lias Confidence in Fairbanks.
Judge V. icVer-ham, who arrived
at Skagwav on Sept. 15th from
fnirhanks, has groat confidence in
the future of that camp. lie says
in two years time it will he a won
derful producer and that there will
be a large production next year.
Said he:
“The l*cst thing that can l>e said
about the Tatiana country is that
it hail been passed upon by the
veteran placer minors and opera
tors of the Klondike and other in
terior districts and they approve it
without exception.”
“There are 5,0(H) people in the
Tanana district and every boat fur
that country goes crowded to its
uttermost capacity, and no one is
coming out.”
■“The production this year was
■not larger liecanse of the fact that
the miners last winter were hard
up and could not hire and feed la
bor. The companies refused cred
it, so the camp was operated on a
cash basis. Things are different
now. There is plenty of money in
camp. Dawson people are taking
money in there and they arc put
ting it into mining property, min
ing machinery and labor, and there
will bo a cleanup next spring that
will show results for the invest
ments.”
Salmon Pack of Alcska.
The pack of all varieties of sal
mon in Sontiicastern Alaska up to
Bepteinlier 1, according to informa
tion received l»y Seattle houses,
aggregated 803,81 X) eases. Oi this
total there are 201.500 cases of
reds, 180,300 cases of pinks and
12,000 cases of one-pound tall
kings. The figures on medium
reds are not given, as tlb.at pack is
still in progress, and will not rep
resent a very great total. These
■figures are said to be as nearly cor
rect as it is possible to secure at
•this time, and it will not vary
much from the statements returned
from the canneries. Very .few of
the canneries have equaled their
pack of last war, and in addition
many’ establishments were closed
up entirely this season.
The reports 5-tvt already been
received from the Westward and
Bering sta districts, and the total
shortage in the red Alaska salmon
pack for 1004 can safely he placed
at 400,000 cases. The pack on
medium -reds has not been com
pleted, while the canneries have
finished witli the pinks. On reds
there will be a few more cases put
up, but not enough U materially
change the figures given. The to
tals show a pack of reds nearly as
large as last year for Southeastern
Alaska, but Bering sea notes a big
•decrease.
Alaska's First Governor Dead.
The first governor of Alaska, the
Hon. John Kinkead, died at Car
son, Nevada, on August loth. Kin
kead was l>or» in Fayette, Pa., in
1820. His father’s family started
west while he was yet a young hoy.
•coming as far as Ohio, where Kin
fcead received his education. He
was-a ruemlier of the two constitu
tional conventions held before the
admission of the state. In 1878 lie
was elected governor of Nevada, in
which office lie served for four
years. He was appointed governor
of Alaska by President Arthur, and
held the office until his successor
■was appointed by President Cleve
land.—Alaskan.
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Kcci Kelp.
The condition of t-iie Alaska In
is no! what it should he, is the
opinion of George T. Kmmons, a
j retired naval lieutenant. Lieut.
Kmn.ons, commissioned by the
president to inquire into the health,
| food supplies and general chances
I for continued existence of the Alas
' kan native, has returned to the
states. Only in a general way
would Lieutenant Emmons talk as
to the result-of his investigation,
which lie began in June. His re
port in detail will he made to the
government. He said:
Changed conditions in Alaska
have made it had for the native.
The many stampedes hv the whites
into the North for gold have re
sulted in driving out the game,
leaving the Indian little chance to
get food. In other words, contact
with twentieth century civilization
has been more or less disastrous
to the Alaska Indians. The North
land natives are a primitive people
and the advent of the whites has
not been beneficial to the Indians.
Tuberculosis is rife among them.
They have no knowle<lt,e of sani
tary laws and are poorly equipped
to combat tlie conditions arising
from an invasion of the whites.
The Indians need hospitals.
That is most apparent after one]
makes an inquiry into their con
dition. They have been afflicted
with diptliek i on the Yukon, and
many other diseases.
My tour of investigation extend
ed from Fort Wrnngel to the Sew
ard peninsula, and in this time I
also gathered much reliable and
valuable data respecting the con
dition of tlie Yukon and other in
terior Indians.
Progress at Kiska.
A report on the progress of the
preparatory work toward the con
struction of a coaling station at
Kiska, Aleutian islands, has been
received at the navy department
from Lieut. Commander Sherman,
commanding the IJ. S. S. Petrel, in
charge of the task. The coast sur
vey steamers Patterson and McAr
thur are assisting in the work of
surveying Kiska harbor and vicin
ity.
