From Our Exchanges
William Latidsberg, superintendent of the Alaska Packers’ Associ
ation at Chignic, died of heart disease in the North immediately after
receipt of a telegram announcing that his wile’s mind had failed as the
result of the discovery ol the body of her missing son at Estuary, Cal.
1 he story ol the misfortunes, which have come thick and fast on Latids
berg s family during tiie past lew weeks has excited much sympathy.
The Cliff mint at Valdez will no longer be called a “stringer” by
the doubting ones. While the crew were at work on the raise from
the ioo foot level they broke into a six-foot ledge of high grade ore
that fairly sparkles with the yellow metal. No assay is necessary, for
the gold can be seen in the ore all the way across the ledge with the
naked eys. It has even the management amazed when they begin to
figure out the immensity of the valuation of the ore in sight.
Representing the Exploration Co. of London, the Pearson syndi
cate is reported to be closing a deal at Cordova for the purchase ol more
than 50 gold quartz claims in the McKinley lake district. Included in
the claims are those of the McKinley Lake Mining Co., the Lucky
Strike Mining Co., and the Whittemore and Thisted claims. The
claims are situated three miles from Cordova and about three miles from
the railroad.
Alterations and repairs to the steamship Victoria, of the Alaska
Steamship company, costing approximately $150,000, will be made at
the close oi tire Nome season.
One of the saddest tragedies in the history of Southern Yukon oc
curred on June 17, when William Keely Fitzgerald fell into the raging
waters of Miles canyon and was borne rapidly away in the rushing
torrent. The bcdy has not been recovered. While the victim of mad
waters was seen by Constable St. Lawrence to fall into the canyon and
immediately sink from view, the matter is surrounded by mystery, deep
and unfathomable, and it w ill probably never be known whether or not
the unfortunate man was leally himslf at the time he lost his life.—•
Whitehorse Star.
A new method of handling gold dust oti the Yukon liver has been
adopted this year. Laige portable safes will be used for every express
shipment, and shipments of valuables of all kinds as well as gold
will be placed inside under a detachable combination lock. Once the
valuables are locked in, the face of the combination will be removed.
The safes will be practically as large as the average c ffice safe, ai d too
weighty and eumberson for the average thief to tackle. The weight of
each safe is 650 pounds. The company is out for the gold dust trade,
and the through rate to Seattle will be §8 50 per §1,000 on all ship
ments under $25,000, and $5 pel §i,cco on all shi; n ents of $25,000 or
more.
Kenai lake presents a scene of great activity these days. The
Kenai Dredging company has one scow’ completed, on which is placed
the small dredger, ready for transportation to its destination at the head
Kenai river. J. H. White is 1 usy building a launch for service 011 the
lake, and William Abbott is starling one for the same purpose. Wm.
DeWilt Libs started a roadhouse on the lake sb.oie and Gary & Abbott
will also erect a roadhouse.—Seward Gateway.
John Rosene is due in Haines this month, He has been in Mont
real promoting the Alaska Midland Railroad, the final plans of which
will shortly be announced.
To be prepared for the increasing traffic between Seattle and Alaska
ports, which it is believed will be more than doubled within the next
two years, the Alaska Steamship company has completed plans for an
important addition to its fleet of vessels and requested bids for the
construction of a modern freight and passenger steamship which will
cost §500,000. The Moran c< tnpar.y and several Eastern shipbuilding
firms will submit tenders.
F. B. Wurzbacher, for mar y y ears in Skagwny with the White
Pass, is to be transferred to Seattle in the very near future to take the
position of general agent cf the White Pass Route, succeeding I. W
Dudley, resigned.
Col. Fred White, comptroller of the Royal Northwest Mounted
Police, will shortly retire. He has seen 43 years in the public service.
William O'Comior, candidate for Congress on the Labor ticket at
the last election, is practicing law at Valdez.
Dawson Woman Dic-S erts had spent some lime in Dawson
Mrs. James Roberts, wife of ot,r of "f:cl leav&s niitn-v frieluis lllel'e
the veteran Yukon river si'-ambert Select Outside Lumber, cot ruga ted
pilots, is dead at Whitehorse. She iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
passed away there June 24. Mrs. Roll- tor’s.
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They Said Nics Tilings to Him
It was altogether an auspicious occa
sion and a sunshiny event last Sunday
night when the “N. C. Bunch” got
John Duncan into a corner and made
him accept a beautiful gold matchbox
as a token of their regard. They also
told him they were sorry to see him go.
