VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1913. NO. 169.
VOL. 9. _^___________________________________
Pin MAY
SUE BUCK HOYT
Caused His Arrest at Chestochina
for Keeping Live Foxes—
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Wants Damages.
John Paulson, who was brought
to Copper Center (under arrest
charged by Huck Hoyt, of (Jiil
kona, with violating the law in
lhal he had live foxes in captiv
ity, was discharged by the com
missioner after a hearing.
Paulson now contemplates a
suit for damages against Hoyt,
claiming that his arrest has
caused injury to his character
and also much financial loss, in
that he had lost an opportunity to
make, a very advantageous min
ing deal, besides being away from
his business for several days.
The arrest, it is claimed, came
about because ol‘ the rivalry be
tween the two men, who are trad
ing in the interior on the upper
Copper. Paulson lias establish
ed a station aL Chestochina,
where he purchased the old tele
graph station and by reason of
his position secured the first
chance at the upper river natives
when they arrive with furs. Both
men keep a fox ranch and Hoyt,
so the story goes, figured that it
was unlawful to have them in
captivity or to barter for them
out of season, Liu! the district at
torney has given an opinion to
the contrary and under the inter
pret! at ion of the law by his of
fice they can be bought at any
time.
Both lloyl. and Paulson are well
known in Valdez and the suit, if
brought, will he watched with in
terest.
RAILROAD BILL
BY DELEGATE
Would Build Roads as Outlined by
Commission in Report to
President Taft.
The Prospector lias received
Hnf following bill from Delegate
Wickersham, which has been in
troduced by him in the House,
providing for the construction of
Alaska railroads. II follows very’
closely the plan outlined in the
commission report and under its
operation the 733 miles outlined
by the commission will he built
from Ohitina to Fairbanks and
from Seward lo Idilarod:
A hill lo authorize the Presi
dent of the United Slates lo lo
cate, construct and operate rail
roads in the Territory of Alaska,
and for other purposes:
He it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, that the Presi
dent of the United Slates is here
by empowered, authorized and di
rected lo adopt and use the name
Alaska National Railways, or
any other name or'names of like
character, in his ,‘'discretion, by
which to ddsignate the railroad
or railroads to be* located, owned,
acquired, or operated under the
authority of this Act; to employ
such agent or agencies, in Ins
discretion, as may he necessary
to enable him lo carry out the
purposes of this Act, such agents
or agencies to be appointed or.
designated by him or under his
direction; to authorize and re
quire such agents or agencies to
perform any or all of the duties
imposed upon him by the terms
of this Act: to detail and require
any officer or officers in the En
gineer Corps in the Army or Navy,
or any official in the civil list of
the Enited States, to perform ser
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ROBERT McCHESNEY’S FOOT CRUSHED
BY A FALLING TREE LAST SATURDAY
Brought to Town On the Brighton—Conley and Rogers Work
For Hour to Free Him—Work Day and Night to Get
Injured Man to Valdez—Accident Saturday
Afternoon—Shows Plenty of Grit.
Till- Heighten arrived from Port !
Wells al 11:30 this morning,
bringing' Robert McChesuey, who
had been seriously injured sit
King river, in Pori Nellie Juan,
in I he Port Wells country, Iasi j
Saturday afternoon when a tree'
in falling caught his foot between
a standing tree and the one just
cul and crushed the ankle and
foo| in bad shape, pinning him
down for nearly an hour until he
could be released by his two part
ners. Dick Rogers and William
Conley, who worked like Trojans
In release the pinioned man.
All the lime while held down
McChesney directed the work of
freeing himself. The butt end
of the fallen Iree was first wedged
away from the standing tree, then
Conley and Rogers cut it in two.
It was the'll found necessary to
cul the tree, about ten feet from
the leg and build a rigging to
prevent i| catching the injured
man or his rescuers, after which
they succeeded in freeing him.
The accident happened when
McEhesney and Rogers were fall
ing the tree. McChesney, who was
on the lower side, slipped, the
tree striking a high place on the
hill and shot back, catching him
where lie lay helpless, and held
his foot between (lie standing tree
five feet away and the butt end of
the fallen tree.
Immediately when he was freed
the two men carefully lowered
him with a rope to the camp 200
feet below. Preparation was then
made to lake him to the beach,
a distance oi two miles. The ac
cident occurred at 3 o’clock last
Saturday afternoon and the trail
to the beach was soft. The men
ploughed through it, breaking in
to the soft snow to their waists
and carrying the injured man
across King river. They reached
the beach at 8 o'clock Saturday
night and immediately started in
the dory for Oolden, 5 i miles dis
tant and reamed Esther island at
i o'clock Sunday afternoon,
where the hunch of Collins, Fish
and Steward was secured and the
trip to Golden made in two hours.
At Golden, to the surprise of
the men. the Brighton was an
chored, having been delayed in
leaving Valdez because of the
shortage of gasoline, and Cap
tain'Staniy immediately trans
ferred his freight and passengers
to the Beyers launch and stalled
on the return trip, arriving here
at 1 I :30 this morning.
