Women's New Spring Soils
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OWING to the Northwestern not being
due till Saturday night selections may
be made tomorrow from a splendid line of
women’s sample suits. There are about
twenty-five different models and a number
of different cloths. All are Spring styles,
made right, styled fight in every detail.
Delivery about four weeks.
Pricings very reasonable.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in • Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
t? TONY’S PLACES"
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
DELEGATES TELL
DEMENTI!
WICK'S NAME NOT PRESENTED
Refusal of Delegate to Signify Hife
Willingness to Allow Party to Re
tain Patronage Proved to He His
Undoing—Delegate Unnamed.*
Politicians galore crowded the
decks of the Admiral Evans when she
came in from the westward this morn
ing. Practically all of the Southeast
ern Alaska delegation was aboard, in
cluding Ed Russell, Wickersham's
right-hand man, Irwin, Faulkner and
McNaughton. The whole of the sec
ond division, represented by Gilmore,
Murane and Schofield and the Fourth,
which Tom Lloyd carried in his pock
et, and Dooley, Tlnsted and r razier
of Cordova, and Finnegan of Seward,
and Millard and White of Valdez,
were homeward bound from the con
vention. No sooner had the gang
plank been put in place than off the
boat they raced and up town to tell
the story of the convention to their
friends and associates, and soon every
corner and crosswalk held its group
of men earnestly discussing the do
ings at Seward.
Tom Lloyd, of Fairbanks, who had
nothing to say on his way to the con
vention, was equally communicative
on his return. When asked what the
committee, appointed by the conven
tion to name a candidate, would do in
that i*espect, he said he did not Know,
as the members had not yet gotten to
gether to consider the matter, b”* ’■
expected some action would be takeu
within a day or two, and then the font
of information dried up.
Mr. Russo., was more communica
tive. He stated that Mr. Wicker
sham’s name was not presented to tbs
convention because, on a canvass of
the vote, it was , found that there
would not be votes enough to nomi
.
nate him, and therefore it was with-!
held. The sticking point, he said.;
was a plank in the platform which
called for the distribution of the pat-!
ronage in Alaska by the committee- j
men of each division? This Mr. j
Wickersham did not accept, and the!
nomination was left to a committee I
appointed by the convention* What j
action the committee would take Mr.!
Russell could not state, nor would be ■■
make any prophecy.
Mr. Shackleford was also rather i
uncommunicative. He said the state- i
ment he had said he would make was j
rendered unneccesary by the action!
of the convention and Mr. Wicker
sham, and that the convention had
spoken for itself on the questions in
volved. *
Mr. Russell stated, and he wishbd
it to be thoroughly understood, that
there was not the slightest ill-feeling
between the two or more factions at
the convention. He said he, as the
representative of Mr. Wickersham,
had been treated most fairly, and thal
he had been promised by his oppon-;
ents enough votes to prevent the
name of Mr. Wickersham coming be
fore the convention and then slaugh
tered.
W. A. Gilmore of Nome was more
outspoken in his views. He said that
the results at Seward were as he had
predicted while here on his way to
the convention. The delegate, he
said, was trying to play both ends,
and would bind himself publicly to
no party. He said that before the
convention he had announced he
would cast the solid vote of the Sec
ond division for Wickersham if that
gentleman would publicly anounce
his acceptance of the nomination and
the platform. This Mr. Wickersham
refused to do, and as a consequence
his name was not presented. The,
platform, he said, was one of the best
ever drawn up in Alaska and no man
really sincere*need have hesitated to
accept it. It was drawn up by Ed
Russell, Mr. Wickersham’s agent in
Alaska, and the only reason Mr.
Wickersham had for refusing to ac
cept it was that he feared to lose some
votes by so doing. In other words,
the delegate wished the nomination
and any other he could secure, on any
sort of platform, and would accept
none of them as binding upon him.
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That he wanted to be recognized as a
republican after election, but to run
independent.
What action the nominating com
mittee would take Mr. Gilmore d*d
not know. At least so he said. They
had not gotten together to discuss
the question and it would be several
days before a choice would be made.