The presentation came as a complete
surprise to Mr. Duncan, and for a time
had him on the run. He didn’t know
just what to say, but finally managed
to murmur that he guessed it was
about time for them to “have some
thing on me”—a sentiment that met
with universal approval. They accord
ingly cut into the grape and toasted
each other in mutual and convivial es
teem.
The matchbox in question has a few
precious stones scattered over it, and is
the product of the united efforts of all
the N. C. Co. employes here. Mr.
Duncan is about to depart for Manley
Hot Springs where he will act as agent
for the company, and he will doubtless
highly prize this memento of the good
will of his former associates.
He Wonders if They Arrived
This paper is in receipt of a letter
from Peter Rude, of 606 1-2 Pike
street, Seattle, inquiring for informa
tion concerning Aksel Rude and Thos.
Ugland, who came to the Iditarod this
spring.
The writer states that they left Sew
ard about February 25, and expected to
make this camp by the first of April.
Since they left Seward he has heard no
word of them and is becoming anxious.
Fried eggs or ham and eggs at the
Merchants, 75c.
Tel. 74—siphons, sodas, ginger ale.
Tun Passengers
Came On Reliance
Ten passengers reached the city
early' this week from the Yukon, hav
ing reached Dikeman on the steamer
Reliance, and Iditarod on the launch
Flyer. No mail was brought.
Among the passengers were C. J.
Hurley, president of the American
Bank of Alaska, who had made a trip
to Nulato, for the purpose of sending
telegram and who took 17 days to make
the round trip. Ha met delays at
every point, putting in four days at
that dear, old Bedwing, where they
feed you on dog salmon and the mos
quitos feed on you.
Frank Fontas was also an arrival,
having come back from the Chandlar
lake country, where he went to look
into the quartz prospects.
The other passengers on the Flyer
were S. Nichols, C. W. Felech, Dan
Mullen, Messr. Shropshire, Skinner,
Shaer and Miller.
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Iditarod, Alaska, July 2!), 1911.
Persons inquiring for letters in the
following list will please say “adver
tised.
Abercrombie, h 2 Lennon, robert 2
Anderson, elms Levy, abe 4
Anderson, p a 2 Lufton, fred c
Atkinson, geo 2 Magnusson,edvin3
Hack, dan Main, a a
Barker, arlhur 2 Marks, tnr
Besola, henry Martin, robt w 4
Bishop, lovie Martinson, eric 2
Black, alex s Mathison, theo
Blair, verna Maurice, albert
Boucher, felix 3 Ma/za, Fioranarte
Boutin, arthur Metayer, adile 3
Brook, claude Mickelson, victor
Bruner, e s Miller, h 14
Buhro, harry Mitchell, geo 4
Bufton, fred c “ lawrence 2
Burgiin, albert Moberg, john 3
Butcher, victor Morrison, ronald 3
Cameron, j a 2 Mullen, j f
Campbell, dan e 0 Murray, frank 2
john 4 Myers, a c
Carey, wm 2 MacCallum, h j 3
Carlson, carl 3 MeConoghv. j 1
Clark, geo mef 3 McDonald," al
Cleary, edw 0 '• hen h 4
Colendish, geo MacDonald, rodrik
Cook, n McDonough, thos 3
Cooper, john McKay, kate f
“ w w h McKenzie, dan
Costenhorder, w 1 McLain, thos p
Coughlin, mrs c 2 McLeod, j j 2
Courtney, lucile McMurray, b 3
Cox, geo w McNamara, j c 9
Crutcher, c e “ p
Davies, wm 2 Nenofr, rusi 3
Dean, ed Newman, henry 3
Deane, mrs m Nilson, lewis b
Deraoski, leo Olsen, o a
Dich, mrs h h Parsan, carl e
DeSoto, wm Parsons, fred
Dunn, jerry 2 “ james 2
Durand, victor 2 “ john 2
Ellis, earlyte Patterson, thos 3
“ 1 n 1’cillene, arthur
Engel, harry 2 Pesoneu, henrv
Erieson, elms Peterson, edw 2
Felton, alex 11 Phillips, h e
Ferguson, jus c 2 Pitcher, jus s 2
Finger, capt 2 Porter, dare
Fisher, j Pound, e tu
Fomasevieh, tn Prescott, rav
Ford, thomas Puccio, joe
Freestone, 1 a Puntila, Waine 2
Gillespie, david 2 Reno, Wilfrid
Goodman, james Ronnone, jake
GoranotT, mike Rooney, peter
Grant, c m Rowe, henry 3
Grassman, dave “ w e 2
Gray, delia m 2 Ryan, j minihan 2
“ w 2 Ryhan, mr
Grenier, g 2 Sabil, w
Grider, o e Schirmeyer, will c
Gustafson, saml 1 Schmidt, miss may
