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I* THE « "MMIvsIOV H’M t Ol’Kf KOU rOMTY-M IL£
Precinct, Tmihi> Division or the
Tkuctoky or Alaska.
Before E. K. Brady, Commumtuner and Ex
Orru io JrwiE or Probate.
^ In the Matter or the Estate \ Notice
or S to
James <«. John t. n, Dec eased. > C'reihtoi;s.
Notice U hereby *tiven, to nil {lerooRs having
chiilUA against tile flute <:f Jam* s U. John .*t
cle*ea*e<l, to present the same, with prop, i
vo tchers therefor, witliia six months troiu the
hereof, to the underlie.'Hifcued, adininh
Uetor of said estu *\ ; i hi* r >i«!t m e upon
cd . k claim mi mb two below discover*.* -m
Walker’s Fork creek. Forty-Mile Pi coin*’, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
Alexander Thomesox,
Adn. ni*.rahu of said Estate.
IintcMl at Wicker* ban*. Forty-Mile IVecIiict,
Territory of Alaska, this l«t day of Jui.e^ltm.).
i'ateof firs* public.rtlou, • tly ti, its
l»ate of last publication, Aug. 3.
Proviiion* at Vnlih-z . r r-f with
acidfd. Coppor C< nWr Min
ing & Trailing Co.
I - I'll K COM MIS. -TONER'S l'nr*:T EoK Till.
TERIIITOBY OK M. '.SKA. TH IRi> l-| VI
SION. AT VALUE/.. IX I KoBATE.
In the Matteb os the ,
Et-TATE or J Notice to ('beihtobb.
til*. HaNIJCK, Ik-ceased.)
Notice Ik hereby given that the undeisigned
was on lbs J!Rh day ul Inn -, l'Jtki, dull ami reg
ularly aeiMuut. u as a luiluistr ,ti>r ul Ibeestate
ul i.Us Hausen, deceased, and all re,liters or
JM-Mills bat ing t-lainis against said estate are
o|Uirc.t to ex.,f'.lt ti.ent, ait;. ,.c tie -aa-ov
v.iil'b.r-. within sia muitti.a alter the Hist
• .1.,■ It.'t.1 tl -i of ini-notli .*, in Me a- adiuii.ls
rat . ..I estate, at u*> plat e ul btudiusa at
the t w.: of able;., la-la.
'•a'e.i tbl. JBtii tin ul June. A . II. llAV,.
Jo.-l.Sii A. 1-til’liUE.
A-lmiitis.:ai.ir . 1 lit - esiai,- ,.l tins. Hauaen
UW*. Mi l.
I»ufe • f Hr t publication, Juui iHli, MUO.
l>ale «>I In-1 pulitlt utiiin, J* j* •*7:h, U*u"».
Hotel Holman, Copper Center,
lias ein-losi l a 40-acre tract of first
clas- j.r.stit'.e for the a coamioda
lion of its put roi.b.
Copper Demand Growing.
The world’s copper production
ior the last three years is a remark
able showing of the increased use
of the red metal in industry and
trade.
The total for the years 1902,1903
and 1904 is 1,753,209 metric tons.
For the lust four years the total is
2,269,199 tons. This rate of produc
tion kept up throughout the present
decade would reach approximately
5,750,000 metris tons. The United
Slates leads the world by producing
more than one-half of the total
copper mined on the globe. Dur
ing each of the past three years the
copper product of the United States
was more than one-half of the
world’s product, and for the aggre
gate of 1902-3 and 1904 the figures
stand: \\ orld’s copper production,
1,753,209 metric tons; the United
States’ copper production, 955,699
metric tons. The next countries
in importance are Mexico, Spain
and Portugal. The immense strides
taken are shown in the past three
decades and the present one. From
18*1 to 1880 tin* total production
in metric tons was 1,189,000. Dur
ing the next decade, 1881 to 1890,
it ran to 2,373,390 tons. Durine
the last decade, 1891 to 1900, it
reached 3,708.901. The present
rate of production indicates a total
for the uecade 1901 to 1910 of in
j excess of 5.750.000 metric tons.