A1 White, who was named as one of
the divisional committeemen at Sew
ard, also returned on the Evans. He
expresses the belief that Wickersham
will be the nominee of the party, and
that the non^natiug committee will
await word from the delegate before
taking any action. He says that Ed
Russell, who was the delegate's per
sonal representative at the conven
tion. announced to that body that lie
had spent a large sum of money wir
ing to Wickersham at Washington,
and had not been able to get any
reply, and therefore, he would not
bring Mr. Wickersham's name before
the convention. This left the con
vention without a candidate, and the
committee on nomination was an-#
pointed to name the candidate at a
later date, and permit the convention
to adjourn.
J. J. Finnegan of Seward who wns
aiso naniej^ by the convention one
of the committeemen for that place,
came over on the boat. He expresses
the opinion that the nominating com
mittee is simply awaiting an answer
to the telegrams sc,... to Wickersham,
and if that gentleman accepts tin*
platform he win receive the nomina
tion. , ,
Col. B. F. Millard refused to dis- i
cuss the possibilities of Wickersham
being nominated. He said that the
delegation from the Third division
did not holt the party, but remained
in the convention and laid the foun
dation for decent politics in Alaska ir.
the future.
It was stated on the steamer last
night that a wireless message was re
ceived from Seward stating that the
delegates remaining there, practically
all from the Third division, had held
a rump convention and nominated a
full ticket, but this is believed to be
a hoax.
PLAN TO SETTLE
MEXICAN AFFAIR
ALASKAN SUBMITS A SCHEME
“Big Mike” Sullivan Springs on War
Department an Idea for the Pre
vention of Further Trouble Along
the Southern Border.
M. J. Sullivan, of Port Wells fame,
and better known to everybody in
this section of iv.aska as “Big' Mike,'
has evolved an excellent scheme for
settling the trouble with Mexico and
has submitted his plan to the govern
ment for consideration. The scheme
is novel in the extreme, is simplic
ity itself, and it is strange that army
officers engaged in the hunt for Villa
had not thought of it before.
Mr. Sullivan proposes that the gov
ernment ship a trainload of tortillas,
frijoles, pan con came, chilis and gar
lic, and other foods dear to the heart
of the Mexican to a point in southern
Mexico. The food is to be shipped in
open cars so that it will be plainly
visible to the people. When the de
sired point is reached the train will
return slowly to Texas. The Mexi
cans, long without luxuries, will fol
low the train, and upon their arrival
in Texas they will be met by a dele
gation of Texans who will extermin
ate them with clubs. Two or three
trips of the train, Mr. Sullivan be
lieves, will so depopulate the coun
try that little trouble will be experi
enced from that section for some
years.
Mr. Sullivan lived in Mexico sev
eral years, working on different rail
ways in that country, and claims to
be well qualified in matters pertain
ing to affairs in that republic.
LAND INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENT ALASKA
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Secretary of the Interior Lane has
announced the creation of a land in
dustrial department under the Alaska
engineering commission to assist in
the development of the resources of
that portion of Alaska which the gov
ernment railroad from Seward to
Fairbanks will tap. Andrew Chris
tensen, formerly chief of the field di
vision of the general land office, has
been appointed manager of the new
department and will at once establish
headquarters in Reward, the termi
nus of the road. The new depart
ment will have charge of all ques
tions relating to the public lands
along the line of the road, and Us
aim will be to foster friendly rela
tions among Alaska's business inter
ests and encourage the development
of the agricultural and hiining lands
of the territory.
BEATTIE RESIGNS FROM
GOVERNMENT POSITION
W. G. Beattie, for the past fire
years in charge of the work of the
Department of Education in South
eastern Alaska, will forward his res
ignation ' to the department within
the next few days. Mr. Beattie has:
been elected superintendent of the1
Cottage Grove, Oregon, schools.
Mr. Beattie says that his applica
tion was sent to the Forest Grove
schools last year, with a request that
it he considered should there be an ;
opening. There was no opening last,
year and Mr. Beattie did not eonsid-;
er the matter further until a few days;
ago when he received a. wireless1
stating that he had been elected.
“My reasons for leaving arc that
I am tired of traveling over Alaska;
in a gas coat. I like Alaska but I am
tired of traveling.'' ha said. s
Mr. Bea.„c expects to leave for Se
attle about the first of Juneau and
will then sever his connections with
the department. Mr. Beattie was ap
pointed to the position he now fills.
in January, 1911.