At Golden Dr. Frodenburg, who
has been a hospital steward con
nected with the Cordova railroad,
but now engaged in prospecting
in the Port Wells region, dressed
the leg and the boat started al
top spend to get the .injured man
to Valdez for medical attention.
Conley accompanied him to
Valdez, while Rogers remained at
Golden. Throughout the terrible
pain from which the injured man
.suffered he made no complaint,
aiding and encouraging the boys
ill I heir efforts. The work of Ihe
two partners was a wonderful
tribute to the injured man, as
they toiled throughout the night
and all the next day without rest,
only hoping |o reach the hospital
as soon as possible.
MeChesney had jusl returned
from the states, where be spent
the winter. He and his partners
had just finished taking their
supplies to the camp from the
beach and intended starting de
velopment work on their property
today.
I'rom the Brighton the injured
man was taken to Or. Sleem's of
fice, where an X-ray photo was
taken, and be was taken from
there to the hospital at 3 p. m.
The examination showed that the
bone had been broken jusl above
the angle in three places, a small
bone in the ankle also broken, and
a bone in the heel broken, but it
is expected to save the foot, as
the ankle is not crushed so bad
ly as at first feared.
SMOKER TONIGHT FOR COLONEL RICHARDSON
Tin' citizens of the lnwu have
planned a large smoker in honor
•■■I Colonel Hietiardson. chairman
nf Ihj.. Hoad Commission, who has
nisi relurued l'ro.m the capital at.
Washington, l>. C., after securing
the appropriation for the work ot
the commission in building roads
and trails and keeping those al
ready built in repair.
An item of $55,000 to protect
I he government buildings in this
town and incidentally to provide
a barrier for all the property in
Valdez from the invasion of the ■
glacier streams is included in the
appropriation til is year. The Road
Commission will have charge oi
and direct the construction of the
dike.
Tlie reception will commence
HAS DONE MUCH FOR TERRITORY BUI' DING TRAILS AND
ROADS--SECURED MANY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COMMIS
SION-OUTLINE PLANS OF DIKE SOON TO BE BUILT.
prompt ly at !> o'clock and a line
program has been arranged by
the committee. Arthur l.ang. of
the Valdez Mercantile Co., will be
chairman. He has been assisted
by Charles MeCallum. William
Finical and A. K. Grigsby in mak
ing all the necessary arrange
mcnte.
The Orpheum theater has ar
ranged to take their moving pic
ture machine to the hall and will
entertain those present with a se
lection of the very best films,
which will be shown betweeli
stories, speeches and refresh
menls.
The boxing bout between diar
ies Bush and Oscar Oahlcn will
be an interesting e,vent, as the
former is well known as an able
man with his mils, while tin; lat
ter, although a recent arrival in
town, is considered by those who
have seen him with the gloves on
as being no slouch. The bout
promises to interest the boys
immensely.
John Fienbloom has also con
sented to put on the gloves or
play a violin solo, but at the time
of going to press it seemed very
probable I llill lie Wotlhl (III Hie
laller. The Sweet Singer of I lie
Hopper lti\er, Hoiiiirilman llarrj
King, will sing one of his ehoiee
ballads, and Win. Soule has also
consented lo render a vocal selec
I ion.
Tile ehainpion club swinger of
lioslon, Al. Dowling, will give an
exhibition that will be worth
while, and the music will be fur
nished by the peerless orchestra
of Valdez, consisting of Kcinkc.
I'iukus and Strand.
There will also he short speech
es by some of the silver-tongued
orators of which Valdez is so
justly proud. It is safe to say
that the affair will be one long to
be remembered and the hall will
umloubteldly be taxed to ils ut
most capacity. 1
The Night Session.
Juneau, April 22.—In a com
mitter of I he whole House, with
Hep. Burns in the chair, the
[House of Representatives burned
the midnight oil yesterday orat
ing for and against the Ingram
educational memorial, which pro
vided for a change in the’Nelson
school law system to allow money
to he diverted to and from the
treasury of the municialities and
kept into a general territorial
school fund, under the jurisdic
tion of an educational board, pre
scribed uniform books and sys
tem and provided for examina
tion of all teachers qualified to
teach.
Tile author of the memorial,
Hep. Ingram, made an eloquent
appeal' for t he passage of the res
olution, declaring‘this .was u duty
;t.hal. every man in the territory
jnwed to the children, (iatlney,
Slump, Kelly, Jones, Ingcrsoll,
Kennedy. Collins, Driscoll und
others also spoke for or against,
the memorial, and the members
from the municipalities opposed
the hill on the ground that all tax
money raised from the munici
palities should be spent within
the municipalities.
The committee eventually arose
and reported the hill .favorable,
land on motion the memorial’was
| referred to a committee of three
j f
to he whipped into shape for fin
al passage.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A. <i. Allsop was a passenger
to Cordova on the Alameda.
Hen Silverman is expected to
relurn from Pori Wells on the
Brighton.
Henry Schafer, formerly in I he
milk business in Valdez, is now
located at Ketchikan.
Mike J. Sullivan, of Cordova,
returned to the railroad town on
yesterday’s steamer.
