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SEATTLE ALSO MAY CELEBRATE
ALASKA’S SEMI-CENTENNIAL
\ dispatch received by The Pioneer on
Tuesday last from Seattle announced fhat
.lames I. McPherson, secretary of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
hail sailed for Alaska to visit all the cities
of Alaska with the purpose of interesting
the residents of the territory in the fitting
celebration of the semi-centennial of the
purchase of Alaska, which occurs in 1917.
The proposition takes the form of an ex
portion and celebration to be held in Se
attle at that time.
The following from the Post-Intelligencer
<)f May 22 gives an insight into the plans
contemplated:
“Enthusiastic indorsement from all quar
ters yesterday of the suggestion by Con
gressman Kahn of California, that this city
celebrate the semi-centennial anniversary of
the purchase of Alaska practically assures
that Seattle will be the scene of a mighty
demonstration in the summer of 1917.
“Representative business and professional
men declare that it would be no more than
the appropriate tiling to do. and that if the
opportunity to call the world's attention by
a celebration and exposition of Alaska’s un- j
touched wealth and possibilities were passed 1
would indicate forgetfulness of what the
greet Northland has done for Seattle.
“That the city should devote a gala week
to the celebration, wherein Alaskans and
Alaska products would be in the forefront;
hold an exposition of Alaska’s productions
that would attract thousands of people from
all over the United States; hold a home
coining week for Alaskans till over the
world, and a general spontaneous demonstra
tion that would outshine any Potlatch of
ihe past, was the common suggestion made
yesterday. The idea has met with such
favor that preliminary plans are already
being discussed by those interested in the
fo.iure of the Northwest and Alaska.
“It is pointed out that the celebration
would in no way detract from the celebra
tion to be held in Alaska on the same occa
sion. but. on the other hand, would aid ma
terially in calling attention to the fact that
although Alaska has been a part of the
United States for fifty years, her natural
wealth has been but barely scratched. Peo
ple who might find it inconvenient to make
the trip to Seattle and gain an accurate im
pression of what the great territory really
consists.
“Congressman Kahn has suggested that
Mayor Gill call a meeting of prominent citi
zens so that official committees with power
to act may be appointed. The congress
man’s idea is that the Northwest and Pa
cific coast should join in the celebration,
which should last a week, during which his
toric pageants on land and water would be
held. The attendance of a large part of the
United States navy could undoubtedly be
arranged.
“‘There is practically no limit to the
pageants and historical dramas that might
be arranged in celebration of the semi-cen
tennial of the purchase of “Seward's folly.”
or “Seward's polar bear garden,” as the
purchase was called when it was first made,’
said Congressman Kahn yesterday. ‘Pa
geants on the waters of either Elliott bay
or Lake Washington or both, commemorat
ing the voyages of Vancouver and other
early explorers, would be a timely feature,
as well as land parades and pageants show
ing the various phases of the development
of Alaska from the Klondike rush to the
present time. Without question such a
celebration here in the summer of 1017
would receive the hearty support of Cali
fornia, Oregon and the states lying west of
the Rocky mountains, for all have benefited
more or less by Alaska. Judging by the
crowds that attend the New Orleans Mardi
Gras, an attendance from the East that
would be record-breaking might well he ex
pected. inasmuch as there will be little travel
to Europe at that time, and there will be
nothing else in the way of expositions to
conflict.
“ ‘It is a practical certainty that the
United States navy would bo in attendance,
and us for aid from congress, I think that
a small appropriation would be possible. As
far as that is concerned, however, the North
west and Pacific coast generally would not
need any outside aid.’
“Mayor Gill, members of the Alaska bu
reau of the Chamber of Commerce and other
prominent citizens were quick to respond to
the suggestion of Mr. Kahn.”
Mr. McPherson is one of the most enthusi
astic believers in the great future in store
for Alaska. During a visit to this city last
summer as the head of a railroad survey
party which made a reconnoisance of ihe
route of the proposed railroad from Susitna
to the Kuskokwim and Iditarod. he made
many friers in this district. The mission
could not have been entrusted to more ca
pable hands.
HOW HE SQUARED HIMSELF
Sunday passed, Tuesday rolled around,
and still his tall form did not loom in the
vestibule when the cuckoo clock was sound
ing 8. Thursday he came, and the beauti
ful girl was burning with wrath.
