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,.,VI w ' SEWAltl), ALASKA, 8ATUKDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1914 N<>. - - -
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SEVEN LIVES LOST
IN CONELAGRATION
Salem, Mass., June 27-Seven men
lost their lives in the fire which wiped
out half of this city yesterday. The
fire in the ruins of the business and
manufacturing sections is gradually
burning itself out
. MANY KILLED IN
SUMATRA QUAKE
•■■CAPITAL FALLS
Batavia. Sumatra. July L*T lhmdret:>
of people were kihcd and injtnet. *\
tie col lapse of Ni*<>ivsof buildings tut
ing a violent earthquake at Benkoelen
la>t night. I he capital was -haken
down and 'he prop rt\ K)s> will reach
into the millions.
WILL TAKE LOOK
AT PORTAGE BAY
John Ballaine and Herbert Po/.ier
w;H leave Sumtay m>rinngf>r Port
age bay. via Mile bound over the glac
ier. They ar* after fir -t hand inf r
mation about the much talked ot route
through tlie pus*, and will take a look
at camp at the head of the buy. I hey
A expect to return by th * m.d ileof *h*
week.
GOOD REPORTS
FROM RONAN
John Honan, who U p»*ospecting on
Surprise creek, a tributary >f Kenai
river, is meeting with very gratifying
* results, according to reports. Honan
has taken an option on a large tract of
ground in that district and lias a crew
of men engaged in demonstrating the
values.
COURT SHIP IS
READY FOR TRIP
St at tie, June 26—The Tnited States
revenue cutter McCullough, which is
to serve this year as the ‘ court ship
" in Alaska, is now here. It wastirst re
\ported that she would he at \ aliiez
Xjune lJ, but it should have read July
The McCullough will p ck up the
cotnrt officials at Valdez and from that
^ pory will go to Kodiak. Bristol hay,
TnJdaska, l*nga. Chignic and to the
Hriftiilof islands. Aboard the vessel
will be three commissioners from the
t’ni^ ed States and three from Canada
who, will investigate the condition of
tlie seal herds on the seal islands of
Her ing sea.
l'iiie dock approach on the west side
of fourth avenue has been completed
anc'i Seward now has reason to he
pnoud of the appearance of her front
dtyor.
/Charles Shultz, who has been with
Jfhe Hubbard Dredging company on
fivenai river, came to Seward yesterday
«or supplies.
’illiam Kaiser of Porcupine creek,
was S' Seward arrival on last night’s
car. _
Meet the branch
WRITER HERE \H
SEARCH Of MAIL
ROUTE MATERIAL
MU* Klsie K. Weil, formerly of the
I’hicago Inter Ocean, hat now doing
special work for some of the l»ilt Kast
ern magazines, is in Seward looking
lor raw material at first hand for a ser
ies of Alaskan stories that she is plan
ning on publishing n o * ‘lie wilder.
Miss Weil is o spec’.a. v interested in
getting sonn* good mail route tab’s,
dealing with the hardships the maii
carrier's are forced to undergo in «1«• Ii v
et iog l iicie Sim’s missives during the
wintei’ nr»idhs. Her idea is that with
the coining of the railroad the dog
ma shing mail carrier will go the way
of The hutTalo and the old fashioned
cherry pie.
G
M-rjpt Yerr’on, dune ‘J7 George
I Pi i, brought hack from Galgary. Al
berta, on a charge of holding un the
Great Northern train at Satnish stu
t or February -d last, was yesterday
after noon released from custody. Gall
i> said to have proved an alibi. Three
men were kilied in the hold-up.
TENDER DU:
HERE TO PUT
IN LIGHTS
The T. S. Light House 'Tender Col
umbine, now at Cordova and working
in Prince William sound waters, is ex
pected to arrive in Seward within the
next two weeks to look after* tire plac
ing of some lights in this vicinity. On
his recent trip Captain Trout was in
conference with navigators and trans
portation men regarding the placing
of proper lights in this vicinity ami
tin* recommendations made at tin* tiim
will he carried out by the Columbine
a^ far as the appropriations will per
mit.
MILLIONAIRES
TO BUY GROUND
ON TANTISHNA
Seattle, June 27—Knirineers repre
senting eastern millionaires will depart
on the Mariposa next week enroute * *»
tin* Fairbanks district to investiirate
the property beloniriin; to Leroy To/.
ier and l oin Lloyds on the I atdisnna.