The close control of copper pro
duction and consumpt ion has pretty
well regulated'supply and demand.
The metal is going into consump
tion as rapidly as it is produced.
Hence any large increase in pro
duction is plain evidence of the
growing uses to which copper is
heing put. The demand for tha1
metal is on the increase. If it
reaches nearly 6.000,000 tons for
this decade it will prohahly go to
10,000.000 tons for the decade 1911
to 1920, or one million tons a year.
The outlook is optimistic and is
not a jus1 ideation for anv gloomv
view on the future of copper min
ing.
Alaska Coal Is Best
Mutineers Deqare War on Russian Slr'ps. Salmon Pack
Short. Alaska Prisoners Escape. Swineford
Pessimistic. Hay's Funneral.
More Mutiny.
Seattle, Julv 6—Alfred Brooks,!
of tho United States geological sur-,
vey, who has been investigating the
Kayak coal and oil fields, makes
the assertion that tlie coal at Kayak
is superior to any on the Pacific
coast.
Bucharest, July o—Before the
Kniaz Potemkine sailed from Ktis
t' ndje yesterday, a delegation of!
the erew waited upon the Prefect
and delivered to him a proclama
tion addressed to the -epresenta-;
tivesof the powers,formally declar
ing warmpon Russian vessels which
refused to join the revolutionary
movement.
Seattle, July (i—Ad vance reports
disclose the fact that there will lie
a shortage of the Alaska salmon
pack of at least 700.000 cases. As
a result the prices on all grades of
salmon has made a decided advance.
Seattle, July o—Eight prisoners
escaped from the government peni
tentiary at MeXiil’s island yester
day, six of whom uoru Alaskans.
Seattle, July 5—Ex-Governor
Swineford asserts that the visit of
tlie congressional delegation to
Alaska was no more than a nnr*
junketing trip and will do Alaska
no good.
Cleveland, July f»—The body of
the late Secretary Hay wax yester
day interred in Lakeview cemetery
with simple ceremonies. President
Roosevelt, Vice-President Fair
banks and many other dignitaries
were present.
St. Petersburg, July 5—The crew
of the transport Prout, while leav
ing Rudrovia hay.mutinied, killing
two of the ollieers and making
prisoners of the rest.
St. Petersburg, July f>—The ad
miralty are witlee.it definite infor
mation ax to luo whereabouts of
the Potemkiue since she left Kus
tendje.
Alaska as Seen
By Congressmen
Speaker Cannon was the first of
the congressional party to rtach
the Washington hotel and was met
there by a number of people who
had been waiting for him ever since
the Cottage City was reported as
havin'' passed Port Townsend.
Mr. Cannon expressed himself us
having had a pleasant time, and
said that he had met many intelli
gent and interesting people. When
asked concerning the general opin
ion as to territorial government
and representation by a delegate
in congress, Mr.Cannon stated that
there was a diversity of opinion
and that some seemed to think that
the district is too young. In the
southeastern part of the district the
impression prevails that a delegatt
should go from one of the oldei
towns. It, of course, would be im
possible for a delegate from South
fast Alaska to represent that sec
tion of the district north of tlu
peninsula, including Nome; quite
ns much so as it would lie impossi
ble for a man from Alabama to
represent North Dakota.
If Alaska is to have a delegate
>n the floor of congress, there
-hould he three—one from South
fast Alaska, one from Nome and
me from Valdez. In Speaker Can
non’s opinion, Alaska is thoroughly
well represented in congress by the
Washington delegation. “I found,”
said Mr. Cannon, "that there are
in Alaska less than 30,000 people—
white people—who have their feet
planted on the soil; who say ‘this
is my home; here will I place my
hearthstone.’
“I found that there are many
natives and there is the floating
element that goes to Alaska and.
then tomes away, but of the white
settlers who are there 30,(XX* is a
liberal estimate, and they are scat
tered along over 2,000 miles of
coast.
“Alaska is the most valuable
asset of the state of Washington,
and with all of your interests there
and your close commercial relation
ship with the district I can’t sec
that they need any more efficient
representation than that which is
iiven them by the Washington
delegation. Then the sentiment is;
not strongly in favor of represen
tation by a delegate, and a particu
larly well-(Nested man up there
told me that it would belike a very
large hat on a very small boy to
make a territorial government for
Alaska.”
