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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY u, 1914
A DIFFERENCE IN SYSTEMS
While there' are some tilings about
the Canadian mining laws which do
not appeal to Alaskans, it must be
admitted that the system of record
ing which is in general use on the
other side of the line is far superior
to our own. The Canadians have been
on the constant lookout for Oppor
tunities to improve their laws, and
during the years which have elapsed
since the discovery of the Klondike,
a system of recording has been evolv
ed which leaves little to be desired.
The government is ready at all times
to supply recorders for new districts
and they usually are among the first
on the ground with a full supply of
stationery and an intimate knowledge
of their duties.
When a staker applies for a claim
in Yukon territory, he receives imme
diately a receipt for cash paid to the
recorder, and, if the claim is open
to record, he receives within a few
days a certificate of lease, common
ly known as a grant. The grant is
made in triplicate, one copy going to
the staker, one to the Dawson office,
and the third 1o the federal seat of
government. Under that system, it is
impossible to lose the records, and
the territorial or federal government
is at all times in a position to check
up the work of any recorder.
Another attractive feature of the
Canadian recording system is the
ease with which the history of claims
may be traced. Every man who stakes
aiTd applies for a claim, and is given
a grant to the same, has assigned
in the office of the recorder a full
page for the consecutive entry of sub
sequent transactions regarding that
particular claim. And once a staker
has been given his grant, it requires
note than an otdinary case of jump
mg to get the claim away from him.
The prospector and bona fide diseov
erer knows, when he gets his gram,
that the Canadian government is be
hind him and that he will be protec
ted so long as he complies with the
requirements of the law.
On'e of the chief objections to t lit?
system in Alaska is the incompe
tence'of the recorders. Men fre
quently receive appointments .who do
not know the first thing about keep
ing" the • records required of them,
while others abuse their authority by
practicing petty grafts upon those
who have claims to record. Like
the commissioners, they are expected
to depend upon the receipts of their
ofgce for their salaries, and in some
of .the* recording districts the le'gftl
■ idate income allowed, by the govern
ment leaves milch to- die desired in
the way of compensation. It is a
temptation to burden the prospector
with extra expense—a condition
which would be rare if recorders were
provided with regular salaries and
selected with a due regard for abil
ity ,and integrity, rather than for
convenience of residence and will
ingness to serve. A recorder should
be sure of ai least enough to make
it worth his while to remain con
stantly at his post, for an absent re
corder is worse than none at all. It
frequently lias happened in the past
in some, if not all, of the districts of
Alaska that prospectors have traveled
hundreds of miles to record their
claims, only to find, upon arrival at
the office of the recorder, that he
was not at home. Salaried record
ers should be required to remain on
duty, for then there would be no
need for them to search elsewhere
for funds to fill their larders.—Fair
banks Times.
An eminent French scientist rec
ommends wagging the ears as the
surest cure for deafness. Sounds rea
sonable, but some of us refuse.to ad
mit that we do not possess that great!
accomplishment.1'
Uy wearing a pedometer a society
bud discovered that she had danced
fourteen miles n an evening and a
bud that can do that is no inconsid
erable blossom.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
STRATHGONA LEFT
SCHOLARSHIPS
Provided That Money Left to Yale
Should be Used for Education of
Sons of Employees of G. N.
NEW YORK, Pel). 0. It was an
nounced here today that the bequest,
cf several hundred thousand dollars
made by Lord Strathcona to the Yale
University was made with the under
standing that the interest was to be
applied to the awarding of scholar
ships to the sons of employees of the
Great Northern railroad, because it
was in this road that he made his
fortune.
The details of the scholarships are
to be announced after the faculty
and the trustees of the fund have
conferred.
CONGRESSMEN PAN
ALASKA SYNDICATE
(Continued from page 1.)
that the state ol' Oklahoma was a wil
derness.