If found to he a> representa >al**
will probably result.
EXPECT TRUST
BILLS TO PASS
f ..
Washington June 27. Senators to
day predict the certain passage of
President Wilson's anti-trust hills.
They say all doubts have been removed
hv the president's statement, made
yesterday, regard in if the future pros
perity of the country.
A. M. Aten of the Hershell Parker
property on Quartz creek, arrived on
the steamer yesterday and expects to
leave for the mine in a few days.
Frank K. Younjfs left yesterday for
Cooper creek, where he will remain
until after the Fourth of July.
CLAFLIN TO
PLEDGE HIS
N**\v York, .June 27—John Chitlin
of the 11. l*». Chitlin Dry Goods coin
I panv, is endeavoring to reorganize tin*
I business wliieh tailed yesterday to
; prevent its going through bankruptcy,
i To this end he has pledged his per
sonal fortune of $10,000,000, and it is
| possible that the receivership may be
called olV.
St. Louis. .Inly 27 Ihit ing the mornh
ending Iasi night the health depart
ineit has destroyed 00 gallons ol (lies.
Dv estimate there are a million tlies in
every 10 gallons.
EXPLORER SAYS
| T. R. RIVER IS
THERE ALRIGHT
New York, .hr •* -7 .\ll)**rf ^ Jot -
J lunirr. an oxpit>rri’. ha> ju^t culdrd
t coin IJra/.il verit \ in^ I Ik* ox i^t flirt' ol
‘ i hi* v'vrf diM*ov«*iv(i and ••xplorrd t>\
iuniic: !’! « •>!'i•-1:t «v n)>i*Vtdt.
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Kt. Leavenworth, .Line -7.— 1 welve
former union oMieials arrived here to
dav to commence serving their terms
in prison for tin- illegal transportation
of dynamite. They entered the federal
penitentiary singing labor songs. Pris
on oMieials announced that as they are
all iiiemlno's of the Structural Iron and
Bridge Workers’ Puion, they would be
put to work building new cells.
George Bettes, traveling salesman
for the Seattle Brewing and Malting
Gompanv, is here on a business trip.
It Samat, manager of the Seattle
agency, is making the round trip to
westward on the Alameda.
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Says Juneau’s Mines Good
For 100 Years--Aid All Alaska
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Marshall FSond. mining engineer who
arrived on tlie Admiral Kvans is en
thusiastic over Alaska in gereral and
Juneau and Seward in particular.
Instating his opinion of conditions!
today Bond said: “I have been in
Seward forty-eigbt hours, and what
knowledge I have of the costal region \
of Alaska is only such as could be j
picked up at the ports we touched at J
on the way up. But 1 will say tliatj
the impressions thus gained make me I
an unqualified optimist on the future |
of Alaska. lean see it in no other;
way. ! base this feeling of optimism •
on the wonderful future of Juneau.
“It seems to me that the J mean dis- |
trict is destined to be the greatest gold j
camp in the world. If tFiis opinion ,
proves true Alaska will make its ap
peal to capital for its development on
fact, and not hope or supposition. The |
great production of the Treadwell j
mine i> too well known to need further !
comment. The Alaska-Juneau com
pany is preparing to mill 12,000 tons a •
day of $2 ore. The Roiled States!
Smelting and Refining company have j
taken over the Kbner property, <?hich i
has enormous ore bodies, nnd which :
when developed to a maximum can
produce, and probably will, an even
greater tonnage. That genius in the
mining of low grade ores, D. C. Jack
lin, has developed the Alaska-Gasti-'
neau property to a stupendous ore re
serve and is building the first unit of a
milling plant which will treat at a
minimum 0,000 tons daily. The com
pany plans the construction of six
such units which will ultimately give
them a production of a daily minimum
of 30.000 tons. At Beaver’s Bay, which
is properly embraced in the Juneau
district, the development of the Ken
nington mine is said to point to an
other probable great producer. There
are, as you know, other mines in the
district which I haven’t mentioned for
the reason that I didn’t have time to
gather information of them. It is also
altogether likely that other properties
will sooner or later be discovered in
the district. As a generalization the
gigantic tonnage of this district w’ill
average $2 per ion and is sufficient in
quantity to last 100 years, even at a
maximum production. It is said the
costs will not exceed 75c to 80c a ton.
