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GUGGENHEIM FAMILY ROW
NEW YORK, May 10. A suit for *10,-!
000,000 for alleged damages, with William
Guggenheim of the Guggenheim family of
copper mine owners as plaintiff, against his
five brothers, was argued in the supreme
court in Brooklyn recently. The defend
ants, Isaac, Daniel, Solomon, Morris and
Simon Guggenheim, contended throi^h
counsel that there was insufficient proof,
and asked for a judgment under which the
action would be dismissed.
William Guggenheim alleges that his
brothers concealed from him certain dc
tails about the affairs of the Chile Copper
Mining Company, and that he suffered a
loss to the amount of $10,000,000.
Justice Benedict reserved decision on the
motion made by the defendants.
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PHILIPPINES OFFICIAL IN BAD
MANILA, June 7.- The governor of
Union province has been arrested for insti
gating an attempt to rob the provincial
treasury.
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! LICENSE MUST BE TAKEN OUT
BY ALL MINE OPERATORS
UNDER TERRITORIAL LAW
A phase of the territorial revenue act
which does not seem to be generally under
stood is that all operators of productive
mines must take out a license from the
territorial treasurer. While no tax is col
lected unless the returns show a net product
of more than $5,000, all operators of mines
must take out the license. This matter and
others with reference to the revenue act
are called to the attention of the deputy
marshals of this division in the following
communication, which incorporates a letter
from Territorial Treasurer Smith:
“To All Deputies, Fourth Division, Alaska.
“The following has been reccvied from the
territorial treasurer, W. G. Smith:
“ 'That tax records of this office for year
of 191G may be complete, 1 take the liberty
of requesting from your office taxation roll
similar to one furnished last year. In
closed you wi.l find a supply of blank en
rollment forms, on which should be listed
by your deputies and yourself the names
and addresses of the persons, firms and
corporations in your division prosecuting
the lines of business made subject to taxa
tion under the various schedules of Chapter
70. Session I,aws of Alaska, 1915.
"‘As you will remember, certain duties
in connection with enforcement of this taxa
tion measure were prescribed to United
States marshals and deputy marshals in the
territory; hence my action in again making
request for information as to those taxable
under the law.
“ 'in making tip tax lists 1 beg to make
the suggestion that you instruct your depu
ties to hold lists open until the business for
the present season is well under way; in
this way lists will be more complete, I be
lieve, than if sent in prior to the opening
of the mining season, Please bear m mind,
however, that lists should be sent in with
as little delay as possible, to enable this
office to send out the proper notices.
“ *A few words of explanation relative to
certain schedules of the act I fed are in
place at this time.
- Re schedules No. 4. 12, 13, 1(3 and 17,
being electric light and power plants, meat
markets, mining, telephone companies and
water works respectively, where in each in
stance payment of tax is provisional upon
amount of business done or net income
realized, I would advise you that under the
law all those engaged in such lines of busi
ness must take out a license each year and
make a sworn return of business done, with
our regard to ext nt of same. If business
report or return should show no taxes due
there is nothing whatever to pay and no
charge is made by this office for tiling re
ports or issuing licenses.
“ ‘Special reference is made to the “min
ing” schedule. Because of the law allowing
an exemption <;f $5,000 from net income in
arriving at taxable amount, many miner.'
whose “net income” is less than the exemp
tion think it is not necessary for them to
become licensed; this, however, is a mis
taken conclusion.
“ ‘All persons engaged in productive min
ing operations, regardless as to the extent
of same, are required by law to make ap
plicttion to this office for license, and such
applications merely contain a promise t<
make a report of net income at the end of
the year and make payment of tax thereon
if any be shown as due. An exception !'
made m this respect where only prospecting
is done and that is non-productive or where
nothing more than assessment work is per
fomred a license is not required.
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“ ‘Re schedule No. 15, “Ships and Ship
ping.” This applies only to registered
boats; that is, boats measuring a’ loa-t live
net tons and over that are “for hire," or
that are engaged in the freight and trans
portation business. Boats under five net
tons are exempt, regardless of the purpose
for which they may be operated.
