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VOLUME XIV, NUMBER AJ?. v . . SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1921. ' TEN CENTS PER COPY
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WASHINGTON, Jait,'6— This year
^ for the first time the Department of
■tvBdncation <wn* steamship
to carry teach-T* and supplies to the
many outlying stations in^ Alaska.; The
Coast Training ship Boxer is to be
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^iiocT oivefr to the Territory by the
Navy f Department She .is.; now laying
at> Xew* Port*News. She will arrive in.
Seattle about the 1st of May. The de^
..j irljnent of Education will no longer,
h ive to rely on coast guard vessels.
ITALIANS FILE SUIT
NEW YORK. Jan., 6— The Italian
Chamber .of Labor aniWjraced yestcr-.
ddly that it had ■filed a suit for $100,
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000 for damages against Attorney
General Palmer and four other offic
J. ials of the Department of Justice in
connection with the .death of Andrea
Salsedo who jumped fourteen stories
to his death last May while under de
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f tention for his alleged connection wdh
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a^bomb outrage. Tt is alleged that he;,
tortured until suicidically de
spoBdent.”
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SOUD REPUBLICAN
LANSING, Mich., Jan 6U The Le
gilatur^,venod yesterday > ^sVith a
so’id atendance of Republican delegat
. es in both branches of tho House.
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ARRIVE AS STOWAWAYS
.. NEW PORT NEWS, Jan., 6— Dan
* * iel O’Callaghan the Lord * Mayor of
Cork who succeeded McSwiney and
. Peter McSwiney' th^ brother v * of "the
•hunger striker arrived, here yesterday
; hst1 seaways on the*, steamer? ’ West
: Cannon. O’Callaghan declared that he
hud been invited by the* N6w York Na
tional committee to appear before the
Commission of one hundred who are
;V * investigating conditions in Ireland.
He was to have testified as to condi
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| tions in Ireland but the British refus
er! ed hiip passports so he stowed away
with McSwiney. McSwiney had a pass
U port but he preferred to share the
tr Lord Mayor’s conditions.
i i WASHINGTON, j*n., 6— The State
Department has been ordered to in
y. vestigate the circumstances of the ej
try of O’Callaghan and McSwmey. Of
ficials intimated that unless extraor
dmary basis of extenuation was found
there was little probability that any
distinction would be drawn between
O’Callaghan’s case and that of a stow
away.
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' Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Sloan with their
daughter Marguerite will leave on the
Northwestern for an extended trip
;•/ through the statu?. Dr. SlOan will
spend several months visiting the
/ large hospitals, where he will study
~i the new methods employed by sur
jii g&ns andFifoctdrs. California will pro
- bably be thdiiome of the Sloan family
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during' the next few months. Mrs,
Sloan will be greaty missed by the
women of Seward and Margaret her
daughter will leave behind many girl
; friends feri Sloan who has been h fam
iliar figure in Seward for several
; years realizes the necessity of making
a trip outside so that he can keep pace
with the rapid strides now being made
in surgery and medicine. We will give
him about one hundred days and then
we will bet’that the passenger list on
one of Jhe north bound boats will con
tain his name. The Doctor couldn’t
stay away from Alaska if he wanted
► to.
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? Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Sheehan,
Anchorage expect, Mr, Sheehan's
% fetter and mother ta aarive on . the
Northwestern. They arjrfred on the
^jmited last night. / , t
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E. L. WHITTEMORE’S
; ' FATHER DIES
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Mr. W. L. Whittemore, father'Of'
H.: L. Whittemore- diejji last evening at
':!«r apartments of his son. Mr. Whitte-J
more’s death was sudden and unex*!
I <n t d. Heart failure was given at the
c..’>s \ Mr. Whittemore arrived in Sew
►V rd'bbllt November 1st, 1020.
r y .. Me was 474 years of age and was
in Hillsboro', N. H. Prtor to his
'nrrrg to Seward he lived in King Co.