I am not going to state what this ul
timate maximum production will be,
the figures are too bewildering, but if
you figure it up and say it will be $20,
000,000 a year, or twice, or three times
that, l would not dare to dispute you.
Now do you think that such a produc
tion can become a fact and not estab
lish in the mind of tha world that
Alaska is an inviting field for mining
investment?”
UNCLE SAMIPERATES
RAILROAD IN IDAHO
Boise, Idaho, June 26-Now that the
| government has assumed the task of
i constructing a railroad in Alaska, it
! may be of interest to know that it al
ready owns one such property and has
! had it in successful operation for sev
■ eral years.
In the heart of Idaho, where the
Boise river winds out into the desert,
Uncle Sam decided that he would build
a dam and store the Hood waters for
for the arid regions below. A railroad
was imperatively needed. The gov
ernment decided that it should con
struct one and operate in the trans
portation of its own supplies.
It was necessary to build 24 miles of
railroad to reach the Arrowback dam.
Eventually the track was laid, equip
ment was purchased, train crews made
up of men on the government payroll.
Curtaia rods at J. L. Graef *s.
BEHEAD WOMAN
AND PARAMOUR
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Slrassburg, Germany, June -7.—Mrs.
Magdalena Wendel. 41, and H. Wirth.
her paramour, were beheaded here |
today for poisoning the woman’s has- j
band. Mrs. Wendel fainted when she
saw the executioner’s axe and had to
be dragged to the block.
New line of guns, ammunition, sport*
insr goods. Builder’s hardware and
tools. Brown & Hawkins Hardware
and Furniture department. Quality
I first.
Juarez, June 27—Sixty federal of
ficers captured at Zacatecas were ex
ecuted Friday by General Villa on the
gronnd that they were volunteers and
“knew they were fighting against the
best interests cf their country when
they joined the federal army.-'
Villa has offered amnesty to all of
the federal soldiers who will espouse
the cause of the Constitutionalists.
; Hospital trains bearing the wounded
have been sent to Chihuahua.
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FATAL TO 30
NVw York, June *JT Thirty ate re
! ported dead from h»at i:) various part
ot the vast today ar.d hundreds liavt
t been prostrated.
SEWARD BETTER
VM THE iff ET
John It. rhovin, who has just re
turned from Ship l'reek and Knik, re
ports that there is not a jrreat deal do
■ in^r in tlie Turna*;ain Arm camps and
declares that Seward is by far the be»t
looking camp that he has seen. ( hovin
was formerly chief of police of Fair
banks. hut has been in the electrical
business in Juneau recently. The pres
ent trip is beinsr made with the view
of finding a suitable location to ayain
re-enter that business.
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Valejo, (’al.. .1 line 27 Tin* navy de
partment is consul -rinir plans for tin
I division of the Atlanta* battleship
Meet. This fact wa- m.nh* public today
when officers io charge wore asked to
submit estimates <•* cost for changes
.necessary to the stationing of I nch*
! Sam\ big ti_r »Tin4* machines >n this
coast.
San Quentin, June ‘27. A he Kettf is
being punished for violation of prison
rules. Orders were issued today har
ing him from rec*ivii g mail and from
seeing v sitors u nil further notice.
HOLD JOE EITtR
IN RIOT CASE
Steubenville, O., June *27.—Joe Et
ter, organizer of the 1. W. YV., has
been held by order of the grand jury
on the charge of inciting riots.
Grit Tolraao left today for a short
business trip to Kenai lake.
REVELL BUSY
AT ROADHOUSE
Col. Revell is at Mile .'Won the Al
aska Northern Railway, where he is
rebuilding the Mile .14 Roadhouse Re*
veil will use the roadhouse for a mail
station next winter, the first of the
mail stations on the Seward-Iditarod
trail.
Stoves, Ranges, Camp Stoves, Win
dow Glass, Paints and Oils. Rrown &
Hawkins, Hand w a re and Furniture
Dept. (Quality First).
You’ll find everything in the Pastry
Line at Cooper’s Cafe.
Try a box of Ramer’s Eastern Can
dies: Seward Candy Shop. Tempt
ingly delicious.