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VOL S.
STEWABT TAKES
HOPEFUL VIEW
OF OUTLOOK
Cutler date of N< * York. Noveml.er ;
H*. ihmeuu M. Stewart write* Ueorye’
Sexton in pari a* follows;
**I am ylad to know that you had a
yood summer in the way of tourist
travel, and I hooe before another year
i* over \t'U will have something ot a
more permanent trade. I have into’*
listed a yood many people in Seward
ami have only ju>t returned from
Washington today where, however,
they are so taken up with Mexican
matter* that it is difficult to yet any
satisfaction regarding Alaska. Ail of
vou people iu Seward well have to hope
for tlie best, and 1 th»u* you may with
some conhot\i#ce, while those of us who
are in tills pari of tie* l tilled States
will not oesse to work for oor yood
wld town.
1 was prevented from yomy up to
Sew aid uiissuimuef. to my very yreat
reyret. vhrouyh t«he illness of Mr*
Stewart., who w a> .aid up more or lo*'
all still)over. She is heller now. and
she, with Kathleen, joins ia* m reeip*
rocaliiu the kind w i*fies of Mrs. Sex
ton. Mi** Sexton and your.** . and we
ail look forward to seemy you neat
spriny
in ihe meard tue, with all yood
wish*** for yorrse f aid our other
friends in Sevvaiu, 1 ml), very tru y
u»ur>„ ! >. M. STKWAKT.
FINE TRIBUTE
TO PRESIDENT
The ' pacity of P» ‘sidcnt v ‘-cn
uuti In- Secretar•> of State to i tmd
big things in a broad and s*ate-na( -
like manner ha- been demonstrated
a .jam. The delivery of the President >
Mexican rue»age and the publicity
that bus been giver to the adminis
tration |>r>lie> to what Wilson and
Bryan have been striving to accoinje
lish have silenced the opposition to
the administration • »-» as it- -upm rt*
t*rs it would. All
tin’*"' i and harass
have adhered
to American ldeais of govei nment:
they have discriminated between right
and wrong clearly; they have refused
to permit their country's diplomacy P»
be stained with w ith chicanery !Ii H.e
slighest manner: they have been fair
and unselfish, patriotic ami generous.
At flu* -ame time they have h**en die*
pitied, firm and strong, they have
not quailed or flinched on Hr* one hand
nor bullied or threatened on the other.
They have done all that was honor
able to avoid war. and have frankly
shown that it ;- the r purpose to con
tinue doing so. yet none can consider
the tone of the notes that have been
sent to President Huerta wit bout
understanding that they know what
the Pniteti States maintains its army
and nav\ for, and that it will he used
before principle will be sacrificed or
barn permitted to American citizens.
Alaska Km pi re.
Mu-hers with two dog teams are
due today from the interior.
Joe Wil-un is coming in with a load
o inoo-e meat.
Fresh l.ake l rout at the Commerce
Cafe.
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Meet me at the Branch *
Lost One 50 share stock certificate;
Alaska Fleetric t o. Finder please re
turn to Samuel I. Silverman. *
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Pabs^s b.ue ribbon beer at The
iranch. _ *
;
iudweiser beer at ?b« Er&acb. *
A
INTERPRETATION !
Of MINING IAW I
i !
fhe mining la"' passed by the terri- ;
torial legislature was the subject of
discussion at a recent meeting of thej
Noun* Bar Association. t oncerning j
the discussion, the Nugget says:
I n i he discussion ot i he mining law
ihe principal question was as to
whether after doing location work it
was necessary tv* do assessment, and !
on that question the lawyers present !
were pretty well divided. Messrs, j
Kodey and Brunei- contended that lo- !
cation work must properly stand for'
assessment work, and Mr. Brunei-said !
that such was the intention of the leg
islature.
Messrs. Lomeu, Schotield and (hl
lAiKua expressed grave doubts as to the
correctness of such construction of the
law and pointed section 1U ot the act
providing that within 90 days from the
date of the discovery and prior to fil
ing the certificate of location the lo
cator shall perform labor on such claim
in developing the same which labor
shall constitute location work, and
that thereafter the cert ideate ot loca
tion shall be tiled for record.
