SEW AIM), ALASKA, SATURDAY, JLLYr 0, 1907.
GET RICH PAY
ON POOR MAN'S:
Seven Men Sluice 107 Ounces in
Twent> Days on Famous
Little Creek.
NIGGET AISO SHOWS IP WELL
Small Streams of l pper Kahiltna
Take lead in Production at
Beqinninq of Season.
Seven men took out 407 ounce' of
gold in twenty days on Poor Mails
creek in the upper Kahtltna rcg m
last month. This was the t ar! >n
party, other men are working on the
creek and doing well. The drawback
to Poor Man * is that ' is a sn ail j
creek and the water supply i> insurii-.
cient. Nevertheless it seem> lik* !y
to make a record this year as one of
the best creeks n the Yeutna distrct.
Several thousnd dollars were taken o .!
last year on this creek.
The men who came down tins wo \
say that Poor Man’s has started out in
the lead this year, although Herndon
and Morris were getting a goou >t f :
on Nugget creek who they Y.t. j
They say also that the small creeks;
are showing up h< tter than the larger |
ones. Pacheereek and other* of which
much was expected had produced very I
little when they left. As the season
had scarcely begun, however, this i
not considered to settle the question j
of their value.
HOMER GAINING
IN POPULATION
Coal Development Takes Forty
White Residents Into Town
On kachemak Bay.
\Y. \Y. McAlpine of the company j
which is developing the coal muds on
Kachemak bay. is in Seward for a few
days. He reports that Homer now h i'
a white population of forty, nearly ail!
of whom have gone there since opera
tions began in the spring. This in-j
eludes six women and several childivi .
Mr. McAlpine has his own family j
there.
T’k* • mipany is engaged prin*.
cipally now in Itoring to determine
where shafts will be sunk to begin j
mining. The intention is to mine first ;
as near to the railroad as first-class j
coal can Ik? taken out. This nrelimi-1
nary work and the building of bunkers
will take until next spring, when th*>
regular ontput will begin. The coal
-hows steady improvement in quality
with progress in depth and Mr. McAl
pine says it has already been ascer
tained that the field contains as good
soft coal as can be found anywhere.
WATTERSON FOR
GOV. JOHNSON
Minnesota Man Said to be Presi
dential Dark Horse the
CqUuxcI Favors.
8y Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Chicago. July 1 It is announced that
Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota is
Henry Watterson’s dark horse, whom
he described recently as a man who,
could unite the democratic party, j
Watterson plans to present Johnson
for the presidency in cu>e it becomes
evident that Bryan cannot be nomi
nated.
NATIONS DISAGREE ON
HIGH SEA WAR RIGHTS
The Hague, July 6 —The nations are
badly split on the issue of the inviola
bility of ntutrals on the high seas
durfriV war. Some insist upon the
right of search for contraband of war
of vessels of neutral nations while
others wish to forbid it.
SAYS STRIKE
IS REAL THING
[lenrv Anderson Confirms Story
of Sam Wagner’s Discover
on Lake Creek.
TELLS OF OLD CHANNEL BID
Himself Fanned Out $6 in Two Hours
On four Gulches in Same
Gravel Deposit.
Henry Anderson confirms the re
j*ort of a rich strike l>v Sam \\ airnct
near upper Lake creek, which was
brought down by H. S. Love a few
da\> a no. and >ay> the region is un
doubtedly very rich, beinir an old
channel bed. Mr. Anderson arrived in
Seward last niirht on the train, bavimr
emm down to Sunrise by boat and
thence over the trail. He left Lake
Cre«A last Wednesday niirht in ids
launch, came down the rivers to the;
ini*'!, thence to Knik and Toynok.send
ing his launch back from the latter
>ort. He came to Sunrise in Ilartell’s
Lina K.
The Warner strike lies in the old
eh a: : .-I which experienced Alaska
miners have figured out as extendin'.;
as northwesterly from the Kus
kokwim ran ire to the Susitna val- j
lev. Mr. \nderson says the lines of
this old chunm-l are easily discernible ;
t,» anv Alaska miner. He bus located j
on it himself a short distance from
Warner and panned s<* in two hours
on four small creeks. He has the J
maid in a bottle, it is very coarse,;
containing one small nmnifet the si/.e i
of a bean.
