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WILL REPORT
ON COAL FIELDS
Prof. Atwood to make Examina
tion of Alaska Enel Beds tor
U. S. Geological Survey.
Professor Wallace W. Atwood of
Chicago is now in Seward with his
family. Professor Atwood is und< i
the direction of the United State lZoo
logical Survey, lie will muke Sew aril
his headquarters for the summer.
With the next run of thesteamer Dora
he will make atrip to the westward
for the pur|K>se of making a general
survey of the mineral prospects on
Unga island and of the Horendecn bay
coal fields, and later will do work at
Chignik. While Professor Atwood is
devoting bis attention especially to
the coal deposits, he will report aKo
to the U. S. theological Survey on the
gold and copper of the regions visited.
He may aKo visit the 1 (oilier coal
fields.
About iwo months will he spent by
Professor Atwood at places along
Alaska Peninsula. In July he will
go into the interior and expects to
spend the latter part of July and the
month of August tn flu Matunuska
coal fields, where he will make a very
careful study of the coal deposits, their
quality and extent.
DELEGATES GO
TO KETCHIKAN
John Corson and titty Others
Are on Way to Contention
Thinking to W in Out.
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S** ittle. May s Johu Corson and
fifty delegates to tin* republican terri
torial convention to be held at Ketchi
kan sailed last night. Mr. t orson i>*
confident that lie will have the support
of Alaskans and expects eventually to
be sent a> delegate to congress to rep
resent the territory.
Trail to Valdez Creek
Fairbanks It is quite possible, judg
ing frotu the manner in which the
business men are uniting in having a
trail constructed from this city to
Valdez creek. that such a move will
he carri» i out either by popular sub
scription or through the aid which it
i> expected will be given by the Alas
kan road commission.
It is estimated that the distance from
here to Yaiuez creek is 200 miles, and i
most of this distance will require but j
little work. Men who have been over j
the proposed route declare it can be
so cut through as to he entirely passa
ble in the summer time, and that its
single drawback is that poling boats
and pack animals will have to be used
during the first season.
Postmastar Clum has already ap
pointed a postmaster for the new town
of McKinley, in tbe new district, and
the demand will be made that the gov
ernment cut a mail trail between these
offices. This rule is generally follow
ed. but post offices, camps and towns
spring up in Alaska with such fre
quency and are so far apart that if
this rule were strictly adhered to it
would require millions of dollars an
nually to build roads and trails.
New Government Cottage
The Government Agricultural Ex
periment Station at Kodiak, is ex
pecting to erect this year a cottage
for the superintendent, a cow stable,
and a dairy building. The buildings
will be located on the hill north of the
town, from which there is a fine view
of town, islands, and bay.—The News
Letter.
OUTSIDE MAN
GETS THE PLUM
President Appoints J. J. Crossieyj
of Iowa to Succeed District
Attorney Harlan.
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Washington, 1). D.. May i I ’resi
dent Koosevelt has decided to appoint j
James.I. Drossley of Iowa to succeed j
N. V. Harlan resigned for Knifed )
States district attorney for the third
judicial division v>f Alaska. There
were several applicants for the position !
hut the president tlioujxht it best to
appoint a man from the outside rather)
than take one from within the terri
tory.
NOT PLEASED
WITH CROSSLEY
Vlaskans Seek to Have Appoint
ment Withdrawn and a Cate
Man Substituted.
8v cable to Tuo Dally Gateway.
Washington. D. D., May‘J -Delegate |
' Kale opposes the appointment of J. J* j
( ' on>1c\ of Iowa to succeed N. V. liar
lau a> district attorney for the Third
Judicial Division of Alaska. Kross
Ji-v was nominated by Senator Allison
and Ke present a ive HuH of Iowa. Dales!
nominations are Dlaypool and Latimer i
ot Fairbanks and L. V. Kay of Seward. !
RECOVERS AT j
HOT SPRINGS
Major Richardson Regains Mis
Health and Will Soon Be
Ready for Active Duty.
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Washington. 1). C., May Major i
I iichardson of the Alaska road eoin
mission who, owing to ill health, has
been spending a part of the winter at
tin- Hot Springs ins regained his
health and will soon resume his active :
duties again.
$15,000,000 in Three Years
Seattle, May 1 -An expenditure of i
*15,000,000 in Alaska and Seattle dur- j
ir.g the coming three years is planned j
by the Northwestern Commercial and I
allied companies according to a state
ment made today bv President Kceles.
