GOOD PROSPECTS REPORTED
FROM FIRST CHANCE GREEK
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From latest reports it would appear that Bonanza creek is liketv to
join the list of producers this year: a circumstance which would add
greatly to the prosperity ot the camp.
Charley Worden, who has interests on First Chance creek, a tribu
tary of Bonanza, returned to Id i t a rod earlv this week and reported that
excellent prospects have been found, although sufficient work has not
been done ns yet to prove a paystreak. Fresh supplies have been
freighted out and a io-horsepower boiler will be placed on the ground
within a few days.
The ground is shallow, it being only about 7 or 8 feet to bedroek.
It is a good looking country from the prospector’s viewpoint and the
formation is identical with that of Flat—granite and porphyry.
Mr. Worden is very optimistic regarding the outcome of the work
now in progiess. Some trouble has been experienced with the hand
drill; but this will be overcome when the new boiler is installed.
hirst Chance is only rt miles from Discovery and is reached by
way of Slate creek. Bonanza has not received the attention which is
its due, considering its proximity to the source of supplies; but the dis
covery of pay on First Chance would lead to considerable development
work on Bonanza this year.
Those interested on First Chance with Mr. Worden are Messrs.
Hoxie, Vanderpohl Smith and Quin. Mr. Worden will return to
Bonanza in a few days.
The discovery on First Chance early became noised abroad, with
considerable exaggeration, and a stampede from Flat was soon in full
swing. The ground was all stake 1 two years ago.
Two candidates were initiated into the mysteries and responsibili
ties of Arctic brotherhood during the week.
On Monday night Camp Iditarod No 27 held one of the most suc
cessful meetings in its history. Sam Wilmer was taken over the 11 ai 1
and an exceptionally enjoyable evening was spent Opportunity was
taken also to give a hearty send-off to Arctic Chaplain Nat Lyons, who
is returning to England, and a series of resolutions eulogising him and
his efforts in behalf of No. 27. were put and enthusiastically carried
An Arctic supper, composed ot delicacies dear to the sourdough’s
palate was served and demolished with gusto and beer,
Cainp Flat No 26 met on Tuesday and the attendance was very
satisfactory. Cecil Barlow was initiated into the order. High jinks
and an Arctic supper with liquid refreshment followed.
Francesco Escobar, Colombian consul general in the United States, !
takes serious exception to Roosevelt’s statements in his recent article |
“How the United States Acquired the Right to Build (lie Panama
Canal.” In a public letter to Colonel Roosevelt Escobar says;
“I am addressing you as an individual and do not wish to reflect
upon th.e government or the people of the United States, for whom 1
have the deepest respect and regard.
“In a signed article, pm porting to show how the United Stales
acquired the right to build the Panama canal, you say that ‘Colombia
had shown herself utterly incompetent to perform the ordinary govern
mental dulie- expected of a civilized state.’ In summing up your ac
tions as president you declare, ‘We did harm to no one, save as harm is
done to a bandit by a policeman who deprives him of his chance for
blackmail. ’
“In default of argument to refute the oft-repeated charges that you !
dealt unfairly with Colombia; that you violated a tieaty in which the
United States had pledged its honor as a nation to guarantee the
sovereignty of Colombia over the isthmus; that you recognized the
fake republic of Panama in defiance of the accepted principle of inter
national law; you hurl insults and slanders at the unfortunate country
you robbed of her most valuable possession.
“When you -peak of blackmailers and bandits, Mr. Roosevelt, have
you forgotten the ultimatum you sent to Lolcmbia threatening her
with dire results if her senate did not ratify, without amendment, the
‘treaty’ written by the attorney for the Panama Canal company? Have
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into the Atrsto region to Yavisa and Real de Santa Maria? Who was
the blackmailer and bandit then? Who has told the truth about this
matter all along?
“Was it you, when you told congress that the people of Panama
rose literally as one man? Was it you when you boasted that you took
Panama first and then let congress debate? Or was it you when you
wrote that your actions in this matter were as free from scandal as the
public actions of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and that
every action taken was not only proper but was carried out in accord
ance with the highest, finest and nicest standards of government ethics?
“I think Colombia can safely leave these questions to be answered
by the conscience o‘ the American people.’’
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Nome, Jan 12 —Nome is experiencing one of the most serioir
coal shortages in its history and considerable un< aMness exists.