' Washington.
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COAL AND OIL
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!• ?ri to the prospecting of high
grade coal in tfre Matanuska coal field
by the Navy Department, noted above,
j co^l mining was continued in this field
i by the Alaskan Engineering Coramte-!
sion on about the same scale as in pre
vious years, to obtain fuel for the rail
road and the nearby towns. Much un
dergrouud .work was, done by the Ber
ing River* Coal Company, in the west
urn part of the Bering River field, but
no real was produced except for use
ate the mine. The Alaska.'Coal and Pe-:
ti oleum Company also continued un
cle rg round: exploFati«MriPtrt' thS eastern
part of the field.
The completion of the railroad be
t.vem Fairbanks and Hcaly Creek (ex
t.ve* ti Fairbanks and Healy Creek
c^pt for the Tanana River bridge)
ariy in 1920 made the Ncnana coal
accessible, but the temporary bridge
at Nenana River was washed out by
a flood, and the . coal was carried
across the river by aerial tram. Dur
ing 1920, coal was mined in the Nena
na field at the Burns and Calderhead
mines, operated under temporary per
h
mits. A lease .was granted to the Hea
ly River? Coal Mining Co. in the-same
field. Lignite coal was also mined on
a small scale in the Cook Inlet region
and in other parts of Alaska. A coal
land ^IeaSe was granted in the Cook
Inlet field. The coal production in 1920
was about 68,000 tons; that in 19tl9
vas 60,674 tons/ . .
'VThe*C&flB$"Oif tS.',*continued ;to
produce and refine^jj^rpleum in the
katalia fielcfand brought in two new
.wells. . . . .-y, , . •/
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A. E. Lathrop f, the Movie King of
Alaska will return to Cordova on the
Northwestern. Mr. Lathrop has been
in Anchorage'during the past week
looking after business interests. G. H.
Uuark, musician who has been prcn
during .the melodies in the^mpresa
Theatre at Anchorage will accompany
Air. Lathrop to Cordova where he will,
join the musical force in the Cordova
House.
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Mis. George Adams, Harry A. Long
Chac. Peterson, Joe Caylor, B. Seeger
and wife, are stopping at the Hotel
Seward. They arrived from Anchorage
and other interior potato on the train
last night. 4
John Farris, Earl Freeman, T. E.
Stlay, S. H/Hofstad and Chas. L. By
er are registered at the Hotel Sexton
from Anchorage and other potato.
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THIRTY THIRD DEGREE
FOR HARDING
COLUMBUS , Ohio, Jan., 6— Presi
dent elect Harding was made a Thirty
'fhird degree Mason yesterday. The
.Columbus consistory Scottish Rite con
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ducted the ceremonies.
SOME LIQUOR GRABBED
NEW YORK, Jan., 6— Liquor val
ued at $250,000 was seized from the
warehouse of Singer Brothers yester
,day. This is the largest raid since pro
hibition went into effect.
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NEW OIL FIELDS y •
BERLIN, Jan., 6— Important oil
fields have been discovered at Meckle •
JUt rear Hamburg.
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( BIG THREE FORMED
BERKLEY, Cal., Jan.r6— It was
announced yesterday that Stanford,
California and Washington Universit
ies had formed a Big Three combina
tion (long the same lines as Yale,
Harmrd and Princeton. Agreement for
the motball schedule were drawn to
ANOTHER USELESS DISCUSSION
v Washington, Jan., 6- Another
ditcAion as to world naval disarma
by the Senate Foreign Relation’s
Committee came to an end without any
material result. The committee ad
journed and will meet again in a few
HEARST, Ontario, Jaft., 6— Tales
of the terrible hardships endured with
the utmost fortitude by the three
stranded American balloonists who
soiled from Rockaway New York, to
*the frozen wilds jf the Lake Temis
kinff district were related yesterday
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by Indian trappers. The airmen when
found were on the verge of starvation.