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‘‘You will fill out the enrollment fornix
inclosed herewith as soon as possible and
forward same to the. office, bearing in mind,
however, the request of the treasurer in
paragraph 3 of his letter as quoted.
“L. T. ERWIN, United States Marshal."
Mr. Charles states that he has blank ap
plications for mining licenses, and for all
other forms of license required in the act,
which may be had by application at his
office.
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CLAIM BOUGHT FROM RILEY
TURNS OUT TO BE BONANZA
(Fairbanks Citizen)
Mining men who have visited the work
of Ringdahl & Co., on No. 11 below, creek
claim, on Cleary creek, are authority for
the statement that the richest pay ever
known to exist on ok Cleary, even in her
palmiest days, is now being mined there.
In fact, it is stated that it is no trouble
! at all to get pans running from £5 to $2o
anywhere in the drift. It is therefore ex
pected that the operators will take out
something like £100,000 during the mining
season.
The good pay in question was supposed
to have been worked out. Therefore when
last year H. Ringdahl and his three part
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ners, namely; AI Raymond, John Carlson
and John Carey, made an offer of $5,000
for the ground to Henry Riley, the former
well known mining man and banker of
Fairbanks, it was accepted. And the miners
secured several other pieces of mining prop
erty in their bargain.
The exact extent of the pay is not
known, but it is believed that at least two
years' time will be required to work it out.
Ringdahl & Co. are stated to be preparing
to open up on a large scale now, having
done all of their own preliminary work.
AITKEN SELLS SILVER MINE
TO MANLEY AND ASSOCIATES
(Dawson News)
One of the most important mining deals
made in Yukon for years has just been
closed, whereby Manley, Ives, Price & Me
Ginn, well known northern mining oper
ators, have purchased the Silver King min
ing property, in the Mayo district, in tin
upper Stewart river valley, from Thom a
Aitken. The purchase was arranged re
cently after Messrs. Manley and Ives cann
in from the coast over the ice and went t<
Mayo, where they visited the properties
They and Mr. Aitken came down from
Mayo on the first water, and were hen
several days, awaiting the arrival of Mr
McGinn. After conference with him tin
ileal was closed, and Mr. Manley announced
that he and his associates are starting ar
rengements for the opening and develop
merit of the property on a larger scale than
ever.
Mr. Manley states that the company hopes
to get a good road built from the landing
to the mine, so that shipments can con
tinue summer as well as winter, and that
the pbn is to put on heavy modern motoi
.rucks or tractors end to draw the ore t<
the Stewart river at Mayo Landing as fast
as mined. He hopes to have fifteen to
twenty tons shipped daily this season if the
road can be put in suitable condition, and
to drepn the shaft and possibly open other
shafts. Water is to be pumped from the
present shaft, and the depth extended much
more, he says, and stupes started.
Mr. Ives wifi be on the ground in charge
of the work, and Mr. Manley, after visitim:
the property on the trip of the Nasutlin
will return to Dawson, and then be joined
by Mrs. Manley, who is coming from the
Outside, after which he will go to Iditarod
to operate their extensive placers there thi>
summer with their dragline excavators. Mr.
Aitken will go to Mayo and expects to be
back in a week or so,, after which he will
leave for the coast. He took out 1,700 tons
of ore this winter, which is understood to
be worth $150 to $200 a ton. Late ad
vices by wire state silver has jumped to
75 cents an ounce, and this will -wake a
great increase in profits to the owners of the
Silver King.
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ED SMITH BACK IN FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks News-Miner. May 27 i
Among' the passengers arriving today on
the steamer Delta was K. A. Smith. :
brother of George and doe Smiih of Gun
Store fame, who left Fairbanks several year
ago for (ilitarod, where he entered one of
the Smith stores. Last winter he worn
Outside and spent the winter in Oakland.
Cal., with his family, and in Los Angeles
In coming back to Fairbanks Mr. Smith
did so with the intention of going out to
the quartz property at the head of St.
Patrick creek, in which he. William Me
Gh ne and George Smith are interested.
Dr. Brooks of the Geological Survey
considers their property promising.