“So this is the way you neglect me,” she
hissed. “What have you to say for your
self? Why didn’t you come?”
“I couldn’t,” faltered the youth. “I had
dyspepsia, and the doctor advised me not to
come.”
“What? The doctor told you not to come
to see me because you had dyspepsia?”
“Well, he told me to keep away from
all sweets.”
And the parlor sofa was tenanted.—Great
Divide. * * * *
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Massage and
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MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
THE NEW REVENUE LAW
IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
The recent territorial legislature passed
an act to establish a system of taxation to
'•r.eate revenue to run the territory for future
j years, and amending the act passed by the
1 First legislature. The new revenue bill
was approved on April 29, and as an emer
gency clause was incorporated, it became
effective immediately. The main provisions
of the act are as follows:
That any person, firm or corporation
prosecuting or attempting to prosecute any
of the following lines of business in the
Territory of Alaska shall apply for and ob
tain a license and pay for said license for
the respective lines of business as follows:
Attorneys, doctors and dentists- $10.
Automobiles—$5.
Bakeries- $15.
Electric light and power plants selling
light and power to the public- One-half of 1
per cent of the gross receipts in excess of
$2,500.
Employment agencies, operating for^ hire
and collecting a fee from employes—$5 per
annum.
Fisheries: Salmon Canneries—4 cents
per case on king and reds or sockeye; 2 cents
per case on medium reds; 1 cent per case
on all others. Salteries 2l/» cents per hun
dred pounds on all fish salted or mild-cured,
except herring. Fish Traps, fixed or float
ing $100 per annum; so-called “dummy”
traps included. Gill Nets—$1 per 100 fath
oms or fraction thereof. Cold Storage I’ish
Plants- Doing a business of $100,000 per
annum or more, $500 per annum; $75,000
to $100,000. $375; $50,000 to $75,000, $250;
$25,000 to $50,000. $125; $10,000 to $25,
000, $50; $4,000. $10. The “annual busi
ness” under this section shall be considered
the amount paid per annum for the product.
Laundries- Doing a business of over
$5,000 per annum, $25 per annum.
Meat Markets—Doing a business of not
less than $10,000 nor more than $25,000 per
annum, $10 per annum; $25,000 to $50,000.
$30; $50,000 to $75,000, $100; $75,000 to
$200,000, $250; over $200,000 per annum,
$500 per annum. Every separate meat mar
ket or establishment shall be considered a
separate business.
Mining- 1 per cent of the net income in
excess of $5,000. By “net income” is meant
the cash value of the output of the mine
less operating expenses, repairs and better
ments actually done. By “mining” is meant
any operation by which valuable metals,
(*res, minerals or marketable stone is ex
tiacted from the earth.
Public Scavengers $50.
Transportation Ships and shipping,
freight and transportation, ocean and coast
wise vessels doing business for hire plying
in Alaska waters, registered in Alaska and
not registered elsewhere in the United States
and not paying a tax or license elsewhere,
and freight and passenger lines propelled by
mechanical power registered in the territory
of Alaska and not paying a license tax else
where in the United States, and river and
lake steamers and barges, as well as trans
portation lines doing business wholly within
the Territory of Alaska, $1 per ton on net
tonnage, custom house measurement, on
such vessel.
Telephone Companies One-half of 1 per
t ent of gross receipts in excess of $1,500.
Water Works selling water or power to ;
I the public One-half of 1 per cent of gross
[ receipts in excess of $2,500.
Public Messengers—$25.
MAIL SERVICE PROVIDED
FOR TOKOTNA AND McGRATH
Among the memorials of the late legi.v
lature was one requesting a summer mail
service between Ophir and Tokotna. Terri
torial Secretary Davison has received the
following communication from the post
office department in relation to it:
“In reply to your letter of the 11th inst..
transmitting house memorial No. 7 of the
Alaska territorial legislature, requesting pro
vision for mail service during the summer
season on a route between Ophir and To
kotna. I have to inform you that mail serv
ice during the season of navigation of 1915
has been authorized on steamboat route No.
78043, from Bethel to McGrath. It may
be practicable for Tokotna to receive mail
from McGrath if boats be operated between
Bethel and McGrath, so that a material ex
tent of service may be performed. How
ever. the postmaster at lokotna has been
authorized to employ such special service
from Ophir as he can obtain for an amount
equal to two-thirds of his compensation as
postmaster. The carrier to be paid by the
department at that rate.”
