CLAO 1
tUCmL Avvlli;
Newcomb of Sewaru Writes It
Seattle That V' To \ out
$25.C»-0 Go!J.
EX \CT IOC •• - 'ON \ ) r lilVEiN
Letter to Valdez Gives Pescriptio;
ot N?'> Dislriti Which Looks
Good on Paper.
By Cable to TUe Dally
Valdez, Her. 23 Newcor 1* ot
Seward writes from Seal tie that ht
made a big strike in the Kuskokwi.n
lust summer and took out $2.>J'00 it
gold. He writes this toThomasClonin
ger of Vuldez, formerl} of Sewuin.
The exact location of the strike is m>t j
given but the description of the region
looks good on paper.
Alfred Lowell Tails Into Lagk
River With Dogs and Sleds
[>ut Gets Out.
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Alfred Low..** . • ,l O'* T\
orok a; d I\nik mail . after
< ■»»»»>: ’ < T’*"i
as any Alaska mail earn, r migg V»an’
ker for. and one which few *m*ni
could make in * ice tin- tune. 1 lu
whole ouMit. carrier, dogs and sleds,
fell through the iee of Hugh* river into 1
seven or eight feet of water. I»we!>
pulled everything out but one sled.but
the water-'Hiked mail reached Sewari.
frozen into bricks which had to b<
thawed. Much i>f it. perhaps near!}
all. will have to be placed in fresh
envelopes by tin* local postmustei.
This entaiU a tine long batch of re
port* and explan tions for the benetn
Of the r« 1 tape bureaus of the post ol
tiee d* partment at Washington.
Lowell 1 ports that tin* snow is two
to three fee? deep on Crow creek sum
mit and tin* slope beyond, but not
more than a foot in the lowlands
Most ot tl * streams were still run
ning. The bench of Tiunaguin arm '
was inn*' v bar.-. Through Placer
valley tw . feet of -row las but whe
lie came o er the iee crust on top wa
not st v- i a enough ;n n any places to
liold a man’s weight. The snow had
b* cii slushy b. tor* Several feet oi
snow lay on the summitt at mile 45 and
beyond to the tunnels.
The carrier will *tart again for ly
onok January 1.
BANKERS BEGIN
TO FEEL BETTER
Statements Issued by Institutions
of New York Show (iood
Condition.
Xiv Cable to Tl « Daily Gateway.
New York. Dee. The bankers of
Now York state today mail -• itements
of the condition of their institutions
which show that practically all are in
good condition. The financial situa
tion is considered to be steadily im
proving*.
5an Francisco Banks Resume
San Francisco, Dec. ID The Ljanks
all resumed business yesterday. There
was no run and business conditions
seem normal.
More than 3,500, »HK) tons of wood
was converted into pulp in the past
year. Most of it went into paper.
Ardors liis’.iissal of Charges'
Made by Valdez Citizens
Against (iovernoi*.
ro INVlSTSdAlT: r ARLAN CASE
Administration n ief and Secretary
Garfield Give Support to
A aska f \f< Uuve.
3y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. I). Dec. -H The
charges made against Gov. Hoggatt 1»\
citizens of Valdez, Alaska, of mis
conduct in the railroad troubles tin re
w ere dismissed b\ order of President
Roosevelt. lie and Secretary Gar
field will lend all their powerful sup
port to the governor in his Alaska
controversies. The charges against.
Hoggatt were never taken seriously by
tin* administration.
The charges against District Attor
ney Harlan are being pressed by Gov.
Hoggatt. The president will dispose
'f them early in January. The gover
nor P spending the holidays at Ptica. !
New York.
VALDEZ FAVORS
JUDGE HARLAN
S'’'< Protests to Washington!
Against Charges Made by
Gov. Hoggatt,
tv Cable to The DsMly Gateway.
Valdez. Dec*. L'iJ Numerous tele
gram* have Im en *<nt teda\ from this
v-ir\ to Delegate (’ale and tin* attorney
general upholding the course of Dis
trict Attorney Harlan in the railroad
trouble* last fall, and denying the
charges made by Gov. Hoggatt of mis
conduct in tin matter and in the con
trol of gambling.
Ti e message* also urge the appoint
ment of Judge Harlan as judge of the
Thir • division to succeed Judge Wick
• sham or of the new district in case
; he Fourth division is created by con
gress.
ignores Question of Home Rule!
and Urges Most of Repub
lican Platform.