During the coining summer the propern
will be given a more thorough prospecting
than ever before, and the owners are opt!
mistie as to the outcome of their work
and investment. They have been dri.ling
away at this property for some years, and
have put considerable money into it.
WHY WILLIE WAS RELEASED
(Dawson Nows■
William An.-ley. Jr., formerly manager
of Landahl's Emporium, of this city, was
a passenger on the Washburn, bound for
Iditarod. William had enlisted with one
of the British Columbia regiments, and
was supposed by his Klondike friends to
be on the way to the front by this time,
but his father, who has a large store and
Is postmaster at Iditarod, was in declining
health and has to undergo an operation,
telegraphed the authorities asking that, if
possible, the son might be released from
the service in order that he might take
over the business now being handled by
the father. William also will be postmas
ter. He was six months in training in Van
couverl and is as hard as nails. He reports
that most of the young men of Vancouver
have enlisted.
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WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF IDITAROD MAIL ROUTE
(Nome Industrial Worker)
Thomas Gaffney states that the residents
of Marshall, or as it is now known, Fortune
Ledge, are agitating to have their mail
come by way of the Iditarod instead of
via Unalakleet and St. Michael. Men trav
eled between Marshall and Seward via the
Iditarod, making the trip to the coast in
twenty-three days. One man mailed a let
ter in Jupeau to a man in Marshall and later
left via Seward and the Iditarod for Mar
shall. He arrived in Marsahll, notwith
standing his later start, fully a week ahead
of the letter that came via Fairbanks. This
suggestion is worth consideration by Nome
ites. If the Nome mail were routed via
Iditarod and Marshall and St. Michael it
would come in several days ahead of the
present route also, for over the hills the
trip can be made from Marshall to St.
Michael in two days if the trail is staked.
AWFUL DEATH OF WORKMAN
DAWSON, May 16.—John Hudson, while
working on the tailing pile at the edge of
the pond where the Canadian Klondike
Company’s dredge No. 2 was operating, was
buried by a hundred tons of gravel which
slid down unexpectedly. The body of the
unfortunate man has not yet been found.
It is believed to be under the water, and
about thirty feet of gravel. Hudson was
an oldtimer of the country, and is survived
by a wife and a 2-year-old daughter. The
family lives on Bear m’eek.
TORNADO IN ARKANSAS
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., June 6.-—Fifty
nine persons were killed and a hundred in
jured in a tornado which swept the north
i ern part of this state.
Badly Needed Legislation!
The committee cn territories of the house
of representatives at Washington has fa
vorably reported the bill creating the Mount
McKinley national park in Alaska.
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Wada Was Not Murdered
A Seattle dispatch says that Wada. the
Jap who is well known throughout Alaska,
has wired the police of that city that he
is safe in New York city. The police of
the coast cities had been searching for him
for some time, as it was feared that he
had met with foul play.
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Has Charge of the Chickens
Dan Callahan, recently sentenced t > a
term of imprisonment at McNeil's i-land
from Fairbanks, writes that he hies been
placed in charge of the poultry yard of the
institution, according to the Citizen. He
-•ays that he is well treated, and seems to
be making the best of life as he finds it
at the penitentiary.
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Assuming Metropolitan Airs
The Ala-ka Daily Empire, published at
Juneau, announces that it will be in its
new building by June 15, and it is installing
therein a Duplex perfecting press, two mod
ern linotype machines ami other improve
merits, which will give the Empire the most
complete newspaper plant on the Pacific
coast north of Vancouver, B. C.
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Used Alaska-Made Gavel
When Chairman Hilles of the Republican
national committee ca.led the national con
vention to order in the Coliseum at Chicago
last week he used a beautiful ivory gavel
made in Nome from a fossil tusk, which w a -
| donated by the Transportation Club of
Nome. The gift was presented through
William A. Gilmore, delegate to the con
vention from Nome.
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Tis a Great Country
Bud Whitney, the Adam of this Anchor
age settlement, was in town this week, tell
ing of the wonderful resources of the coun
try, says the Anchorage Alaskan. He says
that he placed twelve eggs under a hen
three weeks ago and has kept all othrr
hens from the nest, but on Wednesday
morning there were thirteen chickens under
the hen. And then it snowed.