Fish Traps Federal Matter
William C. Redfield, secretary of com
merce, writes to the territorial secretary as
follows regarding fish trap memorial No. 16 :
“I will take this opportunity to express
my belief that the time is not ripe for the
assumption by the territorial legislature of
Alaska of full jurisdiction over the fishing
industry. It is my belief that just as any
legitimate business enterprise is entitled to
the legitimate protection, so should those en
gaged in the taking of fish lawfully by the
use of traps and other appliances be entitled
to lawful support. If this protection can
be obtained by no better means than by
allowing trap site holders to obtain title
thereto, I should favor granting such title.
“It should be remembered in this connec
tion that the fisheries of Alaska have an
•importance that is far greater than a local
one. They are, by- reason of the distribu
tion of our national products, a matter of
international trade.
“For these as well as for other reasons,
while any suggestions coming from the
Alaska territorial legislature will receive dili
gent care, the present case must be very
fully and carefully considered in all its im
portant relations before any action can be
contemplated.”
BENNETT JAMES LOCATES
AT RAILROAD TERMINUS
(Seward Gateway)
L. L. James, Jr., attorney at law, has
opened offices in the Daggett block. He ar
rived here a few days ago with his father,
L. L. James, Sr., and mother. His brother,
Bennett James, has been here more than a
iweek. L. L. James, Sr., is one of the most
prominent mining men in the history of
Alaska He was the owner and operator of
the famous No. 17, on Goldstream, Fair
banks, from which more than two millions
of dollars were taken. He also had and still
has mining interests in the Iditarod. His
son, the attorney, also lived in Fairbanks,
but has been practicing in San Francisco
for some five years. The whole family,
being true Alaskans, have decided to remain
here.
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If you are in need of anything in our
line, see us. Two stores—Flat and Iditarod.
Boas the Clothier.
DETAILS OF EXPLOSION
WHICH SHOOK SEATTLE
The details of the terrible explosion which
shook up the city of Seattle at 2 o’clock in
the morning of May 31, a telegraphic report
of which was printed in The Pioneer at the
time, is thus described by the Seattle Post
Intelligencer :
“Seattle at 2 o’clock yesterday morning
was the vortex of an explosion that shook
up the country for a radius of lifty miles
and did damage in this city estimated at
probably $100,000. The blast was accom
panied by a Hash that lit up the whole sky;
a quiver that shook the stanchest buildings
in the city, and a roar that carried terror to
thousands and awoke the majority of Seattle
residents from their sleep.
“The Drummond Lighterage Company’s
scow No. 3, attached to city buoy No. 3,
in the West waterway, off Harbor island, in
Elliott bay, was blown up with fifteen tons
of dynamite, destined for Vladivostok. With
the scow there disappeared a watchman,
name unknown, who had been hired for the
night’s work only a few hours before. He
was known as “Fat,” and is said to have
done other odd jobs around the water front.
Whether “Eat” was blown up at his post or
whether he deserted and left the scow to
tin* mercy of malicious destroyers will per
haps never be known.
“There are rumors that he was seen up
town after the explosion, but these cannot
be confirmed. The property loss probably is
not less than $100,000. Representatives of
pi; te glass insurance companies estimate
that 7,000 separate pieces of glass, with 350
to 400 large plate pieces, valued at a total
of $50,000. were destroyed by the force of
the blast, which awoke the city with a ter
rific crash and roar. Albers Bros. Hour
mill, on the East waterway, was one of the
places most seriously damaged.
“The scow had been chartered for the
storage of the dynamite by the Baldwin
Shipping Company, in charge of the con
signment of C22 fifty-pound boxes of 80 per
cent dynamite, valued at a total of $.>,287.
“The explosive, which was said to be of a
type usually used for submarine blasting or
for war purposes, was brought from San
Francisco on the steamer F. S. Loop on
May 13, and was to have been taken to j
Vladivostok by the Japanese steamship
Shensei Maru. At the last moment the
Shensei Maru refused the shipment, and it
had been planned to send the dynamite
across the Pacific on the steamship Hazel
Dollar.
“The exact moment of the explosion was
fixed by the clock in the tower of the Col
man dock, which stopped at exactly 13 min
utes before 2 o’clock.