TheJawvers w ho UK#k llus view ex
pressed the belief that under such a
provision it would seem that until the
performance < ? >m*h labor Ur* location
o' the claim wen d not have beet, per
fected. amt tint assessment work has
reietvm-e to work performed si h>**
uuent to loca'ien. I hey believed he
Oates thut t!u<- is lh;s distinction be
i t• 11 lecat i?'i work and assessment
wor k that the former must be dime in
90 pays and tie latter any time in the
calendar year. 1 ! e location work,
fi!“V iKiinteo out, is also certitie*, o n
the cert i acute of meat ion wh*< ie
proof of i tie assessim ut woik may h*
tiiee at any t;m * within'it* dav* aftei
tpc tiisi of .1 anu.tr\ et tli succeeding
y ear.
U is Judgt ivdey's opinion that the
'new iocal mining law is a good one.
lie also expressed ihe opinion that the
legislature had power to pass if. The
only doubt that in his opinion could
arise is whether the $1<N> worth of lu
* ea* u»n work thaf must be done on
placet* cu.ims within 90 days alter dis
covery can also Ik- collided as annual
as-essment work under national law,
amt he say> that his own view is that
t can be ln almost all cases, but lie
think* il may require the tiling ot two
afaduvits in some cases, one within the
90 day* hum discovery and the other
within 9o days alter the cio-e •»! the
calendar year.
it is reported iinotlicially that the
Poitt'd States navy department, is con
sidering the advisability ol erecting a
LV>-k. w. plant at Ketchikan in the!
spring to connect with fhe big station;
at Bremerton and link the chain of ]
Alaskan stations with the Sound. A 1
10 k. w. station at Juneau is included |
in lilt scheme.
i
Phil. Hickey and Tom Finnegan, en-!
route to mile 21 property, stopped at
the i but galow last night and today]
arc breaking trail to the summit.]
They are making repairs to the long!
distance telephone line, on the way j
out.
.
William Hawkins, former superin- j
tendent for the Kenai-Alaska Gold
company, who left here badly crip
pled with rheumatism, has about re- !
covered and is running a shooting gal
lery, with tine success, in Seattle.
Service for 10c up and meal tickets
that last forever at $7.
Commerce Cafe
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
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Community silver, Sheriton.La Hose
and De Luxe parttras. George the
Jeweler.
Bill MINER,
NOTED OUI LAW, !
MEETS DEATH
Middledgevi lh\ Ga., Death has
freed Hill Miner, notorious robber and ;
jail breaker, from ins last j»i■ i-»«*ii tei in.
His picturesque career, winch included
clashes with the law* ut inure than a
score of states and several C anadian
provinces, ended Iasi night at theGeor
gia slate prison farm.
Miner's criminal career began
nearly sixty .seats ago. He left his
home in Jucksun county, Ky., before
lie was lo years old. and w« nt \\ est.
He admitted numerous stage coach
robberies and train hoidups and was
several times imprisoned for robbing
banks. Three years ago he was
brought to the state prison farm here
fur robbing a train near Lulu, Georg
ia.
Hill Miner’s career is a matter on
which there is little authentic infor
mation, outside of the records of state’s
prisons where lie has served sentences
at different limes for enterprises of h.s
which went wrong.
During his long peroid of criminal
operations, Miner used to noast. h»*
never robbed the poor and needy,
confining his plundering to express
companies* and railroads. He declared
lie has educated over twenty-live hoys
and girls, and set on their feet many
men who needed a helping hahd.
Miner was a study in criminal psy
chology. A man of iron nerve and
desperate courage, he l ever look life
in all his wild career, not even when
the door of liberty would have < p- ned
before him. ML course w;i^ marKeO l»>
SJ K)t t a HeOll** deeds of kUlUhessuld C»eli
evuience a> reckk ss as ins crimes .\
jilt .< inan. niulei sized anu »>; slight
, build, wiih gr5//.l“d gray moustache
and sh*eiy e; ♦ s, his isie story reads
stronger than lid-ion. He possessed a
spleniiu. seil-acquired education; a
wonderful facility loi si inlying human
nature, and had a tongue, wit and
bruins second to none. Although ex
ceedingly wild from the ageof sixteen,
he never relaxed bis attention to re
ligion and lie was as well versed on
the Hi hie as many preachers. Appar
ently he had a code of morals all his
o w n.