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Newspaper Change at Anchorage
Beginning May 1. the eonln 1 of the Cook
Inlet Pioneer passed to Chailcs K. Herron,
t a pioneer Alaskan, and late chairman of
| ;he Republican territorial committee. As
'ociatod with him in the enterprise is Harry
G. Steel, also a pioneer Alaskan and a news
paper man of wide experience and ability.
Mr. Steel, who will be the editor end man
ager of the Pioneer, was lately publisher of
the Alaskan at Cordova.
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Warn Men Away from Anchorage
On account of the continued arrival of
more than enough men for all the work
now proceeding, the railroad commission
at Anchorage has sent out official warning*
to the States cautioning workers to stay
away, as there is but little chance of cm
ployment, and there are enough men on
hand to perform all the work contemplated
by the government this summer. Peaceful
conditions reign, and the men and the com
mission are working together better than
at any time since the road started.
New Laurels for Former Nome Lawyer
The verdict of acquittal in the case of
former United States Senator William .1.
Loriiner, charged with bank wrecking at
Chicago, is regarded as a bnlliam victory
for his chief counsel, Albert Fink, a former
j Nome lawyer, who handled the defense in
a masterful manner. In recognition of his
! effort the court took occasion to compli
ment the young attorney, who made such
a valiant tight for his client. It is con
1 ceded, says a Chicago dispatch, that with
the accumulation of evidence against him
I Lorimer must have been convicted had it
not been for the superb battle in his be
half by the Alaska attorney.
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Want More License from Brewery
District Attorney Roth has brought suit
at Fairbanks against the Barthel Brewing
Company for an alleged violation of the
license laws. The suit was in the nature
of a criminal proceeding, but was not di
rected against any individual. It is a test
case, the attorney general having signified
his wish to have the matter pushed. It
probably vvi.l be tried after the return of
the court from the lower river. It is al
j leged that the brewing concern is liable for
i the payment of a license of $2,000 for do
! ing a wholesale liquor business, as well as
1 for the license of $500 for manufacturing
j beer. Before the suit was filed the district
j attorney served notice on the brewing com
pany and received a reply in which the
company stated that it did not think the
•xtra license should be required. The let
ter aL'O cited instances on the Outside
where breweries were allowed to make beer
and dispose of their product without pay
ing a wholesale license.
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Bad Accident Near Eagle
The marshal’s office at Fairbanks received
word on May 27 that Paul Shultz, a young
man 23 years of age, had met with a hor
rible accident in a mining shaft about fif
teen miles from the town of Eagle. It ap
pears that he went to the bottom of the
shaft to dig out a charge of dynamite
which failed to explode the night previous.
While working at it the charge exploded,
blinding the boy and burning him badly
about the head and shoulders. His partner,
a man named F’rank Swanson, was cutting
wood on the hillside not far away. He
heard the explosion and ran to the assist
ance of his partner. After taking him out
of the shaft and treating him as best he
could, he rushed to Eagle for assistance.
The hospital sergeant there, who is sta
tioned with the detachment of signal corps,
went to the scene of the accident and ren
dered what assistance he could. The man
was then taken to Eagle. A purse of $300
was taken for him and he was sent to Daw
son to receive medcial attention.
Operations at Marshall City
Colored a healthy sunburn with continued
travel on the trail, and having covered
more than three thousand miles during the
winter, Thomas Gaffney arrived in Nome
recently after an extended trip to the In
terior and as far south as Hooper bay,
on official business, says the Nome Indus
trial Worker. While on his trip he had
business taking him to Marshall City, which,
lie says, is going to be a hummer this
summer, and more than one hundred men
will be employed. He is most enthusiastic
over the outlook, nad says that five cl uni*
have good pay and will lie fiiu> producer .
showing values at from ST to $2 a foot.