Lake creek recently suffered a flood
which carried out the ditches of the.
miners who were working the bars j
there. The St’ high water periods oe- i
eur several times each summer and
Mr. Anderson thinks that it will im
p-.isxibie to work the bars successfully
except by hydraulic elevators. He
viy, ’he bars are very rich, as was.
tlenn-nsirated last year by the men j
who were fortunate enough to get in j
:i few weeks work between floods.
BANDIT HOLDS !
CHIEF OF ARMY
Kaisuli Captures Said Maclean,
Commander of Morroccan
Military Forces.
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Tan if i or, July .! Said Mac Lean,
chief commander of all the Moroccan;
sultan's forces, is held a prisoner by;
■Pe Mm-occan bandit Haisuli, who de
mands a heavy ransom and a pardon
for all Ids own misdeeds as tbe price j
of the official’s release.
Haisuli i' the bandit who held an j
American millionaire a few years ago
for a ransom which was finally paid !
by the sultan.
E. C. HAWKINS GOES
TO KATALLA RAILROAD |
Seattle, July 1 K. C. Hawkins, who
wa> chief engineer and builder of the J
White Puss railroad. goe> to Katalla j
to take charge of construction of the
Ungers road there. He resigned the }
poVtVkm ul vViWi V'fYgNWY'Y fov Wv j
Union Pacific in the state of Washing-:
ton to take the similar post for the
Alaska company.
SIXTY MORE WARSHIPS
FOR PACIFIC COAST FLEET
Washington, I). C., July 2—The ad
ministration decided today to send six
teen additional warships around to the
Pacific coast, making the Pacific fleet
twenty-five in all.
Getting Ready for Long Trip
Washington, D. C., Jnly 5—The
naval vessels which are to be trans
ferred from the Atlantic to the Pacific
fleet, are getting ready for the trip.
Rear Admiral Evans will command
the fleet on the journey.
O. G. Herning is down from Knik
on business. He came over the trail
from Sunrise.
ALLOTS $16,500
FOR TWO TRAILS
Road Commission Allows $15,000
For Sunrise and $1,5000 For
Bear River.
CAPT. ARMSTRONG GETS CABLE
Maj. Richardson Wires Increase of
Appropriation in Pursuance of
Promise Made Here.
Authority to expend on the
Sunrise trail and $1.">00 on tin* Hear
river trail was received this week
by (’apt. Armstrong b\ cable from
Maj. Richardson at Skagway. This
was in response to (‘apt. Armstrong's
cable request for more money. Heisin
stmeted not to exceed the figures
•-et for him today.
The estimate for the Hear river
trail, made under the direction of J.
H. Cameron, fixes the cost at $1’»(X) to
*2000. It provides for a pile bridge
aeros> Resurrection river. This i- the
most important part of the work. A
very small expenditure in removing
obstructions will make the road passa
ble and it can be improved hereafter.
THIRTY-SIX DEAD
1.400 INJURED
Chicago Tribune Gets Returns
Of Damage to Human Flesh
On the Fourth.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago, July .'> The Tribune this;
morning announces that thirty-six per-1
sons were killed and 14<>i) injured by
explosions in Fourth of July celebra
tions. The Tribune lias for several
vears arranged fora careful compila
tion of accidents from this cause.
SOLDIERS RIOT !
ON FAIR GROUND;
Carolina and Kentucky Militia
Start Hot Time in Old Ex
position Town.
—
By Cable to Tho Dally Gateway.
Xorfork, Vu., July 5 Carolina and
Kentucky soldiers late la-t night
started a riot on the exposition grounds
which the guards were unable to sup
press. The soldiers ran everything
on the grounds to suit themselves for
a while until a reinforcement of spec
ial guards arrested part of the rioters
and theotheis then dispersed. In the
tight between the guards and the riot
ing soldiers many men were injured
by bayonets and rocks.
SALE OF 6EATS0N MINE
MAY YET GO THROUGH
A. K. Heat son, owner of the Latouche I
Bonanza mine, was an arrival from the i
states on the Portland. He states
that the newspaper reports of the sale
ol his mine were erroneous, the prop-1
erty still belonging to him. A deal
was on this spring for a sale of the
property, but as the experts sent up
by the purchasers wore unable to make
the desired examination, owing to the
unusual depth of the snow, the time
on the option was extended until this
fall. Two experts, K. C. Lincoln and
(). P. Chisholm, came north on the
Portland and will make a thorough ex
animation of the mine. Mr. Beatson
refuses to make public the price at
which the property is offered for side,
but does say that the figure of 85,000,
000 given by the newspaper recently is
too low.—Valdez Prospector.