Comma ndor Sherman reports
the discovery, 15 miles off Kiska,
of a large hank or shoal hitherto
unknown, and which he named
Petrel hank. The work-of survey
ing and driving of piles had been
greatly interrupted b y inclement
weather, but good progress was be
ing made.
Want Cable Extended.
A petition to extend the Alaska
cable from Juneau to Ketchikan,
via Wrangcl, has been given the
support of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, ami will he forwarded
to the secretary of war lor consid
eration.
The petition originated with the
Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce,
and is based upon the necessity for
better communication with the
states that Ketchikan, as the prin
cipal Southeastern Alaska commer
cial center, requires.
Grub Will Last.
Judge Wickersham states that
there will be suflicient provisions'
in the Tanana country to provide
sustenance for the people who are
there. However, he says there will
lie no surplus and that the morel
that can be shipped in before the
close of navigation the better it will
be for those who are in the country.
Parties doing assessment work
on Slate creek above discovery this
summer have located pay. The
gold is very coarse. It has always
been thought that there was no
gold on the upper part of the
creek.
SOME GREAT SEA DISASTERS
Huj Big Naval Vessels Hat* Oona
Down with Their Hundreds
of Hen on Board.
LoSs of the Russian flagship
Pet.-opavlovsk at I’ort Arthur,
with Admiral MakarotT and an es- j
timated strength of nearly WMNif
fleers and men, while a severe
blow to Russian prestige in the
far east, is one of those eatastro
phies in nnval warfare, says the
Chicngo News, to which an ac
tual combatant is always liable,
though happily their occurrence is
not common. In 1759, when
“Hawke did bang Monsieur Con
linns” nt Quiberon bay, Sir Ed
ward Hawke ordered bis pilot to
lay tlie Royal George, of 1IMI guns,
alongside the Soleil Royal, the
French admiral's flagship. Before
Ibis could he done another French
ship. La Superbe, of 70 guns, gal
lantly interposed, and. receiving
her opjMinent’s broadside, went
down into the deep with her col
ors Hying and 650 souls on board.
Her revenge, however, come on
Aligust 28, 17S2, when the Royal
George sunk nt harbor off Spit
head in a sipinll.
J luring n great storm in 1703 12
men-of-war went down off the Brit
ish const with 1,800 men. Many
lives were lost when the British
warship Ajax took tin* in 1807.
The British warship Captain
turned over in the Bay of Biscay in
1870, about 500 lives being lost.
lien the Sultan, the sister ship
of the Captain, was fitting out nt
Portsmouth a grim humorist,
prophesying her possible fate
(happily he proved to be wrong),
chalked on her side: “Will leave
on Thursday with mails for the
Captain.”
The fate of the Italian warship
Re d'ltnlia at the battle of Lissn.
the one great fight that tins as yet
taken place between armored hos
tile fleets in Enroj'ean waters,
should I** mentioned. It was on
duly 20. I860, that the Austrian
Admiral TegethoiT fought Per
Ratio’s licet and the flagship Fer
dinand Max sent her opponent
down with 600 men on hoard, the
Italian ironclad I’nlestro also
blowing nj». about a score of lives
only being saved.
Fearful loss of life was occa
sioned by ( lie ramming of tin* Brit
ish warship Victoria in maneuvers
by the Oaniperdown (1893). when
over 250 officers and men. includ
ing Admiral Tryon, were drowned.
ABYSSINIAN WOMENS' DRESS
—
Get Themselves Up In Apparel That
Is Picturesque and Some
times Gorgeous.
“For downripht porpeousness
there is little that can surpass a
family party of Abyssinian wom
en bound from one villape to an
other in festival time, notably
about Faster, for the Ahyssin
ians are Christians,” writes Mr.
Brou«:hton itrandenherp. deserih
inp the life of the women of Fpypt
in an article in Pearsons—l>uuph
ters of the Nile.
“A bril'iant, banple-adorned
liend-dress is hound over the brow
stud drawn back to fall down the,
shoulders. Tlte tipjier psirt of the'
body is elad in a biouse of red and
white literally covet'd with pold
and silver ornaments, that iin
handed down from peueratiou to
peneration. A short skirt in tin
same style comes below t he knees,
and the leps are encased in bril
iiant co'ored strijies wound tiphtly
about like putters, often beaded
and span-fled. The feet, usually
bare, are variously adorned with
toe-rings, ankle bracelets,and oth
-er ornaments.”
Distinguished Dog.