The Sesnon Coal company has announced that it can suppl n
more coal, except to those who have contracted in advance Eve;
with this restriction, it is said there is not sufficient coal on hand to las’
through the winter Fur some reason or other the Sesnon company
shipped in no coal during the past summer, and it alleged that political
motives are the cause of the shortage.
Many people have had to resort to the use of crude oil in makeshit
stoves or mixed with ashes. They a.e much incensed against the
company fo. placing them in such a predicament, a - the coal shortage
kills ail mining and prospecting.
One result of the Sesnon cotnp.m ’s action is the formation ol
general relief party, which has been well organized and is planning 1
campaign which lias for its object the -p,-edv opening of the coal lards
of the Seward peninsula and other pa: t- <*t Alaska.
The Sesnon Coal company and its suhsidiai v shipping conipanv
have a monopoly of all the coal and lighterage business in the Seward
peninsula, having bought out or stifled all competition.
Nome, Jan. :2 —The District Court will convene Feb 12 tot its
regular session. The number ol esses to come up is not large.
The annual carnival given for the benefit of the Hospital o! the
Holy Cross realized $3,170.
When a search patt}’ picked up a Check miner who Lad been lost
on Osborn creek, it was found that both limbs were frozen perfectly
solid. He is now in a very precarious condition
A bad fiie broke out in the restricted district la -1 Thursday, an 1 it
was only with the greatest difficulty it was got under control At one
time the fire seriously threatened the whole city
* IP NEW DISTRICT 0? JSIil
All the work so far done in the Aniak does not amount to a j
great deal, according to E. T. Fisher, who came in from the new
district the first of the week. Marvel and Dome are the creeks!
Ion which the most has been accomplished.
On Marvel a bedrock drain about 400 feet long was put in by j
Fisher, Buhro and Labelle before the freezeup. At the upper end
of this drain about 60 feet of bedrock was uncovered. On Dome
creek five or six holes have been bed rocked, and three have been
bedrocked on Fisher creek- This constitutes about all the pros
j pect work done in the whole district. The ground is wet and must
i be prospected by opencut or drill, or with the aid of pumps in sink
! ing shafts. Three hand pumps and a hand drill are in there now:!
I McCarty & Co., Tobe Perry and Labelle have the pumps and the
| drill belongs to Drew French.
Mr. Fisher left only three men on the creeks—Andy McCarty,
Billy Bevans and Harry Buhro. He met perhaps a hundred on
their way in, nearly all of them having good outfits. Among these
were Sam Godfrey, Kirk Shropshire, Joe Cheney, Arthur Eaton.
Frank Murray, Fred Vaughn and Tony McDonald. The trail was
fine. The weather over there has been good, and there is now
perhaps two feet of snow.
Mr. Fisher expects to start back into the Aniak next week
| From a map of the Aniak coun
I try drafted by a recent arrival from
I the district it seems that by follow
j mg the trail which runs due south
from Hoffman's the Aniak is struck
40 miles out, at a point a little be
low the mouth of Salmon
The creeks which have become
familiar in connection with reported
strikes are all tributaries of Salmon.
Starting from the month of Salmon
the creeks in their order ate; Do
minion, Eagle (of which Marvel
is a tributary), Fisher, Btlle and
Dome (with Cripple as a tributary)
Belle and Dome enter Salmon on
the right limit, the others oil the
left. _
CRACK DOG TEAM
CHANGES HANDS
A dog deal was consummated j
during the week whereby John ]
Holmes became the possessor of
four first-class dogs, originally the
property ol Henry Weir. Form
ing part of the "telephone” team,
these dogs have become famous i
the Iditarod lor their spet-d and
spirit, and it is said that Holmes in
tends to work them in conjunction
with the pick of Charley Worden's
pups; a combination which should
develope into a crack racing team
The dogs ran in the New Year
Day race, and came in tor a grea
deal of favorable comment Rumen
has it that Holmes is after the hit:
prize in the Ail Alaska Sweep
stakes
JOHNSON SECURES
DONLAN PROPERTY
By a decree of the Court at
Fairbanks, following the findings
of fact and conclusions of law
previously filed, the ownership
of certain ground in what was
known as the Smeaton & Larson
strike on Donlan creek has been
decided.
Suit was brought by George
Johnson against J. F. Smeaton
and J. W. Larson, and the court
finds that his are the prior loca
tion, and that he is the owner in
fee-simple of the property. Lar
son is to pay the costs of the
action.