“The whole town was awakened by the
crash and the terrific shaking of buildings
which accompanied it. Within a minute in
the down-lown streets was gathered a crowd
of hundreds, which before half an hour was
augmented by thousands of persons, waver
ing between apprehension arid eager curios
ity. The wildest rumors spread. While the
general impression of those at a distance of
a mile or more from the water front was
th.at the city had been shaken by an earth
quake. there were other rumors of whole
sale safe-blowing, of British ships blown up
in the Harbor, of aeroplanes dropping
bombs.
“Sleepy-eved citizens rushed bewildered to
their telephones. The effect was a practical
demoralization of the service for nearly half
»a hour. The police station, telephone cen
tral. the electric company dispatcher and the
Post-Intelligencer office were deluged with
inquiries before the origin of the disturb
ance had been learned. A few of the wake
ful, in fortunate locations, managed to see
the flash, and thus the general location of
the center of the disturbance was ascer
tained.
T"he police department commenced work
with the clatter of broken glass, which show
ered the sidewalks all over the down-town
district. Policemen were sent all over the i
city to guard banks, jewelry stores and other
establishments, which had practically been
moved into the open street by the shatter
ing of their large windows. No case of loot
ing was reoorted to the department, al
though windows were smashed in hundreds
of stores all over the city.
“Reports of broken windows from Everett
end Bremerton, as well as from the out
skirts of the city, give testimony to the
wide range of the disturbance. There was.
however, not the slightest tremor on the uni
versity seismograph, which records only
earth shocks.”
TEXT OF LAW CONCERNING
SALE OF LIQUOR TO INDIANS
The following is the text of the law passed
by the recent territorial legislature with ref
erence to the sale of intoxicants to Indians.
The measure was approved April 28:
“Section 1. That Section 2022, Com
piled Laws of Alaska, be amended to read as
follows:
“ ‘That if any person shall, without the
authority of the United States, sell, barter
or give to any Indian any spiritous, malt or
vinous liquor or intoxicating extract, or
alcoholic liniment, alcoholic patent medicine
oi alcoholic beverage, such person shall,
upon conviction thereof, for the first of
fense be guilty of a misdemeanor and b 1
fined not less than $120 nor more than
$500, or be imprisoned in the federal jail
not less than sixty days nor more than two
hundred and fifty days, and upon every
subsequent conviction of a like offense, if
the fact of a previous conviction is pleaded
in the indictment, be guilty of misdemeanor
and be fined not less than $240 nor more
than $1,000, or imprisonment in the fed
eral jail not less than four months nor more
than one year. And every Indian who shall
wrongfully and willfully solicit, incite or in
duce any person to furnish him or her with
any spiritous, malt or vinous liquor or in
toxicating extract, or alcoholic liniment,
patent medicine or alcoholic beverage, shall.,
upon conviction thereof, be punished at.
provided in this section.
THE MAIL
The postmaster announces that the post
office will be closed all day on July o.
The mail arrived on the Sea Wolf on
Tuesday last. Connection had been missed
with the upper Yukon boats, and the con
signment consisted of but fifteen pounds of
second-class matter and two letters.
Hereafter the mail will leave Iditarod
every seven days, according to schedule, dur
ing the continuance of the summer con
tract. The outgoing mail left here yester
day.
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas’, Flat
and Iditarod.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can Iditarod Meat Co.
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs
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Regular
RYE WHISKEY— Price Cut to
“Old Crow” Straight Hand-Made Sour Mash, bot
tled in bond. Per bottle $2.50 $1.50
“Hunter” Baltimore Pure Rye, a blend of straight rye
whiskies. 2.50 1.25
“Hermitage" Pure Straight Whiskey, mellowed by
age . 2.50 1.50
“Cyrus Noble" Blended Straight Whiskey, from
original old goods. 2.50 1.50
“Old Oscar Pepper" Hand-Made Sour Mash, bot
tled in bond, full quarts. 2.50 1.50
BOURBON WHISKEY—
"Cedar Brook" (formerly W. H. McBrayer) Hand
Made Sour Mash Whiskey. 2.50 : .25
“Cyrus Noble” Old Private Stock, very, very old.