CHINESE CASH ARE
CHEAPER THAN COPPER
Since the occupation of Tsing-tau
by the Japanese, traders from Japan
have hocked into Shantung province
in large numbers and have begun
trading operations in centers where
they have :io treaty rights. Many of
il!03,e traders are collecting old cop
per cash, the Chinese coins which
have a hole in the center and carried
on strings and are melting the coins
down and selling the copper at a big
profit.
Traffic in the Chinese copper cash
is going cn in many parts of China,
regardless of the central govern
ment’s regulations forbidding the ex
portation of cash.
Seventy thousand pieces of copper
cash were recently seized by Chinese
officials on a train at Changchun in
Central Manchuria. This money was
concealed in trunks checked by Jap
anese. The cash is shipped to Shang
hai or to J&panese ports where it is
melted down and brings a high price
because of the scarcity of copper.
In Peking and the more1 important
commercial centers on the railways
in China, cash is used only by the
Chinese. The rate of exchange var
ies greatly in different places. Or
dinarily ten cash are worth one cop
per cent. The cent is a coin without
a hole in it, and the ratio of the cent
values to the Mexican dollar is at
present about one hundred and thir
ty-five to one. Consequently a Mex
ican dollar will purchase one thous
and three hundred and fifty copper
cash in the large centers. The rate
generally is even better for the cop
per dealers in the remote sections.
China is experiencing a money fam
ine. The price of silver is extremely
high. Gold is seldom seen, and the
onslaughts the copper dealers are
making on the supply of copper cash
further complicate the situation.
RAINMAKER IN BAD
IN CALIFORNIA
Many Alaskans who resided in the
upper country during the early Daw
son days, will remember John Hat
field, the professional rainmaker, who
was imported from the states to re
lief the great drought. George
Armstrong, who recently returned
from the states, tells an interesting
story regarding the same Hatfield in
connection with the fair at San Diego.
South California -was suffering
for want of rain; the city of San Di
ego finally engaged John Hatfield to
make rain and agreed to give him
$10,000 if he succeeded in getting
rain. He went to work and evi
dence is that he overtrained for his
battle with the elements, for it rained
and rained, and then rained some
more, until the great Otay dam burst,
flooding the country with more than
eleven billion gallons of water. He
was then implored to work his magic
the other way, but it still continued
to rain, until the whole country al
most believed he was possessed of a
devil.
After the beautiful valley had been
swept clean by the flood he attempt
ed to collect his money from the city,
but the council said “Nay, nay; you
injured us more than you helped us.”
Now the city is even considering su
ing him, it is said.—News-Miner.
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LOCAL BREVITIES
Free advertising* for your mining
property in the Alaska Mining Jour
nal. See Alaska Inv. Co. . 2t
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
STEAMSHIP LINE GETS >
OUT HANDSOME FOLDER
The Alaska Steamship Company
has issued a new^hree color descrip
tive pamphlet of Alaska scenery and j
a time table of theiy sailings.
The sednic views in the folder are
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For Properly Handling
Your Business.
We issue Drafts on all parts of the world
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
RESOURCES $250,000.
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Haas & Sons Celebrated Candies—
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JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pumps
Which have fewer parts, run more
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pump on
the market.
And the
“Thor 5” Vacuum Gleaner
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for the low
price at which it sells.
We stand back of both the above machines.
Alaska Water Light & fel. Co.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lva. Fort Llacum Lvs. Valdea
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m. k
TUESDAYS
8:16'a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m. J
7:00 p.m. 10:60 p.m. /
There wUl be no trip ot the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
olean boilers.
works of art. Nothing has' been omit
ted to show the grandeur of this
northern clime. Every port from
Ketchikan to Seward has been ad
vertised by a photographic illustra
tion.
To each city has been allotted a1
paragraph describing ttye merits ;
that town. Practically all of the in-!
dustrles of Alaska bare been thor
oughly treated.
The pamphlet also contains a large
scale map of Alaska, showing the
route to the Copper River & Northern
Ry., and a time table for the above
company. The Matanuska Coal flelds
are shown as well as all the moun
tain rtiuges of Alaska.