Theyfhad eaten the two remaining car
rier pigeons and had subsisted four
days without any other nourishment.
They were found on the trail by the
Indian trappers and are now proceed
ing to civilization on dog sleds.
MISCELLANEOUS METALS
In 1920 Alaska mines produced
about 887,000 ounces of silver; in 1919
488,034 ounces. The lild production in
creased from 564 tons in 1919 to
about 880 tons in 1920. The increased
output of silver was largely won from
the. copper ores, but this increase like
the increase in the production of lead,
was in part won from galena ores
mined in. a small way at several lo
calities. The largest shipment of ga
lena ores mined in a small way at
scvcial localities. The largest ship
ment of galena ore was made by a
small mine in the Kantishna district.
About 31 tons of stream tin con
centrates were mined in Alaska in 19
20, compared with 86 tons in 1919.
Most of this tin was mined in the York
district, at the west end* of Seward
Peninsula, where one dredge and sev
eral small operators were working on
placer-gold mining operations in the
Hot Springs and Ruby districts, but
this was not shipped. A total of 35
tons of stream tin was shipped from
Alaska in 1920, but a considerable part
of this was mined in previous years.
The Gold placers of the southeast
ern part of Seward Peninsula, from
the Chistochina (Slate Creek) district,
and from some other districts, continu
ed to yield some platinum in 1920. The
Salt Chuck lode mine, in the Ketchi
kan district, also continued to produce
; platinum and palladium, as well as
! copper in. 1920. '
Work was continued at the Parks
quicksilver mine, on lower Kuskokwim
River, in 1920, and some cinnabar on
was produced. A small shipment of.
cinnabar ore was also made from a
prospect in the same district
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At the Hotel Sexton we find Mil(
| Kelly and wife of Anchorage. Mr. Kel
I ly is one of Alaska's real Sourdoughs
He is taking a trip out on the North
western, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly arrived
on the Limited last night and ar
guests at the Hotel Seward *
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D. N. Chercall of Spokane is, stop
ping at the Seward Hotel .
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GATEWAY
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* * COPPER
Eight copper mines were in opera
j*on in Alaska in 1920 and produced
about 380,000 tons of ore, from which
71,000,000 pounds of copper, 710,000
otmc$3 of silver, and $12,000 worth of
gold were recovered. This brings the
total copper production of Alaska dur
ing 20-years of mining up to 616,000,
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CO pounds; but much more than half
of this output of the last decade. In
1920, as in past years, the only mines
that made a large output of. copper
/err those controlled by the Kennecott
Copper Corporation, one on Prince
William Sound, and three in the Kot
sina-Chitna district.
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* SAVE A LIFE
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A recent telegram received from
Governor Thomas Riggs by Judge Wm
H. Whittlesey relative to the fund*now
'being raised for the relief of starving
children in Europe reads as follows;
W. H. Whittlesey,
Seward, Alaska.
Have been appointed by Herbert
Hoover chairman for Alaska of the
European Relief Council consisting of
eight great relief agencies, the object
of which is to collect 133,000.000 for
3,500,000 starving children of Europe.
The collections are to last through
the month of January. Will you accept
the chairmanship of the Fourth Dis
trict comprising the third district west
of Prince William Sound and make an
aggressive campaing for the greatest
harity since the War activities. Aa a
starter I would suggest that you k'sue
ihc following certificate;
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* European Relief Council, * .
* Herbert Hoover, Chairman. 0
Tliis certifies that the bearer 0 j
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" saved* the life of J_ •
* starving European child, which • j
* child is his invisible guest. One *
* dollar saves a child’s life for one *
* month- 9
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- Judge Whittlesey has accepted the
hairmansftip from the Governor and
Ji*ce people who are interested in thif
great charity work can, by calling on.
the Judge; get any additional informs
on relative to thir matter which th y
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'severe storm is
SWEEPING NORTH
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan 6— The
peak of the storm which struck the
Oregon Coast Thursday moved North
ward. Earth slides were reported at
many points. The rivers are all flood
ed i-nd fliled with falling trees. The
telephone and telegraph wires are
down and the Wilamette river is rais
ng one foot per hour.