-.y u le to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, 1). ('. Dec. -A Gov.
Hoggatt in his annual report urges the
; creation of a Fourth judicial division,
| urges the enactment of a law prohibi
ting the sale of liquor within live miles
i e! railroad construction or where 100
| or more men are employed at any kind
of work except in incorporated towns;
larger appropriations for lighthouses
on the Alaska coast; amendment of the
! placer mining law so as to make the
area, not the course of boundary lines
the controlling feature; and a corapul
I *ory education law.
The governor estimates the popula
tion of Alaska at 31,000. He makes
I no mention of territorial government.
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$35,963,260 Minted in November
Washington,— The value of the coins
executed at the mints of the United
States during November, 1907, was
$35,963,260, of which $33,840,000 was
gold, $2,002,000 silver and $121,200
minor coins.
Kodiak Gold Mi: i;i£ Company j
Will install Twoi-iy Stamps
iScxt Spring.
ASSAY? AVERAGE :',5 PER TON.
Goodwin Syndicate Plans Operations)
txpected to Yielc $18,000
Gross Per Month.
A 20-si am i» mill will be installed;
next year In the Kodiak Cold Mining j
Company on its property near I'yakj
hay, Kodiak island. This is the prop-;
erty which was recently taken over hy
a syndicate headed hy Nat Goodwin,—
at least a controlling interest was ah-j
sorb-Hl hy the purchasers, and theyj
will put the mine on a producing ha-j
sis as soon its machinery can he put in
next spring.
The purchase of control of tin* mine
was the result of a report made hy J. j
(Williams of Spokane, who exam- j
ined it last fall in company with K. R.
West brook, one of t he ollicers of the
company. Recently M". Westbrook
stated positively to :i Seward man in
Seattle that the stamp mill and other
machinery for operating the mine
have been ordered.
The ore of mis mine i- free milling:
and a-says from the entice vein a- tar
as opened average $ 1 •’> , ton. Revel
upment by hand •uric h - been in pro
gress several years and a large ore
body is blocked out. It is estimated
tl»Mi * w« 1)1 vrill
tons of ore a day. This at *b> a ton
would give a gross output of •'idllW a
ton. The cost of mining and milling
is estimated at less than <2 a ton.
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ALASKA LANDS
More Homesteads Filed in Terri
tory in 1907 Than Any
Previous Year.
Washington. R. C., Dec. 20 —Many
homesteads were taken in Alaska;
during the present year, the number i
being larger than in any previous
year, according to the annual report
nf l Tof. Georgeson, supt rintendent oft
agricultural experiment stations in the !
territory. The report shows that the
! farmers of Alaska are prosperous.
flust Mark Claims Properly
The Knited States circuit court of
appeals has affirmed the judgment of,
tin* Alaska court in the mining ease of
Mary Charlton and John Ivlonos!
against James Kelly. The opinion'
states that the plaintiff* brought eject-!
ment proceedings to recover possession
of a mining claim in tlie Fairbanks j
district. Alaska. Their agent was
obliged to leave the claim on June 2(5, j
1005, the day of the Kelly location, to;
I obtain provisions, and was detained in
Fairbanks until the following Septem-'
her to serve on a jury. Kelly's con
tention was that the plaintiff's did not !
make a valid location: that nodiscovery
of mineral was made by them, and that
the boundary of the claim was not
marked so that it could be readily
traced. The verdict of the lower court
was in favor of Kelly. A motion for a
new trial was overruled and judgment
entered for Kelly. The circuit court
of appeals affirmed this judgment, on
the ground that the evidence showed
that the claim was not properly staked
off' and marked.
Cotton Shows Great Increase
New Orleans—Secretary Hester’s
statement of the world’s visible supply
of cotton shows a total of 4,023,155bales
against 3,815,770 last week. Of this
the total of American cotton is 3,171,
279 against 3,014,894 last week.
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New,!ud*'of Alaska Third Di
vision Coming North to
Hold Court.
ORDI'R;' JURIES TOR JANUARY 20
Saratoga Reaches Seattle in Time
to Celebrate Christmas
in That City.
Qy Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Dec. 26 Judge Reid, the
new judge of the Third judicial division
of Alaska, sailed this afternoon on
the steamer Northwestern for Valdez.