Guaranteed to be a blend of pure, aged, natural
straight whiskies . 2.50 2.00
“Old Crow,” bottled in bond. 2.50 1.50
"Jesse Moore AA" 2.59 1.50
SCOTCH WHISKEY—
“Black and White," specially selected for the House
of Commons . 2.00 1.50
“Strathmill" Pure Malt Scotch Whiskey. 3.00 1.50
“Dewar's Extra Special," termed “the best product
of Scotland" . 4-99 2.25
“Usher’s Black Label” Grano Old Highland Whiskey 4.C0 2.59
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Well-Known Alaskan Perished
According to a report recently received in
Seattle, Grin Ranke, well known in Nome,
and an old resident of Seattle, together with
a band of Eskimos, lost their lives in the
Arctic ocean early last winter in the wreck
of the gasoline schooner New Jersey. Among
those lost were four Eskimos who were with
the Stefansson expedition, and who were
largely responsible for keeping alive the
eleven survivors who were found on Wran
gell island. They were on their way back
to Point Hope on the wrecked vessel.
Copper Output $1,500,000 a Month
Effective at once, the Copper River <k
Northwestern railway will run three trains
a week each way between Chitina and Ken
necott, instead of maintaining the usual
summer schedule of one train a week, says
the Cordova Times of May 22. This has
become necessary on account of increased
shipments of copper ore from the Bonanza
i.ad Jumbo mines, which the branch line is
unable to handle. Two trains a week will
be operated between Cordova and Chitina.
With the continued rise in the price of
copper the output of these mines is to be
"till further increased to 120 cars a month,
or 0,000 tons. At the present price of cop
per this monthly ore shipment will have a
value of over a million and a half dollars.
Automobile Will Not Carry Mail
Last year’s failure to bring mail across the
trail to Fairbanks in an automobile has put
a stop to any further efforts of that kind,
according to the Citizen. A letter to Po t
master Deal from Colonel W. P. Richard
son, head of the Alaska road commission,
state." that no effort will be made this sum
mer to carry mail across the trail.
Valuable Ore Shipments
The Cordova Alaskan of May 4 said:
“This afternoon there is copper ore lying nn
the wharf at Cordova (o the value of more
than half a million dollars. Twenty live
cars had been brought from Kennccott on
Sunday, and this afternoon fourteen more
cars were received. With the exception of
me car from the Mother Lode Copper Mine
Company, the ore is from the Bonanza and
Jumbo mines. It runs about 07 per ceii:
copper, making 1,300 pounds of copper in
the 2,000 pounds to the ton. The thirty
nine cars average fifty tons to the car, or
a total of 1,950 tons. As each ton has a
value of $270, at 19cents per pound, the
total value of the entire shipment is $520.
500. As the insurance on the copper ore
only allows ore shipped on any vessel to
reach the value of $250,000, it is not per- j
missible for any steamer to carry more than
1,000 tons. When the steamer Alameda ■
reaches Cordova tonight from the westward j
she will take aboard nearly 1,000 ton’s of ore |
now here arid convey it to the Tacoma
smelter.
Seward’s Fire Loss Dwindled
That the loss to the railroad by the de
struction of the machine shops and rolling
stock, etc., will not exceed twenty or twenty- j
five thousand dollars is the estimate made I
by Herbert Tozier, who is in charge, says 1
the Seward Gateway of May 12. The ma- j
chine shop contained a lathe and planer out
fit which were lost, but the gasoline cars
were gotten out by good work on the part
of Mr. Tozier and some volunteers. The six
cars which caught Fire cannot be regarded ,
as total losses, as the trucks can be made
useful. The locomotive spoiled is an old
one, and the good one was not touched. I he
Josses to private people whose houses were
iburned could hardly exceed in the aggregate
more than two or three thousand dollars.
Jap Must Hang
A Juneau dispatch says that I. Itow. a
Japanese confined in the federal jail there,
convicted of killing Frank Dunn at Dundas
bay two years ago, and whose case has been
on appeal before the circuit court, has been
given an adverse decision and will shortly
have to meet his death sentence by hang
ing. Word of the findings of the court
has been received by John Rustgard, attor
ney for Itow. The conviction and sentence
of the district court was upheld. The crime
for which Itow was convicted was commit
ted at Dundas bay cannery in July. 1912.
when Itow plunged a sword through the
body of Dunn, who was held by two other
Japanese. Fushima, one of the men who
held Dunn, is serving a twenty-year sen
tence at McNeil island.