This vast sum will be spent at the
rate of *5,000,000 a year, and will be
j directed toward the development of
! the company’s holdings in Alaska, in
I the improvement of the steamship
! service and on its water front termin
als in Seattle.
Alaska Sheep For the A-Y-P Fair
Fairbanks—A real live Alaskan
mountain sheep, or perhaps a pair of
them, is what T. McGuire and J. Wig
ger think would be the right thing to
send to the Alaska- Yukon Pacific ex
position. At least they left town
recently for the Alaskan range of
mountains to the south of this city
with the avowed purpose of bringing
the gay and festive rock-climbing
species of Ovis into camp alive.
McGuire says that he realizes that it
will be a difficult task to capture the
animals uninjured but he feels that he
can trap them in some manner. A
number of hunters say the best way is
to capture a few* lambs, as they will be
pleanty large enough when the exposi
tion is held.
EVANS AGAIN |
WITH THE FLEET
The Battleships Arrived at ^anta
Cruz and Are Joined by the
Torpedo f lotilla.
«y Cafcle to The Dallv Gateway.
Santa Ouz, Gab, May it The
Pacific fleet of battleships making its
wav up I he coast has arrived at this
point and is joined by the torpedo
Hot ilia that recently made the remark
able run from Hampton Roads, Virgin-1
.1. The flagship,Gonnccticut, took on
board at Monterey Rear Admiral
Robley l>. Evans, who is much im-:
proved from the severe attack of rheu
j mutism which caused him temporarily
: to leave the command of the fleet.
Battleships in Heavy dale
Monterey, Gab, May 4 -A fierce
[ storm sweeping up this coast yester
day caught the battleships a> they lay
[at anchor. Most of them withstood
the storm's fury, but the battleship
Illinois was so bulleted by the wind
that she parted from her anchor and [
eame near being driven ashore.
The Fleet Reaches ’Frisco
San Francisco, May <> A heavy
; fog and lowering clouds hung over the
Golden Gate at an early hour and
the city beautifully and elaborately
decorated is teeming with crowds of
humanity. The fleet of battleships
was floating outside this morning and
made the entrance at 11 o'clock.
There are forty-eight crafts all told.
: Rear Admiral K\an> was on the
bridge. This is the greatest naval
! purjulo ever witnessed * the •<u«st
(ireat Parade and Ovation
Satt Francisco, May *S The mam
moth parade held hen* yesterday was
the greatest thing of the kind ever
seen on the coast. The city was filled
with people and gorgeously decorated.
All the plans for the reception were
carried out without a break. Hear
Admiral F.vans was enthusiastically
i greeted and cheered by the crowd con
! tinuousiv.
'
PLAN TO GIVE
I BIG FAREWELL
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| San Francisco. May 5' Secretary of
i the Navy Victor II. Metcalf reviews
' the combined Meets of battleships and
1 torpedo flotillas with great formality.
Plans are being made to give a mon
strous demonstration as a farewell to
Rear Admiral Robley 1). Evans com
manding the squadron in Pacific
waters. Evans is to be given a berth
in the department at Washington when
be retires from his command of the
navy.
Idle Men at Prince Rupert
Vancover, B. C.—With no work in
sight for four or five weeks and the
majority of the men without any
money, Prince Rupert’s population is
in a bad way and today men are eking
out an existence by living on fish and
clams. In spite of warnings issued bv
the Grand Trunk Pacific and the ship
ping companies, a hord of men descend
ed on the northern port and camped
on every available site, and at present
there are a thousand men idle in the
camp.
Those who have money are manag
ing fairly well, but a number went in
with little more than their fare, and
it is these who are at present reaping
the consequences of the ill-advised
rush to a town in its embryo stage.
Provisions are high, and the unfor
tunate men without wealth have been
reduced to the status of the Si wash
and are “back to nature” grubbing on
the beach and among the rocks for
food.
THE"
TO TAKE PART
Hoggatt Goes to Seattle in Or
der to Participate in Recep
tion to Fleet.
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Washington, May 5 -Gover
nor W. It. !loggatt of Alaska, who has
been spending the winter here will
leave this city in time to be in Seattle
to tak>* part in the big reception which
that city is preparing to give the offi
cers and men of the fleet of l uitod
States battleships now in Pacific
waters, when the squadron readies
i that port.