Florence Sullivan (formerly
Blum’s Sully) left for Ketchikan
on the Alameda.
The June sailed yesterday for
Fllamar. Cordova and the Port
Wells section. The Martin Fish
ing Co. will! commence opera
lions near I.fiHjuche and hope to
pack many: barrels of salinonThis
season.
Mrs. O. A. Borgen and three
children started yesterday on air
8.000 mile trip to Norway to vis
it with her mother. She expects
to be gone about a year. All the
little playmates of the children
were down to the boat to see
them off.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Yukon is due at Juneau to
morrow en route north.
\V„ C. Jlalvey, the I'riderwood
Typewriter Co. agent, left for
Cordova on Hie Alameda.
George Love and Andy Dierin
ger made a trip to Swanilzville
this morning in a buckboar'd.
The Orpheum theater has Iwjd j
the storm porch taken down for.
the season. '
The interior of the Frye-Brittle
butcher shot) has been complete
ly repainted.
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Dougherty & Ferguson have a
title new awning erected over the
front of I heir mercantile estab
lishment.
The June was delayed in her
sailing yesterday, as the engine
was full of glaciei- mud and it re
quired the 'Assistance' of the
Crawford flTfffhftse to dean tin*
same, after which the boat. left.
Goods are being delivered to
the merchants on McKinley street
from wagons, as the snow has
settled enough to allow the use of
wagons front the wharf to Key
stone avenue and as far as the
Valdez Mercantile company.
Pioneers of Alaska.
The Pioneers of Alaska '.will
meet at Ruffle hall on Wednesday
evening at H p. m. to complete
arrangements for permanent or
ganization. Those who are elig
ible for membership are all who
came to Alaska prior to Jan. I.
1901. Pioneers must fill1 their ap
plications on or before Wednes
day evening in order to become
charter members. The charter
roll is at present with the sec
retary pro tern.. Al. Dowling, at
the Valdez Mercantile Co.'s store
and all applications will be re
ceived there.
A. B. lies left ou the Alameda
yesterday fur the Nugget eregk
country, where lie will continue
the work on the Nugget creek
copper properties.
Dictr tiilineau will soon have
his card parlors opened and will
have one of the neatest stores in
Alaska.
FURNISH*^ ROOMS with or
without board. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Starts.;.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor.
See the line line of new silk
dresses at < Harvey’s Toggery.
They will he sold for *15 for a
few days only.
START WORK ON
BLUM BUILDING
Carpenters Tearing Down Old
Structure and Will Commence
Erection of Fine Store.
Carpenters stalled this morn
ing In tear down the old store
buildings of S. Blum & Co., which
have been used for the hardware
department and also the packing
department, where the outfits for
the interior and for Sound points
were) packed.
The two buildings will he razed
and in their stead will he erected
a line budding with plate glass
front, giving (lie largest store
street frontage in town and mak
ing^ one of Ihi' hesl and most
commodious buildings in the city.
rfhe merchandise has been
moved into the main building and
for I he presenl I he business will
be handled from I here. I.aler on
the hank will lie moved to the
front of the new building and a
rearrangement of Ihc store will
lake place.
When completed (lie store will
he a credit lo the town.
Twenty-live men are working
fearing the old buildings down
and I he clerks were busy yester
day preparing new quarters for
the outfitting department in the
new addition in the rear just
I completed aniUhnsiiiess will not
lie interrupted by the change.
Another Wad From Guggs.
Cordova. April l’H.—The jur> in
the' Herder rase against Hie Cop
per Hiver A; Northwestern rail
road, after being out for HO
hours, brought in a verdict for
-85,onn.
yukonIoesTo
THE BUM
Will Leave Seattle May 20, Mak
ing Regular Port of Call
Here Each Way.
Tiie Yukon, of the Alaska Coast
company, will make her next trip
leaving Seattle on May 20th and
calling at all her regular ports of
call and then proceeding west as
far as (food News bay, where she
will transfer her freight and pas
sengers to the Kuskokwim river
’steamer al Bethel.
The Kuskokwim port will be
made a port of call for the bal
ance of the year. The steamer
will make a trip each month, and
also^make her regular ports of
call as heretofore.
On the next trip the Yukon will
take ion Ions of coal to Sand
Point for I he use of the survey
steamer Patterson, which is sur
veying in llial section.
The fare from Prince William
I Sound ports to Bethel will he $75
lirsl-elass and $50 second-class.
William Kinicul returned on
I lie Brighton from a trip to Port,
Weills, where he went to examine
the logs owned by the Copper
River Lumber company, which
will lie brought to Valdez as soon
las possible and cut up into lum
ber. The heavy demand for min
ing timbers and the large number
of new buildings being erected
have depleted the stock on hand.
It will be replenished, however,
early in (he summer.
Pina Program at Orphoum.
v The Lesser Evil, Biograph son
national smuggling story.
Pathe Weekly, this is a dandy.
An Eventful Elopement, com
jedy by John Bunny tnd Ldiian
Walker.
Change of program tomorrow
evening.
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