Congressman Borland denounced
the Alaska Syndicate, charging that
they had been guilty of many crimes,
that they had bribed judes in Alas
ka from the time they first entered
the northern field, that they had
killed workmen during the famous
battle of Keystone Canyon and that
they had enacted a drama of greed
and carnage, unparalleled since the
days of Warren Hast'ng.
The unholy alliance between Wall
Street robbers and London bankers,
to steal the resources of the north,
must be broken and they now face
the supreme test whether the entire
conservation theory shall stand and
the resources of the territory of Al
aska opened or else the wealth of the
north must be turned over to the Al
aska Syndicate for exploitation.
Congressman Falconer, of Wash
ington, also spoke in favor of the bill
and read into the Congressional Uec
or\ many communications from the
people of the north, telling of the
greed of the Alaska Syndicate and of
the crimes committed by them in or
der to gobble up the resources of
Alaska. Included in the records so
read was a long telegram from Mayor
E. K. Ritchie, of Valdez, who was
attorney for one of the men shot in
Keystone, Canyon by Edward Ha- I
spy, the hired gunman of the .Syndi
cate and who received a verdict of
$35,000 from the jury which .tried the
case and the verdict later was cut
to $10,000 by . Judge Cushman, the
trial judge.
The entile afternoon was spent by
different congressmen in denouncing
the Alaska Syndicate for its action
towards Alaska and ils efforts to
gobble the country. The congress
men all favored the Chamberlain
railroad bill as the Only method to
save the country from them and keep
its resources for the people.
Best Fowl For the Table.
The best table fowl Is one that has
the heaviest weight of meat on those
parts of the body which are fkvorite
cuts. The breast and thighs must be
heavy in a good table fowl in propor
tion to tlie remainder of the body. In
order to have thick breast meat and
big thighs these muscles must be used
by the fowl. In other words, the flier
and scratcher will prove to be the best
table fowl, for their lively habits give
the muscles of the legs and breast
work that renders them firm and flue
instead of leaving them flabby and full
of loose tissue in the shape of fat.—
Home liud Farm.
He Knew How He Got It.
"That large lump running across the
buck of your head,” said the phrenol
ogist. "means that you are inclined to
In; curious, even to the point of reck
lessness."
"I know it,” said the man who was
consulting him. “I got that bump by
sticking my head into the dumb waiter
shaft to see if the waiter was going
up, and it was coming down.”
Quite Natural.
“Judge,” said the forewoman of the
jury, of ladies, “we want'to speak to
you about that scaled verdict W-e just
rendered.”
“Well, ladies?”
“Can we unseal it and- add a post
script?”—Washington Herald.
Why Read Aloud?
A modern moralist regrets that no
body nowadays reads aloud.
But is that the main regret? ' ‘' M-!
Isn't the lack of listeners much more
serious?—Cleveland Tlain Dealer.
Something on tho Ancient*.
"An oyster of the paleozoic period
would have made a meal for twelve
people." They didn’t ■ wallow them
whole In those days.—Toledo Blade.
WHERE MONEY IS USELESS.
Atcenaion Island Has Nona and Has
No Need For It.
The Island of Ascension, in the At
lantic, belonging to Great Britain, is
of volcanic formation, eight miles by
six in size, and has a population of
about 4,r>0. It was uninhabited until tbe
confinement of Napoleon at St. Helena,
when it was occupied by a small Brit
ish force. It is 280 miles northwest of
St. Helena. Vast numbers of turtles
are found on Its shores, and It serves
as a depot and watering place for
ships.
Ascension is governed by a captain
appointed by the British admiralty.
There Is no private property in land,
no rents, no taxes and no use for mon
ey. The flocks and herds are public
property, and the meat is issued ns ra
tions. So are the vegetables grown on
the farms. When an island fisherman
makes a catch he brings It to the
guardroom, where it is issued by the
sergeant major. Practically the entire
population are sailors, and they work
at most of the common trades. The
muleteer is a Jack tar; so Is the gar
dener; so are the shepherds, the stock
men, the grooms, masons, carpenters
and plumbers. Even the island trapper
who gets rewards for the tails of rats
is a sailor.