COMMUNICATION
RESTORED TODAY
The cub t ^hi|» Burnside has picked
up and buoyed both ends uf the broken
cab e line. Communication will prob
ably he restored before the day i> done.
He was an ardent lover, an Irish
lover and a practically penniless lover.
It was St. Patrick's eve and in fits
hand he bore a pot of real shamrock.
“They were raised of!’ the ould sod
of Ireland.
“Sure, now, Mr. Murphy,” cried his j
lady in delight, “how really sweet of!
ye. How perfect they are and how
fresh. Shore and I do believe that
there's a little due an em yet.”
Murphy flushed slightly. “Begorre, i
1 know there is,” reluctantly confess-j
ed Murphy, “but praise Hevan it’ll be
paid tomorrow.”
Manager Sauers, of the Seward Com- j
mercial Company, was around today!
handing out some nifty l!U4 calendars. ;
K. H. Koch, reports a two-foot snow-1
fall at the bungalow yesterday. This !
forenoon six inches more fell.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. X
Sourdoughs and chechakos, you
are Invited to the Commerce Cafe.
Service every hour in 24.
Sleds for boys and girls; sleds for
men. At J. L. Graef’s. *
KIISKOKWIM A
VAST COUNTRY
FULL OF PROMISE
Captain Charles Penhody. a New
York capitalist. who passed the! sum
mer Season in il>'* Koxknkuim, is en
1 l hi! si as? ic over lie possiniii* o*s of that
e iimi in and ihoiks a railroad hading
' from Seward to that region wonhi open
a ureal »n min if* as well as agriculture
count rv.
The Kiiskokwim is a wonderfully
proinisiiur look i r# jjf country, t uoc !'**a
! h »dy sayand isfairlx tilled with min
eral zones catrx int? <ill kinds of meials,
i 'ph ere is, a* yet, nothin!? known of tot
values that max he found in these veins
; that traverse the country, and noesti
' m;lte can he placed on t lit* possibilites.
It will require considerable xvorit, he
sax s, to demonst rate what is there,
hut the field is very lar*?e and looks
temptinx?!y ;?ood.
Cantain Peabody, who is associated
with Frahk Harvey with offices at Ido
| Broadway. New York, and enj?a*?ed
i in business as j/eneral fiscal a iren's, is
not unknown tot lie North, having heen
at one time master and manager ot
several Yukon river steamers. He
helped to found the city of Fairbanks.
His present mission North was to join
Mr. Piute, the well known minin’?
engineer on the expedition to the Kus*
koKxxim.
PILOT BULLENE
Tju/re a PUAMPr
I A^lo « uSIArsuL
Captain Harry Bullone. pilot «>n the
*ie:»inot* Alameda, lias got an attack of
i|n» wold i‘»*vt*r, am! h*»s purchased an
interest in a claim in (»»<* ShuMiauna
| diggings. Not being able to give up
his very desirable position, the captain
j has sent his brother, tin* well known
! Thomas Bullene. to represent him in
the new camp.
The Morningside insane asylum,
j which harbors I he demented from
Alaska, is to he investigated, follow
ing the alleged mistreatment of one
Anderson, found insane at Iditarod
»pity and taken there for treatment.
All the steamers of the Alaska
Steamship company now call at \\ ran
irell The new service is being
i >■* 1"
welcomed b\ tin* residents of that
j town._
The Prince Rupert Kmpire is au
thority for the statement that the C.
[M.ife St. P. railway is nlanning to
! build through British Columbia to
Alaska.
Marshal Faulkner, of Juneau, has
recommended to the department that
federal prisoners he placed at work on
i toe roads near Juneau. The scheme
| has been endorsed by Governor St rong,
I Judge Jennings and other federal ofT
I cials.