Hamilton, herbert Sears, w s 3
Harper, charlie Seereli. j
Hay, ole Shalt tick, cm2
Heileg, Fred Silva, Manuel da
Kenboch, ed Cunha e
Heron, j c 2 Simmons, geo e 2
Hickey, henry Sinclair, laurence 2
Hildebrand,chase2Smith, geo s
Holke, jo “ tlieodore g
Holmgren, ge Southerland, jennie
Horn, fred Steele, v 3
Horton,miss avetliaStephenson, j w
Howe, s d Strong, jos a
Howard, mrs alice Sunquest, h
Howard, artbur 2 Swanson, emil 2
Howard, miss n 2 Tangan, a 2
Huber, louis 3 Tarld, fred
Hunter, waiter 5 Tennant, john
Igraggen, alix Thompson, v
Irwin, t j Thornton,lawrence
Jensen, li c 2
Jensen, p Tousley, tliomas h
Johnson, august Trieter, j g
clias 3 i’lirskow, chris 4
“ beit 3 Vaughan, c
“ john Visness, john 4
Jurack, tim Waller, gordon
Kaalhus, liulvik Wesley, o
olsen Westland
Kellott, patt 5 White, j f 2
Kelly, frank j 3 “ jack 4
King, ralph 7 Wiliams, jess
Kinnalev, dan Williams, m y
Kleinsehmidt,may Williamson, d r 3
Knutson, charlie 2 Westh, thos e 3
Konechnev, joe 2 Willis, arthur e !>
Kossutt, casper Winans,roswell b 10
Labourin, peter Windmiller, emma
Laduke, Oliver 2 e 2
Lainelle, frank Wright, henry 2
Larnant, a st Wyant, e w 0
Larson, alick n Wyilie, j
“ john Yidgley, wm tn
Leman, d w m Young, paul w
Leindin, john 1 2 Zahn, joe
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FOKFKlTl’Ui: NOTICE.
'o FR ' NK K1TZMAN—
NOTICK IS HKRKBY GIVEN that von or1
11 y to whom au_\ interest lias been transferred
re hereby notified that I, W A Dikeman,
ia*'e expended in labor and improvements
.he sum of fioo.oo onthe K. 1* M. asso
datiou placer claim, in the Otter Recording |
md Mining Precinct. Territory of Alaska
.'ourth Division. Said work was performed,
:i '909 and 1910 to hold said claim
mdcr the provisions of section 2324 of the j
Revised Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto approved January -2nd, 1
.bSo concerning annual labor upon mining
daims, being amount required to hold said
claims for the period ending December 31st,
1910 as named above, and within ninety days
from the personal service of this notice or
vitliin ninety days after the publication thereof
. 011 fail to contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-owner, which .'.mount is
>25.00, of the labor expended 0:1 claims, 3 our
interest in the claim will become the property
• f the subscriber, your co-owner, who has made
ill tlie required expenditures by the terms of
•said section.
Dated at Iditarod this 24th day of June. A.D,
1911.
WM. A. 1)1 K KM AN.
BvJ. D. SCHWARTZ, .\tt0rne3-in-Fact.
First publication July t, 191:.
hast publication Sept. 30, 1911.
1 OKI bITl ltK NOTICE.
To DAVID WILSON—
NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN that you or
any to whom any inte rest has been transferred
are hereby notified that I, John Beaton, have e\
pended in labor and improvements the sum of
S'oo.oo on the otter association placer claim, in
the Otter Recording and Mining Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division. Said work was
performed in 1909 am! 1910 to hold said claim un
der the provisions of section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the amend
111 r Ms thereto approved January 22nd, 1HH0
concerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being a.<x nit required to hold said claims for
the period ending December 31st, 1910 as named
above, and within ninety days from the per.
sonal service of this notice or within ninety
days after the publication thereof, you fail to
contribute your proportion of such expendi
ture, which amount is $25, of the labor ex
pended on claims, your interest in the
claim will become the property of the sub
scriber, your co-owner, who lias made all the
required expenditures by tlie terms of said
section.
Dated at Iditarod this 24th day of June, A H.
1911.
JO N BEATON,
First publication July 1, 1911.
Last publication Sept 30, 1011.
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