JAPANESE RIOT VICTIMS
FILE CLAIMS FOR $275,000
San Francisco, July 4—Japanese vic
tims of the recent riots against them
presented claims for damages yesterday
evening aggregating $275,000.
CELEBRATE ON
LARGE SCALE
All Southeastern Alaska Gets To
gether in Juneau For Two
Days’ Round Up.
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LONG PROGRAM OF SPORTS
Neighboring Towns Help Make
Hot Time in Capital on Fourth
And Fifth.
By Catlo to The Dally Gateway.
Juneau, July 3 All Southeastern
| Alaska will he gathered in Juneau
during the next two days. A two days’
i holiday will hr taken and a long pro
gram of sports has been arranged,
j The local papers will not issue either
j on t he 4t h or *>t h.
The base ball teams of Juneau, Skag
I way, Ketchikan and Whitehorse will
i play a series of games and the cham
j pion team will go north to play Daw
; son and Fairbanks.
i This will he the first big general
celebration to he held in Juneau.
Skagwey has heretofore had a mono
poly of such events.
SKAGWAY DAILY i
CHANGES HANDS
—
Oldest Paper in Alaska Will be
Conducted Hereafter by
New Ownership.
_
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle, July 1 The Skagway Alas
kan. the oldest daily in Alaska, chang
ed hands today. The deal was made in
this city. The former publishers will
start a paper in Port Angeles, in this
state. John \V. Troy has been editor
and L. M. Jensen manager.
TO INVESTIGATE i
SMELTER TRUST
President Roosevelt Orders Offi
cial Inquiry Into Methods
Of Combine.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, D. C., July 3—Presideut
Kooosevelt today personally ordered
an investigation of the American smelt
ing trust of which the Guggenheims
are the head. It is claimed that such
strong evidence of law violation can be
arrayed by the inquiry that the trust
will be forced to dissolve and the chief
figures in it will he fortunate to es
cape prosecution. The Guggenheim
Alaska investments will be closely
probed.
M’CARTY LAUNCHES BOAT
SELLS IT FOR $15,000
Valdez, July 1—A grand ball was
given by William McCarty Friday
night in McKinley hall in honor of the
launching of his new steamer, the Val
tieAfter VYre vVre
ceeded to the shipyard, where at 2:.'50
a. m. the boat slid into the water. She
was christened by Miss Helen Brown,
who was voted at the dance to be the
most popular young lady in Valdez.
Miss Brown broke a bottle of cham
pagne over the new steamer’s bow
amid loud cheering as the boat moved
into the water.
The steamer was purchased before
launching by the federal government
for $15,000.
SPECTATOR KNOCKS
GREAT BRITAIN’S NAVY
London, July 6—The Spectator to
day publishes a sensational editorial
attack upon Great Britains’ navy,
which it calls a fortuitous concourse of
naval atoms. It asserts that a large
majority of Britain’s war vessels are
antiquated hulks, valueless for pur
poses of war.
FIND RICH GOLD
QUARTZ LEDGES
Several Discoveries Made Cast of
Lake Kenai of High Grade
Free Milling Ore.
FALLS CREEK LOOKS WELL
Vein Widening on Betty Claim and
New Strikes Confirm Belief That
Field Is Fxtensive.
The Stevenson brothers made a good
quartz gold strike a few days ago in
! the hills east of Kenai lake, near mile
| 21 of the railroad. While they are
reticent in talking about it associates
saV that the discovery is a well-delined
three-foot ledge and that the ore is of
high grade. Several assays have been
made but the result not given out.
Free gold can be seen easily on many
specimens ol t lie ore.
Numerous quartz discoveries around
the lakes in the last two years, since
Skeen and Lechner made* tin* fir>t
strike in the Betty claim on Fallscreek
are regarded by mining men as a
; demonstration that extensive gold de
posits exist over wide area. The ore
is similar in all of them and has been
found all the way to Turnagain arm !
for many years. It is a telluride and!
free milling. Float has been found ad-;
jacent to all the placer creeks on the
Turnagain arm slope but the ledges
seem hard to locate as the country is
very faulty.