Tho climate Is almost perfect, and
anything can be grown.—London Fam
ily Herald.
ELEPHANT SERVANTS.
An Easy Solution of the Nursemaid
Problem In Bengal.
In “Tigerlnnd” the author relates an
extraordinary comedy witnessed by a
friend who was sitting in the veranda
of his tent in Bengal watching his ele
phants, which were picketed under
some trees a short distance off.
He saw the wife of one of the
mahouts emerge from her tentlike
shelter with an infant in her arms.
She took It close up to a huge “tusker,”
to wThom she made a low snlaam; then
put the sleeping child down before it
and salaamed again. Next she spread
a blanket on the ground and placed the
baby In the center of It, well within
reach of the tusker’s proboscis. Then
salaaming again, more ostentatiously,
went off to the bazaar.
Presently the child awoke and soon
began to crawl toward the edge of the
blanket. But when it had gone a foot
or two the elephant, stretching out his
trunk, gently pulled it back to its orig
inal position. Again and again the
baby attempted similar excursions to
regions beyond the blanket’s edge, but
always with the same result Explora
liou under elephantine supervision
finally proved too dull, and so the child
lay quiet for awhile, gazing up at its
huge nurse, then dropped off peace
fully to sleep again.
Social Calls Ir. China.
It is difficult for u Chinaman to mus
ter the English pronunciation, and this
accounts in great measure for the prev
alence of pidgin English. The letter
r is almost always sounded like I, so
we have kl-lin or kleen for green and
lain for rain. "Too nuichee lain just
now" is often heard, "just now” being
a favorite expression to denote the im
mediate present. In calling upon a
lady one says to the boy ihouse serv
ant of any age from sixteen to sixty),
"Missee have got?" and the answer
comes, “Have got" or “No have got."
according to whether she is in or out.
This recalls the time honored, true
story of the lady who called and the
boy reported to bis mistress of the
house. “One plecee man down side,
b’long missus." Scarcely complimen
tary to the ‘‘pieeee man!”—Amy W.
Hotchkiss in National Magazine.
Clock storj; Variation.
A very young enthusiast at tbe.Cen
tral telegraph office, says the Manches
ter Guardian, really Wanted to know
about things, and. being unable to gain
certain technical information from his
colleagues, tie decided to unscrew one
of the elaborate instruments from the
desk and. take it . home to examine it
and find out for himself how It work
ed. Some weeks later a box of pieces
■was returned to the engineer in chief
with the following, note; “1 am not
quite certain bow to put the Inclosed
instrument together, so have inclosed
lis for tlie mechanic's time. It took
me four hours to unscrew it."
Where George Eliot Went to School.
The ancient cottage at Griff. \A ar
wickshire. iu width nearly a century
ago was held the first school attended
by George Eliot, is situated two miles
from Nuneaton, exactly opposite tbe
entrance gates of Griff House, which
for twenty years was tile residence of
George Eliot's father. Robert Evans,
die original Adam Bede, and subse
quently tenanted by Isaac Evans, the
Tom Tu 11 Ivor of "The Mill on the
Eloss "—London Times
Impostor and Malefactor.
Carlyle used to tell of an old Scotch
woman who. speaking to "her family,
siiid: "There's, fwa sons, balth.doin'
weel in Glasgle. Tittle's mi Impostor,
ami Cither's a malefactor." It was
found that she meant "upholsterer"
and manufacturer."
WherS'the Cost Comes.
“Does It take much money to send a
boy to college?" asked tlie boob
, “No." replied the cheerful idiot. “It's
keeping Win- there thill* takes the coin."
-Cincinnati Enquirer
Coral Tooth Powder.
The debris left from rural made Into
articles of Jewelry, etc., is crushed,
scented and sold as tooth powder at a
high price by east Indian perfmnera.
We have put up a good many Nelchina
outfits the past week. We are
ready to put up more.
The Best Goods
%
The Best Packing
is oui' motto.