VVaskey has got in on the pay, 1,650 feet
of it being on bis ground. He intends to
operate on on extensive scale. There are
only about thirty men there now, and more
will be expected to arrive. In addition the
firms at Marshall will work lhe eight hour
day. A fair prospect has bene struck on
the Andreafski river, and Mr. Gaffney says
that while he was at Marshal Kd McCann,
the Gee Pole Swede and Handle-B.tr -Jack
arrived in Marshall for a drill which they
are taking back to find the extent of the
pay they discovered. A few men left Mar
shall for the new strike on the Ditna, about
which there were conflicting report .
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Judge Brown and the Railroad Strike
The laboring men, the business men an l
the members of both the engineering com
mission and the arbitration commissi--n all
unite in giving Judge Fred Brown of the
district court of the Third division much
credit for his efforts in the settlement of
the strike on the government railroad
project, according to the Anchorage Ala.
kail, which continues: “But we do not be
lieve that so much credit belongs to Judge
Brown He did his duty and did it sat'
factorilv to nil concerned. The fact that
Judge Brown is a thorough Alaskan, fa
miliar with Alaska conditions, and a man
who knows Alaska people, possessed :ls they
are with a determination to have their
rights, is what enabled Judge Brown to ac
complish so much. He explained to the
two commissions the conditions here in
Alaska, and gave them to understand that
Alaskans possess entirely different ideas of
life from those of the peons of Panama;
and when this was done the apparent dif
ferences adjusted themselves. Aside from
this, Judge Brown went down to th • labor
hall and explained to the men some of the
difficulties under which the commissions
were working, and they then better under
stood the legal end of the proposition. Had
Judge Brown not been an Alaskan, or had
he paraded around in a manner that woul 1
have caused the laboring men to believe
that he was ‘holier than thou/ he woul l
have accomplished little/'
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GENERAL
FREIGHTERS
DAILY STAGE SERViCE
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Charles
Hn.xsie, ami to their heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notilled that the under
| signed haw expended in each of the years
19 1 i ami 19 15 the sum of one hundred dol
lars in labor and improvements upon each
t»f the placer mining claims known and de
scribed as rollows, to wit: The Rainbow
association, situated at the head of Flat
! creek in Otter precinct. Fourth division,
territory or Alaska, the location certificate
of which is found or record in book one
| of Locations, page 3 IS, in the office of the
recorder for said precinct; the Montana as
sociation, adjoining the above described
Rainbow association, the location certificate
of which is found or record in volume on*
of Locations, page 3 IS, in the office of the
recorder of said precinct; in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of Section
23 24 of the Revised Statutes of the Lulled
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22. 1880. concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said placer mining
1 claims for the periods ending on the 31st
| day of December, 19 14. and 19 15.
And if. within ninety days from the per
j sonal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication thereof,
you fail or refuse to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure as a co-owner,
your Interests in the said two placer min
ing claims will become the property of the
subscribers, your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditures, by tn6
terms or said section.
OEO \V. ALBRECHT,
CHAS. F. TAYLOR
First publication, April 15. 19 16.
Last publication, July 8, 19 16._
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To R. Anderson, J. Eldridge and W. Mc
Curdy, and to their heirs ami assigns:
You are hereby notilled that the under
signed has expended in each of the years
19 14 and 19 15 the sum of one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements upon the
Chicken Association placer mining claim,
situated on Chicken creek, a tributary of
Bonanza creek, in Otter precinct, Fourth di
vision, territory of Alaska, the location cer
tificate of which Is round of record in Vo!.
1, page 362, in the office of the recorder
for said precinct, .in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section 232,
of the Revised Statutes or the United States
and the amendment thereto approved Janti
ary 22, 1SS0, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount required
to hold said placer mining claim for the
periods ending on the 31st day of Decern
her. 1914, and the 31st day or December.
1015.
And if within ninety days from the per
sonal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the pub'i -ation thereof,
you rail or rcruse to contribute your pro
portion or such expenditures as a co-owner,
your interests in tile said placer mining
claim will become the properly of the sub
scriber, your co-owner, who has made the
required-expenditures, by the terms of sain
section. D. McGUINNESS.
First publication, April 15, 19 16.
t Fast publication, July S, 19)6,