Skeen and Lechner are driving
the original tunnel in the
Betty claim on Falls creek, following
the ledge which carried high grade
ore from the surface. The vein is now
three feet wide and of as high grade
as found at any point. Four men are
working steadily.
It is reported that a rich gold quartz
strike was made a few days ago north
of Moose pass, near the head waters of
Mills creek. The account states that
a ledge three feet wide was found
and that the ore is very rich. No de
tails are obtainable.
SAY OLDFIELD
RAN FAKE RACE
Automobile Sprinter Arrested In
Portland on Charge of
Working Bunko.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Portland, July 5 — Barney Oldfield
was arrested here today on the charge
of engaging in a fraudulent automobile
race July 3. lie was released on a
$500 bond.
Tries to Commit Suicide
Portland, July 6—Barney Oldfield
became crazy drunk to drown his hu
miliation over his arrest upon the
charge of running a fake automobile
race and tried to commit suicide early
this morning by jumping from the
third story window of the Portland
hotel. He was barely prevented by his
wife, who seized and held him as he
was hanging over the balcony.
SEVEN MEN WORKING ON
KNIK RIVER COPPER LEAD
Seven men are running a tunnel to
develop the copper ledge discovered
last year near the head waters of Knik
river. A. J. DutTyand G. W. Palmer of
Knik and several others are interested
in the property, which showed exceed
ingly well on the surface. Develop
ment will be continued steadily during
the summer.
CABRERA ARRESTS MANY
FOR ATTEMPTED KILLING
City of Mexico, July 2 — President
Cabrera of Guatemala is causing the
arrest of hundreds of persons upon the
charge of complicity in the recent at
tempt to assassinate him. All those
arrested are held in prison and great
excitement has resulted throughout the
republic.
The Hadley smelter is kept busy by
the copper mines of that region.
FOR EXPRESSION
ON LOCAL RULE
Fairbanks Favors Holding Non
partisan Convention For
That Purpose.
COMMITTEE SENDS OUT QUERY
Asks Opinion on Project to Hold
Territorial Government Meet
ing In Juneau In October.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Fairbanks. July <’> -What sentiment
prevails in Seward toward
holding an independent, non-partisan
territorial government convention in
Juneau about October 1.1V
Ronald Me Vicars
Chairman committee.
This message received by the late
way this morning shows ‘bat a project
is on foot in the Tatiana to secure a
representative declaration from all
1 shades of political opinion in the ter
ritory on the issue of self-govorr.ment
i which would set at rest the contention
j that no popular sentiment in favor of
territorial government exists.
Seward has placed itself on record
strongly in favor of territorial govern
ment The proposition on which it is
asked to commit itself now is the best
' method of making popular opinion
known. The Gateway will answer
the query within a day or two accord
ind to expressions received from citi
zens.
WALKED OUT
WITH 835,000
Paying Teller of New York Bank
Carried Off Funds in Suitcasj
But Was Caught.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York. July 1 Chester Runyan,
paying teller of !h> Windsor Trust
Company, late yesterday afternoon
shook hands with his a>sMant* as lie
was departing for a summer vacation,
and walked out with $%,000 of the
hank’s money in his suitcase. ITe
lias not been captured.
Caught in Women’s Room.
New York, July -Chester Runyan,
the defaulting paying teller of the
Windsor Trust Company, who skipped
last Wednesday evening with $00,000
of the banks funds, was arrested last
night in the apartments of some noto
rious women. Three-fourths of the
money was recovered. Runyan says
he gave the remainder to the women.
They were arrested also.
GARBAGE MEN
BACK AT WORK
New York Drivers Induced to Re
turn on Account of Menace
To Public Health.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, July 2 — The garbage
drivers returned to work today upon
the promise of Mayor McClellan that
he will investigate their grievance and
aid them in securing any just demand.
It is stated that numerous deaths in
the past few days are directly due to
the failure to remove garbage.
SPRINKLE NEW YORK
WITH DISINFECTANTS
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, July 1 — Disinfectants
are sprinkled everywhere garbage is
deposited to prevent disease, on ac
count of the impossibility of having
waste hauled away during the strike
of the garbage wagon drivers.
All steamers clearing for Southern
Alaska ports are leaving freight on
Seattle docks.
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