When ready for your outfit come
and see us.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the Matter of the Annexation of
Certain Territory to the Incorpor
ated Town of Valdez.—Order Set
ting Time for Hearing Petition and
Giving Notice.
A petition having been this day
presented to the court for the pur
pose of instituting the proceedings
required by law for the annexation
of territory to an incorporated town,
said petition praying for the annex
ation of certain described territory to
the incorporated town of Valdez, in
the Territory of Alaska, Third divis
ion; and it appearing to the court
that said petition is signed by forty
eight qualified electors of said incor
porated town, the same being more
than one-fifth of the number of votes
cast at the last municipal election in
said town, and by five actual resi
dents and owners of substantial prop
el ty interests in land in the territory
proposed to be annexed and verified
by two of the signers of said peti
tion; said petition setting forth the
boundaries of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to said town, an
having attached thereto a plat based
upon an actual survey by a compe
tent surveyor, setting forth the lim
its and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number
of inhabitants therein:
Therefore, it appearing to the court
that said petition is in the form re
quired by law; it is ordered that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 18th day of Febru
ary, 1914, at 10 o’clock a. m. of said
day, at the court room .of this court
in Valdez, Alaska, if said day be a day
of jurisdiction iu said court, or if the
same be not a day of jurisdiction,
then said hearing shall be held on the
first day of jurisdiction thereafter. It
is further ordered that notice of such
hearing be given by posting printed
or typewritten copies or mis oiucj
in three conspieuoous places within
the limits of said incorporated town
of Valdez, and by posting such cop
ies in three conspicuous places with
in the limits of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to and included
within the limits of said incorporated
town, and by publishing a copy of
this order once a week in the Valdez
Prospector, a newspaper of genera'
circulation published nearest to said
incorporated town.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 7th day of January, 1914.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 14, 191;.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
in llie United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex-officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Rob
ert Martin, deceased. Notice lo cred
itors.
Notice is hereby given by the uu
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Robert Martin, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
first publication Of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
tion of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, AflasWa, this 13th
day of January, 1914.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of the estate of Robert
Martin, deceased.
Date of first publication Jan. 14.
Date of last publication Feb. 17.
Ninety-Second Half Yearly Report of
The German Savings
and Loan Society
SAVINGS ( THE HERMAN BANK) COMMERCIAL
526 California Street.
SAX FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
December 31, 1913,
ASSETS:
United States,'State, Municipal and other bonds
< marker, value $13,437,700), standing on hooks al $12,80M,u5O.BO
Loans on Real Estate, secured by lirst Mortgages.... 38,501,517.20
Loans on Bonds and Stocks . ‘.>00,830.0!)
Bank Buildings and Lots, Main and Branch Oflices (value
$000,000), standing on books at..-.. . 1.00
Other Real Estate (value $230,000.00) standing on books at 1.00
Employees’ Pension Fund,') 100,570.12) standing on books at 1.00
CASH.. . 4,450.102.41
Total. $50,823,000.50
LIABILITIES
Due Depositors. $54,010,lift).38
Capital Stock actually paid in. 1,000,000,00
Reserve and Contingent Fuud. 1,807,404.18
Total.-.. $50,823,500.50
N. OHLANDT, GEORGE TOURNEY,
President. Manager.
Subscribed and sw orn to before mefthis 31st day of December, 1013,
[seal] CIIAS. F. DUISENBERG, Notary Public.
For the 0 months ending December 31st, 1013, a dividend to deposi
tors of 4 per cent per annum was declared. Adv.
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at*
8 o’clock at
She local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
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Valdez, alaska
Reports on Mines
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Week d*ya 9 a. m. ..to » p.m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10 a. m.
and E to 6 p. m.
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GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
CAMP VALDEZ* No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciout la
Buttle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. T. G. QUINN, Arctic Chief
S. MCNIECE. Secretary
Valdez I/Odge
No 168
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Cominuntoations first Wednesday iQ
each month in McKinley Hall Visitor* always
welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M,
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
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