foreslgl t of
Chief Clerk Eames, who has kept
a surplus of mail on hand at Fair
banks for use in case of an emer
gency.
Gordova. .Ian H—The sn ail ro
tary and train that left Irere yes
terday morning al II o’eloek had !
reached Miles (ilaeier at noon to- |
day. The frail) al Ticket is still J
imeking snow, whieh is forty feel |
deep in plaees.
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ordova. Jan. IP.--.M 5 o'clock j
this afternoon the rotary whieh j
had wended its way through tliej
huge snow drifts in reaching Tie- i
kolj, started for Ghitina, after hav- j
ing taken on a supply of fuel at j
miie iOO. The track on that end;
of jihe line is in fairly good shape, j
so far as slides and snow are
concerned, ami it is-expected I hut j
(Gonlinued on page 4)
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NATIVES AT TYONOK DRIVE
TEACHERS FROM GOVT.SCHOOL
INSIST UPON BEING GIVEN FOOD AND UPON REFUSAL THREAT
EN TEACHERS—FEAR THAT ATTEMPT MADE TO POISON
COOPERS, WHO VIOLENTLY ILL SHORTLY AFTER
On the 11th of this month Mar
shal Sullivan was in receipt of a
letter from Deputy Marshal Dyer
at Knik, conveying the news of
trouble having occurred at Tyo
nok between the government
teachers there and the natives.
The letter stated that Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper, who had been in
charge of the school at that ponit
for the past three years, had just
arrived at Knik from Toyonok in
a sled drawn by three dogs, hav
ing been eight days on route to
make the eighty miles between the
two points.
It appears that the natives have
been short of food and had de
manded of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
that they divide their supply with
them and that if they did not do
so within a given time there would
be trouble. A short time before
they left Mr. and Mrs. Cooper hail
every reason to believe they had
been poisoned, as they were sud
denly tuken very ill and remain
ed so for twenty-four hours, one
of their dogs dying within that
time. Believing that their lives
were in danger they started for
Knik, from which place they noti
fied the Bureau of Education in
Washington. Upon receipt of this
information Marshal Sullivan at
once notified the Department of
Justice and asked that he be
granted permission to send a dep
uty from this place to investigate
the affair on the ground. A reply
granting the requested permis
sion was received at noon yes
terday and Deputy Marshal Go
shaw was at once started for
Seward, at which point lie will at
once employ one of the fastest
dog teams in order to reach Tyo
nok at the earliest practical mo
ment. To wait for the mail for
further information would mean
a delay of a month at least. Mr.
Gosliaw will drive his team
around I lie head of Turnagain
Arm, thence up Knik Arm to its
head to Knik and down the west
side of Cook Inlet to Tyonok. The
trip of 200 miles in an air line
is not such a great di-tanco, hut
when it is taken into considera
tion that for fully 200 miles of
the way on an air line the trail
will have to be broken with snow
shoes, makes the trip a rather
difficult one to undertake.
It is the supposition of the
marshal’s office that the natives
being short of food and having no
(continued on page 3).
NEXT SUMMER
Will be First Mine in Alaska on
Shipping Basis—Once Fined
For Selling Coal.
Seattle, Jan. lti.—Captain
Whorf, who was granted a patent
to his eoal claims at Port Gra
ham, has announced his inten
tion of opening the claims next
summer on a large scale and
shipping coal to Seattle and al
so supplying the Alaska coast
towns.
This is the lirst group of coal
claims in Alaska to which patent
has heen issued under the policy
of the conservation fadists of the
Cast. Whorf was at one time
lined for selling coal to the Unit
ed States revenue culler, which
was without fuel, to take her-to
Seattle. The line of >T>(Mi was lat
er remitted, but it cost Whorf
the amount of the line to pay bis
expense in having it rebated.
The light for patent has ex
tended over a period of ten years
amt Whorf has expended a small
fori line in obtaining patent.
CHARGE CONSPIRACY
AGAINST OFFICERS
Juneau, Jan. 10.-The (rials has
begun in the eases against the
owners of the Skagwuy wharf and
a number of steamship officials,
on the charge of conspiring to
control tlie passenger and freight
into tin1 interior. The eases are
attracting widespread attention
throughout this section.
Home Rule for Ireland.
London, Jan. 10.—The final
stage has been reached in tin*
passage of the Irish home rule
i>i11. During I ho debate Balfour
at lacked the Liberal party, eharg- j
ing them with duplicity. Asquith j
replied to Balfour, defending the]
hill.
>Former Valdez Miner Shoots Him
I
self Through Body at Katal
la With a Shotgun.
On the iL’th insl. the body of
James MeKune was found in his
cabin at Kalalla, shot through the
body, as the result of a suicidal
act. For several days MeKune
had been missed around his us
ual haunts and fearing that soma
accident had befallen him friends
began an investigation with the
result of the finding of his body.
The dead man had lied a string
to his foot and by that means had
sprung the trigger of his shotgun.
No reason is known for the act.
MeKune formerly worked in
this vicinity, having been engag
ed as a miner on the Alice prop
erl ies. HI*- was about 57 years of
age and a members of tile Valdez
Miners I'nion and l“M\so a hroth
i r in Memphis. Teim. II is said
im bad been drinking heavily for
some II ne pa.-l and no doubt the
rasli act was enmmilled while he
was under itie iniliienre of liquor,
lie left Valdez for Kalalla last
September. His remains will be
buried in Kalalla.
Alaskan Dead.
Marshfield, Ore.. .Ian. 0'>.--A.
Sinner, an Alaskan, ami a mem
ber of the Arctic Hrntherhood.
was foumi dead here.
James J. Hill was an outgoing
passenger on the Yukon, hound
for the slates.
Fine Comedies Tonight.
Three fine comedies tonight at
Hit* Orpheum. Entire change of
program. Matinee Saturday. Nia
gara Falls, etc.
The funeral services over the
remains of Josephine ZarhofT will
take place at the Church of the
Epiphany on Saturday morning at
10:;t0 o’clock.
v The steam heat at “The.Cliff"’
is mighty fine these frosty days.
Notice the contented expression
of our tenants.