He states that grand and petit jurors i
will he Mimmonod to appear in court '
t here January 20.
The steamer Saratoga arrived yester- j
day morning in time to allow passen-1
«r(»rs and crew to celebrate t 'hristmas
in this city. tAwy Moran, editor of j
the Fairbanks New*. wa* a passenger.]
He will go east to boost for the I anana
t here t his winter.
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Proposes to Pay Money Due to
Laborers and Half Cash and
Bonds to Others.
ay Cade t.) Tb« Dnily Gateway.
Valdez, Dec. 22 H. D. Reynolds
win’s tin1 following proposition for
settlement of claims against t he Alaska
Home railway and his Valdez hank:
To laborers, cash: to other creditors,
half cash and half in bonds of the rail
road company.
The creditors here are inclined to
accept the proposition as the best they j
can expect and many of them have
done so. It is announced that work i
on the railroad will he resumed in the]
spring.
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Congress May Have to Settle
fuss Over Resignation of
Bureau Chief.
Bv Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington. I>. Dec. 27—Con
gress may have to settle the contro-j
very over the resignation of Rear Ad
miral Brownson as chief of the bureau
! of navigation. A general row is prom
ised between di lie rent authorities over
the matter which led to the resigna
| tion.
Rear Admiral Brownson Retires
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2(1—Rear
Admiral Brownson, chief of the bu
reau of navigation, resigned today
and his resignation was accepted by
the president because of disagreement
over official matters and the further
fact that Admiral Brownson had
passed the age of retirement from ac
tive service.
To Start Work on Ready Bullion
Nate White, manager of the Ready
Bullion copper mine on Lynx creek
has a message from the secretary of
the company in Boston stating that
President Gafford has started for
Seward prepared to begin work at set
ting up the machinery which was
shipped in last winter. 1
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0 POT
Production of Present Yea • Now
Estimated at Near!)
9,000,000 Pounds.
LARGE INCREASE OVER 1906
Thirteen Stales and Temlories
Combined Yield Smaller Rnan
tity of Red Metal.
Dy Cnl>lc to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. Dec. 24 Tho
copper output of Alaska this veal is
nearly 9,000,000 pounds, a largo in
crease. Thirteen states and territo
ries produce altogether less than
Alaska.
MINE OWNERS
ASK INJUNCTION
Bring Suit at Goldfield to Re
strain Picketing and Other
Interference,
3y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
H ,,'dlield, New. Dec. 2<l Suit ?'•> ji
injunction against the Western K*m1*•«*
•l M tuC L -1 *■ a ' 11 it'• l til l-1 ■' ' ' ' * 1 . I 1
States court here today by the mine
owners, asking that the federation ho
restrained from placing pickets around
the mines and otherwise interfering
with mining operations. The dissolu
tion of the local union of t hi; federal ion
is also asked upon the allegation that
it has violated its charter.
Miners for Finish Fight
Goldfield, New, Dec. 27—-The West
ern Federation of Miners will fight to
a finish the proceeding instituted by
the mine owners to dissolve th»- local
union of the federation.
Will Not Leave Troops
Washington, I). C., Dec. 23 Presi
dent Roosevelt is deaf to the appeals
of mine owners to keep federal troops
in Goldtield, NeVinla, Strong repre
sentations have been made to him that
their withdrawal means rioting e:d
bloodshed.
Still Want Troops at (iofdfield
Gy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). Dec. 28—Great
' p resit re is being brought upon Secre
| tary Taft to keep federal troops at
! Goldfield. Nevada, until the strike is
I settled. _
SiX DEMOCRATS
FROM ALASKA
Territory Gets That Number of
Delegates in Convention
at Denver.
By Cftble to Thp Dally Gateway.
Tacoma, Doc. 28—In the apportion
ment of delegates to the democratic
national convention to be held in Den
ver next July Alaska is allotted six.
The states as usual get two delegate*
for each electoral vote.
Alaska Democrats Organize
Seattle, Dec. 23—Alaska democrats
organized here at their meeting last
Saturday night with Frank Waskey as
president and John W. Troy as secre
tary. A committee was appointed to
report a complete organization.
Prospectors from the Tanaua are
rushing by wholesale to the Valdez
creek region.