The Hazelet party the trail builders
! haue returned to McCarty after hav-J
ing completed the trail to theChisana.
They report the road in good shape
with teams passing over it every day. j
The altitude at the sum it s;s 8,500 feet
above sea lovel.
W. A. Kastman, an ex-convict evan-!
gelist, who has been so frequently!
j stopped from stjeet speaking, has!
! turned his attention to mining in the
j Fairbanks district.
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Three meals for One Dollar. Open
day and night. Commerce Cafe
Field glasses at J. L. 6raef’s.
Ice creepers and ice skates at J. L.
Graef’s.
TIN DEPOSITS
ARE FOUND AT
A, * >. A inh'i'M»ii. uit* t■ i* u*ers
(> f .Alaska, has «ii-*i***v ♦*t,* t* ! in•» e t m njf
quart*/. iu lfi<* Lffan lt* bed of the Hot
Springs (11 s! r i e I. I’:i r iii:i .alley, which
accord in.vf t'» assays, one of the most
valuable made in a! Ih* not them
ten ilory.
Nile- claims have been Nitrated by
Anderson and his partner*, covering
in arva all of Moose Mountain, which
rises about eighty miles from the
mouth of the Tanana in vein and speci
mens were brought toSeauie lor assay
from the lb-tout level of these claims
11 ran $14b to a ton.
Anderson made his discovery three
years ajjo and ha* kept it secret until
assays have made eerta n Us value.
When Sullivan creek was first
worked tin nutlets were found thickly
interm insfl in if with the jfold nujisfds,
ar»(. not recoLfnizine the placer tin. the
miner* for a lon*j time tluevt it away
Now many valuable shipments of
placer tin, running in value up to tfhdd
ja ion, are sent to Swansea, Whiles, from
the Sullivan Oeek placer diy^inffs.
The- operations of Anderson and his
partner* have not jfone entirely un*
known. Anderson is known uinunif
practically all tin* old t niursin Alaska
and hi* work in tie* vicinity of Moose
Mountain ha* been watched.
**At litsi ” Andeoon told a Seattle
paper. “1 was laughed at. Now tiiey
j are all kicking themselves for not
vvakii.tf up sooner.
•• f his summer 1 had w o* kin£ vv ii h
me Sam ilokley, who periiup* is kr.owr.
as well as any one of tie «»»u Kiondik
! ers remaining in Alaska. He h is
chased tlm-ead <1 the rainbow neatly
, all his life and was amotiL'the first into
the finite conn*i v t olorad**, the
f
( otter d'.\ ne d ?iCT. He A;is skep
tical and would not believe my quartz
contained tin until l broke up some
roCK and burnt out the tic na ifold
, pan. Now !)♦• believes M >ose Mountain
! is all i in.’*
ALL URGED TO
ATTEND CHURCH
The***4 U t ime for everything under
the Min in Seward but attending
church. We are spending our rime all
on pur suits that are tempura), hardly
thinking of the eternal. Most of you
have proven successful C sour hiisi*
t.ess. then Use some ef tnat common
sense and look afiei that which will
i never pass away from you. We will
I do the best we canto show you the
j way to the higher life. We extend
you a cordial welcome to the services
I at the M. K. Church each Sunday. The
1 themes for next Sunday will he. morn
ing, “The C’o-Workingof Providence.’*
Kveiling, “No Room for Christ.’*
Morning services at 11: evening, T:.)0.
< T. Cook. I ’astor.
C L. Way land, a postofliee inspector,
well known in Alaska, where he was
stationed for some considerable time,
died recently.
Juneau democrats have organized a
club and are urging other towns to get
busy and do likewise. Seward demo
crats organized a club before the dele
gate election, and it is a live number,
too._
Fairbanks democrats are advocating
the holding of the next democratic
convention in that town.
Col. Revel le, carrying the Sunrise
Rope mail, reached mile 12 last night,
after a hard day’s going.
Bread for sale—10c a loaf or 12 for
$1. At Commerce Cafe
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
Meet meat the Rrancn.