A dot,' in llnpland lias lately
been honored by the re-1 iptofan
illuminated address, in which In*
h informed that he i.; the 1110*1
arressful collect os* for the Yir
oria intirmary at Norwich, and is
1 hanked by llie board of mana
t’rs. Tin* dop is a live-year*o’d
ox-terrier, named l’rince. Ib*
does not wear a rap or basket or
carry one in his mouth, ns do
most mendicant oops, i«:»i simply
■iis up on iiis hind le’.s itmi heps.
'Yhen lu* receives -a coin he poes
mbiddm and deposits it in «'box
kept for the purpose. 1‘urlnp 1WW
'a* ro/iected more than LvitV.lcoins,
hie Iojms rlmt if illness or urei
■ert ever overtake Prime there
miy lu* a warm bed for him at the
eti niary, wit'a plenty of pood sir
loin steak ami dop-bisnuit.—
Youth!* -I'oxnian'on.
Sammons.
IN THE EXITED STATES DISTRICT COI’KT,
FOR T. K DISTRICT OF ALASKA.
THIRD DIVISION.
Iliiri'oti III<• k«*.
I Inintiff,
Vn
Murifio llirk*.
K-frn<!ant'
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Stimmons
^ lor
l*n Miration.
The President of 9 lie United States, aends !
greeting to Maggie Kicks, defendant:
You are hereby r«s|tiired to appear In an j
action brought against*mi by the allow nam'd
plaintiff in tlte ( tilted Stales Di*titc« Court, for i
the District of Alaska. Third Division, and an- 1
swer the complaint died therein within thirty
days after the completion of the period of
public ation of this summons, to wit
The said action was brought toot.tain a do- :
er« e dissolving the Imitd* »*f matrimony hereto
fore Htnl now existing between plaintiff atnl de
fendant.
And yon are hereby notified that if yon
tail to apfear and answer the coin plaint, as i
ala.v • required, t e said plaintitT w ill apply to
the Court lor the relief demanded.
<>rdei for service of summons of public at ion
whs made on the 2nd day of June. l:ui.
WITNESS, the llonoralde James Wicker
sham. Judge of said Court this 12th day of
August, It*it, and of tIi*• li»depen«lcnce 0/ the
I'nitvd States of America, the One liuudicdtli
and Twenty-ninth.
(XKAM A. H. IlKfLM,
Clerk I*. S. District Court, for the District
of Alaska, Thin! Division.
Ity K. A. Hknpkrsox, Deputy.
J. W. f.rKUY, Attorney for the Plaintiff,
\ aid*??, Alaska.
First date of publication August in. Pxu.
laisi date of publication ,wej t. 2!*, IHtil.
Notice Of Forfeiture.
T«» El. I’iiflaii. Iu*r heir* *■ assign.*.
You nre hereby notified that the undersigned
K. A. Cornell, your co-owncr in the hereinafter
deaerita.il mining claim* he* ex pended the sum
<»i Two Hundred In llar*(LMi>) during the year
I.am in the development and improvement of
tl.o*e e-rtniti mining claim* situated on I'yalc
!Uy. Kadiak Maud. I yak Mining district.
Alaska, described as follows. to wit: Tunnel
claim located lebtiuiy 21, PAr2, by dan dough
erty and El. Phelan. notice m location record
ed A|»I II In. l'.Arj, in Vol. 1 at page J-V. of Mining
Location* ot the record* of the Idstrict Record
Cl at Kodiak. Alaska: Li'. L. claim located in
1‘Arj and notice of location teeorded Ln the
hook* of said records at Kodiak. r
S;.id autii of money soexp tided its the devel
opment and imp.ovemcni «.f Said claims wa*
*«» cxpende«l a* and for the annual la)*»r for the
.'ear PAMoii said claim* r«i|iiiic«i bv section
£-\l l.of the licvisi d statutes of the Pulled State*,
and the ainetidmetits thereto.
You ar * further notified that if you fail to
pay to the und isigned Ihc proiairtlon of the
said Minn dim from you on or I a* fare the expirn
• ion of ninety (>•) ‘jay* from the publication »»•
this tioifee, to-wit on or below January 12. p*i.‘»,
voiii i it tries i ti said claims will la* forfeit* d
and tauMime the pro|*'rty of your iimiersigiicd
co-owncr.
I'aymeiit may In* made to the undersigned
at l yak, Alaska, or to hi* attorneys Cotalcll-iV
Edwards, at Valdez, Alaska.
F. A. Cornell.
Hated at Valdez, Alaska, July If, b«o4.
Hate of first publication July 11th ptn|.
Hate of l..*t publication <>ct*l:tili |guf.
Notice of Forfeiture.