Sulphur Mine and Fox Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Bales, who arrived from
the westward on the Santa Ana Saturday,
have just perfected title to their somewhat
noted sulphur mine near Stepovak bay, and
after three years of watchful waiting and
isolation from civilization, Mrs. Bales and
their little daughter are returning to Buf
falo, N. Y., for a summer’s visit at Mrs.
Bale’s former home, says the Seward Gate
way. Mr. Bale is a pioneer Alaska guiue,
hunter, trapper and prospector, and the first
white man to make the overland trip with
winter mail from the coast of the Alaska
peninsula to Nome. His start was from
Iiiamna bay. and this trip was made in the
winter of 1900. The discovery of the im
mense deposit of almost pure sulphur abov e
referred to wras made several years ago, dur
ing one of Mr. Bale’s trips. Noticing large
boulders of the mineral on a slope covering
about 150 acres at the foot of a peak from
which was issuing, six miles from
the shores of Stepovak bay, Mr. Bales traced
the float to its original source and found
the peak to be composed almost entirely of
sulphur. Large portions of the deposit are
almost pure, assaying more than 98 per cent
sulphur, and containing traces of gold. The
two steaming craters are forty feet in diam
eter, the heat having formed vents through
the glacier which covers that portion of
the mountain. The sulphur is used in he
Bales home as fuel instead of coal, became
the former not only gives out intense he,a'
but it is accessible as several deposits of
lignite coal in the same vicinity. Mr. and
Mrs. Bales are engaged in fox farming as a
“side Issue." and state that in addition to
this industry the country is especially in
viting for those who desire to engage in
stock raising or fishing. Barren ground
caribou are plentiful, and there arc enough
big brown bear to afford attraction for big
game hunters. Mr. and Mrs. Bales brought
out the hide of one of the bears to be tanned
and made into a rug. It measures twelve
feet from lip to tip urntretched. and Mr.
Bales estimated the weight of the animal at
more than 1,000 pounds.
Wild River to Be Big Producer
In the mail arriving from the lower river
recently the Fairbanks Times received a let
ter from E. J. Anderson, an old-timer of
the Koyukuk district, in which some inter
esting information as to the Wild river
country is given. According to his state
ments, pay has been found on six different
creeks of the district, and in his opinion,
as well as that cf other mining men, tlr>
output for the year will be between $175,
000 and $200,000. Whether or not winter
operations can be carried on in the camp is
not known jet, and will not be determined
until next winter. It is certain, however,
that the Wild river country will prove a
winner as a summer camp. At the present
time men on “J,'’ Rye, Ophir, Oregon,
Spring and Lake creeks are shoveling la
about $30 per day each. Fifteen miles west
of Matthews, from which place the letter
was written, at the mouth of Rye creek,
Charley Murray and Brady are down eighty
feet and have about three feet of gravel that
runs $3.50 to the square foot ot bedrock.
A man named Owens, who had an interest
in the ground, sold a quarter interest in the
claim for $5,000 cash. Everybody in the
Wild river country is working, and all arc
convinced that big money will be made
during the next few years.
Guggenheims in Big Undertaking
Having bought copper deposits, free gold
veins, silver ledges and coal measures, the
Guggenheims varied their usual mining pro
cedure bj' closing a deal for the purchase of
a river, from the bottom of which it is ex
pected they will garner several million dol
lar.- in gold dust and nuggets. The \ukon
Gold Exploration Company, a Guggenheim
corporation with a capital of about $20.
000,000, has bonded eleven miles of Kenai
river, near Stewart, say's the Cordova Times
of May 29. The amount involved in the
deal is close to $2,000,000, divided among a
number of different claim owners, bonded
for purchase outright, and tiie others wui
be operated under a lease on a royalty basis.
The tract is regarded as one of the bigge.-t
dredging propositions in the northern coun
try. Drilling for the purpose of defining
the paj'streak will be commenced within
thirty Pays, the necessary machinery going
forward to Seward on the steamship Ala
meda. The size and number of the dredges
to be installed will be decided after the
drilling has been completed. Part of the
gioutlet taken over by the Yukon Gold Com
puny is owned by the Yukon Gold Mining
di Milling Company, of which frank h.