Concerning the possibilities of I
developing the agricultural n
sources of the district, Mr. Cannon
said there might l>e such a thing,
but the wealth of Alaska lay in its
mines, its timber, its fisheries. “It’s
a very brave man who would an
nounce that he was going to Alaska
to farm!” remarked Mr. Cannon.
“It is possible that they may Ik;
able to raise enough there for local
supply, hut they cannot create a
a market. Many tell me that the
season is too short. Some time
when the forests of Washington are
not as dense as they are now,
Alaska will stop buying lumber
here and will cut stock from native
forests. I understand they are
doing it in a small way now.
Congressman Tawney did not
agree with Speaker Cannon in every
opinion expressed. Congressman
Tawney lias been in Alaska before,
and said last night that there is an
■xperimental farm on the Copper
river, and that the products of the
farm are as tine as shown anv
v. here. “The best thing for Alaska,”
said Mr. Tawney, “would be for
congress and the senate to go up
there in a body and see what they
have.
“If you get up on the floor of
congress or in the senate and say
anything about Alaska, the mem
bers turn up their collars and
shiver. They think Alaska is an
iceberg, and that gold and Indians
and white bearskin rugs are the
only things that grow up there.
Hut I know better, because I know
that they can make certain parts
of the district rich from an agricul
tural point of view.
“As to representation, Alaska is
entitled to it, hut one can’t do it:
there must he at least three; one
from the north coast, one from
Southeast Alaska and one from the
interior. When Alaska was pur
chased it was created a district,and
not a territory, and now the diffi
culty lies in changing it, due largely
to an absolve of information of real
conditions up there by congress
and the senate.”
lies Will Build Railroad.
Mr. George Barrack, of this city,
has received a letter from Mr. A.
B. lies, in which that gentleman
states that he has been working on j
his railroad project, and has been )
so far successful that he is confident i
that construction work will l>e!
commenced some time in the late,
summer. Mr. lies has been closely
identified with railroad work for
the past three years, and it would J
appear from his letter that his
efforts in this line have been crowned
with success. 1
Copper Center Items.
Copper Center, June 22—Judge
D. A. MoK. ■nzie, who has charge of
the party of surveyors hound dow n
Copper river is enthusiastic over
the great possibilities of this val
ley, as far as he lias seen it In an
interview here he stated that hia
familiaritv with other portions of
Alaska, had prepared him in a
way for what he would find in tnis
section, hut that the reality was
far hein r than what he had antici
pated. He spoke of the trail as
being fairly good for a mountain
country, the roadhouse accommo
dations were excellent and tho
scenery niugniiicent beyond any
attempt at description, but what
appealed to him principally was
the great possibilities of the country
from an agricultural standpoint.
Having been a practical farmer
and at one time having experi
mented along tiiat line north of
the Arctic circle, he is particularly
well qualified to judge.
From what he saw of the country
lietween fiere and Valdez, and dur
ing a visit to the government agri
cultural station and the land under
cultivation by A. Holman, he says
lie is convinced that the possibili
ties of this valley for the stock
raiser and farmer are far greater
than the most enthusiastic resident
has any idea of.
Speaking of the Holman town
site he was loud in his praises of
the location, tine climate and soil,
and says that great credit is due
Judge Holman for the work he is
doing in demonstrating the possi
bility of a farmer succeeding here,
and for the many expensive im
provements he is making.
As Tor the run road proposition
on which he is now working he
says both himself and his experts
are more than ever convinced of
the desirability and probability of
a road being built through this
country. His present trip is for
the purpose of investigating the
feasibility of a water grade line up
the Copper, but he says that even
though this line should prove im
practicable, his company will still
continue on other plans, which he
is not at liberty to make public,
but which as near ns can be ascer
tained, contemplate building prob
ably from some point on Valdes
bay.
He will later visit the copper
country in company with some «x
IK'rts to verify the richness of that
section.
The Portland bench claim, on
little creek at Nome, yielded
>400,000 in sixty days.