Yakatag *, Alaska, July 22, PNM.
To H. C. Plod get:
^ on are hereby notified that 1 have expend
ed during the year Pam One Hundred ladlar'
in labor and improvements upon each oi
tiie i dlowitig idaecr mining ciim:i': No. 2 above
Discovery and No. in below Hiseovery. both sil
uated on " hilc Kiverncar Yakatagc, in Halana
.Mining HHtrict, Calami Recording District..
Histrict of Alaska, in order to hold said claims
under the provision* ot Section 2221 oi tiie
Kevi'fd Statute* oi tlie Cnit.nl States and the
amendments tHereto approved January 21. l*.so
eoiieerning itiuiial labor ii|**n mining claim*
being the a mount required to hold said claim'
for the period ending Heceinla'r ;;i, Pam. And
it within ninety (lay* from the )m'F*odm1 service
•d this iitbitc, or within ninety day. alter the
publlcHtion I hereof, you fail I*r refii'c 1«» con
tribute your proportion of such eX}H*udiltiie
at a co-owner, your interest in *aid claim*
will iaM-ome Hie pro|K*rty of the **uhsi-rittcr.
your co-owner, who ha* made the it*)Hired ex
|N‘iiditurc by the term*of said section.
IIalvok Jensen.
Hate of first publication July *2N, Itnif
Hate of last publication Oct. 27. imn.
Nolice of Forfeiture.
Valdez, Alaska, August 1, P.AH.
To —. —. Mo**:
You arc hereby notified that the
undersigned Ktisscl 1C. Robinson lias expended
during the years P.krj and P.am four hundred
(l*a») dollar* iiiMiu the l.uekv Nine and Skookfm'
miuilig claim*.situated near MeKinlev Lake in
the Algauik Mining HUtrict and iii Valdez
Kceording District, the location notices of
w hich claims are now of record in the office of1
the 1’nitcd State* Commissioner at Valdez, and
to which not if. * reference is made for a more
particular description thereof, in order to hold'
-aid claims under pmvi*iou oi Section 2:521.
Revised Statutes ot the I’niled State*, and the
aineudment* relating thereto cone.'ruing an
iiual labor ii|s»!i mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said claim* during
the year* p.njand PAM, ending Heeemia*r:*1, 1««M
And if at the expiration of ninety days from
tiie publication of this notice, you fall or refuse
to coutrilmte your proport ion of such expend
iture, your interest in*? aid claims will become
the property of the uiidcrsigued. your eo-own
er. who has made the required cxia-uditure by
the terms of said * -elion.
lCivssel 1C Robinson.
First Fublieatlou Aug. !. p.»n.
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J. H. MORRISON,
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Gold, Silver and Copper #M.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper ... 2.00 '
Lead - - - 2.00
Ellamak, Alaska
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Prices Reasonable.
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The finest of baths-ut the -Hook
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Sails from Seattle '1st ‘of each month f<Tr
Juneau, Sitka. Kayak, lYakutnt, Valdez,
Seward. Cook inlet and'way tports. Suik
from Valdez, for Seattle and way tports,
k ltith of each month.
Sails from Seattle on '•ltith of eatfi month
for Juneav, Sitka; Kayak. Yakutat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and 'way ]>Ort4. Con
tacts at Valdez'with Str. Dora for all ports
la-tween Valdez jtml'Unalaska. Sails fretm
Valdez for Seattle and way .ports, 1st--If
each month.
From Valdez to Dnalaska and wjv ports
2f»tlT of each month, eoitneethig at H’aldtfc
with S. S.SantaAnu
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is ’reserved.
Agents for&ll kinds of Steafm or-House Coal!
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C. W. MILLER, Ass’t -Mjtr.
HI Valdez, 'Alaskv
A. B lies, Pres. F. M. Brown, Trias. F. J. Kinghorn, Se?.
(inndt limy l*» in nur mre mill li ft invy:f!wni— tit:
(•Hllftl for. I'ltriit*** RttiiiR to flu* hitfriot wM! I.:* , .t mivcn
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l*oh»t» Mini at Mirh thiu' ttMlicy limy direct.
Cur storage is safr, being l-4th mile from nearest builditfc
Home ffiJesteurassf : .
Keystone Aves upp. tt. Elias Hotel.
Meals At -All Iloin-S From (i O’clock -A.M
to trO'cloek'P.’M. Regular Dinner Finn
« to-7. Sunday‘Dinner A Specialty
Ice Cream Parlor
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We huve on’lntrnl a large assrtrtmftit'rtf Electric Fixtures,
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