Youngs is president; part is owned by the
Kenai Dredging Company, a Seattle cor
poration, of which B. R. Brieriy is presi
dent- and manager; part is owned by James
Hayden and Derrick Lane of Seward, and
the rest, is scattered amongst nearly one hun
dred different claim owners. The whole
property makes the largest tract of dredging
ground ever brought under one ownership
and management. The Kenai river has beep
producing geld on a small scale for a num
ber of years, but as the work done has been
mostly by the crude method of rocking on
the rimrocks, at which the owners have
made little more than grubstakes, the
amount of gold it has produced is not large.
The owners of the properties have held on
in the hope that somebody could be induced
to buy it for dredging purposes.
SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM
STARTLES 1DITAROD PEOPLE
An electrical storm of unusual severity
visited the city and district last Saturday
evening, shortly before b o clock, and con
tinued for the better part of an hour. The
thunder was deafening and the lightning was
of the most vivid character. The disturb
ance w'as accompanied by a violent wind and
a heavy shower, partaking of the nature o,
a cloudburst.
No serious damage is reported as a result
of the storm, but the telephone exchange
was temporarily put out of commission. The
storm moved almost directly from south to
north. Such storms are of rare occurrence
in this portion of Alaska.
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G. ELLIS GARDNER DENIES
STORY OF RESIGNATION
A recent issue of the Fail
contained the following article, which has
caused a great deal of comment here, where
Mr. Gardner is well known, and where he
h:?.-- made hosts of friends during his two
visits in attendance upon court :
“That G. Hllis Gardner has resigned as
nv-!>fant district attorney in this divi.-imi is
the information contained in a private tel -
gram received from him hy one of hi< friends
a few days ago. Mr. Gardner .'imply an
nc'iineed that he would leave for his home in
North Carolina in September.
“Friends of Mr. Gardner believe that he
was forced to resign by factional troubl - .
the court house. It wits known that even
thing was not altogether harmonious in the
< ( urt house for some time, and it v. as ev• n
rumored about Fairbanks just previous to
Mr. Gardner’s departure for the lower river
that he had quit.
"It is understood that on his way home
Mr. Gardner will make a trip to Washing
ton, but whether he has been called there by
the department of justice for a conferee -
in regard to his work there, or is going there
upon personal business, not known.
"The first intimation had that Mr. Garb
ner was going to resign came early last
week in a telegram sr nf by him from Ruhv
*•) the Garden Island school board, in which
he announced that his daughter was forced
to resign her position as teacher < f th** Gar
den Island school. This prompted --me 1 f
hi< friends to wire for an explanation, but
: the explanation sent by Mr. Gardner in re
p y did not give further details than to state
that affairs at home would prevent his
daughter’s coming here, and that he was
1 going home in September.”
The attention of Mr. Gardner was called
to : he article by The Pioneer, and he em
nlntically denied that there was any ground
for the story. He was particularly merry
over the intimation that there had been
“factional trouble in the court home, and
that he had been forced to resign."
Mr. Gardner explains the story by saving
; that he had telegraphedto the Garden I'huid
schorl board that his daughter, who had
been elected to a position as teacher in that
school, would not be able to come to Ai.i'k.;.
it being deemed advisable that she should
i not leave her mother.
Mr. Gardner expects to make a trip t*
the Outside later, but stated that there was
no ground for the statement that he had re
signed, or that he intended to resign, which
will be good news to Mr. Gardner's man}
friends.
Notice of Forfeiture
Tu Robert .Matbson:
You are hereby n > 11 ft - • i J that the under
signed lias expended in Lit w and imp"
inents the sum of "lie hundred dollar*
i?HM.r. for the year <*f I'M* upon tie
Hold Run liroup placer mining claim, situ
ated on Little creek, a tributary i.r ows
creek, in Imioku mining and re**• ding I'
trict. district <*r Alaska. Notice ..r 1 *• r \
recorded in Yul. t". Page immk MR
llltr Records.
You are furtln r nutilled that if at the
expiration of ninety u.m days after the
last publication of this notice ymi fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion ■ •!*
such expemiuui e, your interest
churn will become the prop rty of tl un
dersigned. vmir ro-owner. in h r "* cn n
2:i2f <>r the Revised statutes -*r the tinted
States.
ROBERT EVANS. fo-winr
Pate of tlrst publication. April 17. pm'.
Date of last publication. July 17. 10 13.
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