The claims involved are No. 1
Snow gulch, discovery on Dome,
and No. 2, Quartz creek, all Oi
which are tributaries of Donlan
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Mr and Mrs. Henry Weir paid I
i flying visit to Fla! last Motuluv
H.itry D.mnellv of C'im\ k->, &
i’orter’s, was in Flat doting tit j
.n!\ part of th< week.
J A Sturtevant and il Hanse j
aft last Tuesdav with seven dugs!
ml an out flit for the A- ink, \vh r :
itey will do some piospee'ing
Mntchler Bros, stage line start
within the next week or two The\ i
will have offices at Flat and Idita J
rod.
C. Bat low ariived last Monday
fiotn Moore creek. He teports!
-verything quiet and very 1 i11• e j
orospectiug going o... t'lie trail
i- not in verv good shape, owing
o horses having traveled over it
recently.
E T. Fisher and others arrived \
mm the Attiak Sunday, and left ,
for Iditarod accompanied by A It. |
Ferguson.
The Sunday services at the Ma j
-onie and Oddfellows’ club-room i
last Sunday were much enjoyed b\
all who attended. Dr. S. Hall!
Young preached from the third j
hapier ol St. Paul to the P.iilip :
mans. The doctor was at his best j
and the hail v as crowded with at
tentive listeners With Miss Cool
i tge at the organ, the Choir ten
derer! fine music Asocial gather
ing followed the service.
Chief Henry, an Indian from the
upper Iditarod, paid a visit to Flat
during the week, to obtain physic j
tor ids sick wife. Ite took back
quantity of other supplies.
Mrs. Duncan Michie and Miss
.Wading were visiting in Fiat City
Wednesday
Karl 'I'lliel has taken over the
management of N. N J .ffe’s cloih
ing establishment at Flat during
the absence ol Phillip Jaffa, who
ira.s been called to Ruby on bu.-i
ness.
George Friend came down from
ihe claim Wednesday, en route t
Iditarod
CHRIS. ANTHONISEN LEFT
FOR FAIRBANKS THURSDAY
Chris Anthonisen, Iditarod
manager for J. L Sale the jeweler,
left on Thursday for hairbanks
Mr. Anthonisen came to Idita
rod in the fall of 1910, and has
m tde a large number of friends,
who watched his departure wi'h
1 egret He expects to retui n in the
sl)I>ng- _
MISFORTUNE FOLLOWS S.M. DALBY
Misfortune seems to be dogging the
footsteps of S. M. Dalby. It will he
remembered that Dalbj’ and his part
| ner Robertson left the Iditarod with
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) equally black and distinct to}
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seven head of horses, in an attempt to i
reach Ruby by the overland route.
During the journey five of the horsis
succumbed, and file remaining two ar
rived at Ruby in very poor condition.
Since then they have been used in |
freighting. Recently one of the horses
sickened and died, and an examination
proved that death was due to a rotting
of tlie intestines, produced, it is be
lieved, by something tlie animal had '
picked up on the journey. There is
hardly any doubt that was ilie same,
trouble that caused the death of the,
oilier five.
COMPETITION FOR
ALASKA FISH CAHNERS
Libby, McNeil & Libby, meat pack
let’s, said to be dominated by Swift &
|<’o.. have decided to enter the Alaska
salmon canning business on a scale as
yet attempted by but two or three cor
porations. As the first step in its plan
to reach out into the canned salmon
business, the company has already
made arrangements to erect a large
cannery ttn Nelson's lagoon, on the
west side of the Aleutian peninsula,
about 150 miles north of Unimak pass.
This plant when completed, it is an
nounced, will be the largest yet in
stalled in Alaska and will have a
capacity for handling 200.000 cases of
fish during one season. Libby, McNeil
& Libby have operated a salting sta
! lion at Nelson's lagoon this season.
KOTSINA MAN DIGS OWN GRAVE
A. K ("Scotty”) Crawford, who
recently died on his homestead at
Koisinu, completed all of the
necessarv arrangements tor his
hiiii.il liefote his last illness over
took him. He dug the grave which
his body now occupies, elected hi'
own headstone amt planted fl >wers
a tit the i lot.
Sled covers, tarpaulins. H. Boas
LONGNEOKER'S
EYES IMPROVING
A communication received from
Seattle conveys the welcome
intelligence that Aaron Long
necker's eyes are much improved,
and while they will never again
i e normal, the progress made is
better than was expected.
Mr. Longnecker’s eyes have
been troubling him for the past
year or more, and was compelled
to go Outside for treatment.
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