ATLANTA SWEPT
BY GREAT FIRE
Business Section Visited by Dis
astrous Conflagration With
Heavy Loss.
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Atlanta, Ga., May 0 A disastrous j
tire broke out in this city yesterday
which for a long time defied the ef
forts of the firemen to check its pro-j
gross, and sweeping unrestrained over j
the business section of the city tie- j
j stroved the greater part of it. The j
loss is estimated at not loss than $l,-j
j 500,oqp.
THE ROOSEVELT
LEAGUE WINS
State Primaries Controlled and
Delegates to the State Con
vention Elected.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, May <»—The Roose
velt League has been actively en
gaged in marshaling the republican
forces and as a result they have been
able to win out at tlie state primaries,
and bave elected a majority of tliej
delegates to attend the state conven
tion. _ __
Wire Down
! By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle, May 9—The sudden rise
of waters in the rivers in the north
has caused the breaking of wires and
the shutting off of telegraphic commu
nication with Nome.
A Good Showing
The editor of the Kodiak Orphanage
News Letter made a recent visit to the
government agricultural station and
says he was pleased to see the excel
lent appearance of the Galloways. Six
teen of the herd were not housed and
had but little feed given them until
the winter was well advanced, but the
yearlings and the cows with young
calves were given a partial ration
regularly, and were housed at night.
All are in good flesh and healthy con
dition. The keeping of the cattle is
all that has been undertaken thus far,
but Superintendent M. D. Snodgrass
expects a team this spring and will
then try to do some farming.
Stock being Issued
Stock in the Alaska Horae Railroad,
one of the Reynolds institutions, is
being issued to those who sub
scribed for it and paid deposits last
summer. The receipts are being taken
up and stock in lieu thereof issued by
Edmund Smith, in his law office.—Val
dez Prospector.
But lew Measures Benefitting
Alaska Will Pass Congress
This Session.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. DC., May 4 Delegate
Thomas Cale trying to effect legisla
tion for Alaska. He i> urging all to
unite upon some measure for home
rule in territorial government. Mr.
('ale will take no active part in the
congress.onal struggle. H<* will re
turn to Fairbanks upon the adjourn
ment of congress.
This One May Get Through
Washingtod, D. ('., May o -The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee promises to
take favorable action on the hill now
before congress providing for appeals
taken from decisions rendered in
Alaska courts to bo hoard either 'n
Seattle, Portland or San Francisco in
stead of at the latter city only as now
provided by law.
(lame Law Up to the President
Washington, D. May <> The
Alaska game law bill has parsed bo h
houses of congre-s and now only awaits
the presidentsignature to make it a
law.
CONGRESS NOW
GETTING BUSY
Members Becoming Active and
Urging Passage of Postal
Savings Bank Bill.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. (’.. May 8—-As the
lime draws near for the adjournment
of congress, the members are getting
busy and seeking the passage of cer
tain bills demanding their attention.
! There is a strong desire now to pass
the the Postal Savings Hank bill at
' this session.
To Control Physicians
By Cablo to Tbo Dally Gateway.
Washington, l>. C., May s Senator
Knute Nelson of Minnesota has in
troduced a bill into congress designed
to regulate the practice oi' medicine in
: the territory of Alaska.
Rich Pay Dirt
Mr. H. G. Walker gives the follow
ing information in the Post-Intelligen
cer concerning gold prospects in the
Innoko region:
While at Kaltag, in February, on
i his way to Nome, Mr. Walker says
that he met scores of prospectors and
miners coming out with reports that
there was nothing further north in
the Innoko district.
“On my return six weeks later, ’
said Mr. Walker, “1 was surprised to
see any number of dog and reindeer
teams loaded with all kinds of supplies
going into the Innoko district in which
very rich discoveries had been made.
Everyone along the river is ex
cited over the Innoko diggings, and a
big camp is sure to be located there
this summer. All the available space
on all the small boats that can navi
gate the river, lias been chartered.
The particular creeks along which
work is actively going on are Spruce,
Dodge and Ophir, the latter having
twelve claims at the time I left Kaltag,
on which good pay had been located.
The diggings pan as high jjs $20 to my
actual knowledge.
Native Lumber
More lumber has been whipsawed at
Wood Island and Kodiak this year
than in many years before. Native
lumber is especially good for dories,
as it is light and will not crack in the
sun.—Orphanage News Letter.