ANCHORAGE PIONEERS CELE
BRATE — CROWD ENJOYS
THE DAYS OP *98.
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Pioneer Open House Last Night Drew
Record Attendance; Receipts $1,000.
Wilh a crowd that exceeded all
former years, and a wonderful pro
gram of entertainment, the Pioneers
held open house last night until 3
o’clock this morning. Ike Bayles says
that the receipts of the evening will
i each approximately $1,000 and the
crowd .was so great that it was impos
sible to place an accurate estimate of
die number attending.
Gambling of every variety, faro
roulette, blackjack and others too nu
merous to mention were in progress
illl evening. Prizes for the most suc
cessful gamblers went to Miss Wend
ler, who received a poke of gold, ‘and
o \V. J. Morgan, who was given a
nugget and ivory stickpin/
.. Regular sourdough eats, including
baked-beans, cooked by the Pioneer
baker, Huge!,' were ser/id by the
woman’s auxiliary in the banquet
room. The .ladies.also sejrved hot amj
cold drinks te the players and dancers.
Music for the dance was furnished
by the five-piece Kemp Orchestra.
An intereating program of Alaskan
song* was given, including a vocal
solo by D. P. Vint, “The Days of ’98,
words by U!a M. Thompson, and a solo
by John Watson, “He’s Sleeping in the
i'ukon VaU.*’ Accompaniments were
p’ayed by Gilbert Berry.
(Anchorage Times.)
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GOLD LODE MINING -
Ic is estimated that 15 gold lode
mines and 5 prospects were operated
in Alaska in 1920, producing about 3,
270.000 tons of ore, from which $4,
360.000 worth of gold and 106,000 oun
ces of silver were recovered. The out
put in 1919 was 3,262,573 tons of ore,
containing gold to the value of $4|392,
237 and 108,691 ounces of silver. Seven
gold mines operated in 1920 were in
.out hear, tern Alaska, 5 in the Willow
Creek district, 2 at Fairbanks, and 1
in the Copper River region. The res
pects, which made only a very small
output, are in Kenai and Seward pen
insulas and in the Fairbanks district.
The developments and promising dis
coveries made in the upper Kusfco
kwim and Sitka districts, as well as
vhe Willow Creek district, have bees
noted above. Two small lode mines and
several rospects produced a little gold
in thq,Fairbanks district in 1920. Most
of the owners of auriferous lodes in
this district have deferred all develop
ment work until completion of the rail
road lbwers operation costs.
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* WEATHER REPORT ,
SEWARD 23 Snowing Strong N.
Anchorage 10 Goody Calm.
Matanuafca 14 Goody Calm.
Chickaloon 12 Goody Calm.
' WasiHa 10 Goody Ciiqa.
Talkeetna 10 Goody Calm.
Hurricane • Goody East
Summit 0 Gear East
Healy eZro Gear East
Neoana 4 Below Ge*r East
, - Fairanxs 4 peiow Clear vann.
alaska Mining notes
Gold dredging has declined relative
ly less than other forms of placer min
ing, partly because some of the dredg
es arq working very rich ground, part
ly because the investments in this
^orm of industry are so large that
many companies continue operations
even with very small profits. In 1919
there were 28 dredges operating in Al
aska, which produced gold worth $1,
860,000; in 1920 there were 22 dredges
operated, which produced gold wprth
about $1,020,000. The relative effici
jncy of gold dredging compared with
other methods of placer mining is il
. us h ated by the fact that in 1920
about 200 men, or 16 per cent of the
mtaj placer miners employed in Alas
ka, produced $1,020,000, or 28 percent
of the total placer gold mined.
In 1920 there were 17 gold dredges
operated in the Seward Peninc.
in the IdTtarod and t airbanks districts,
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and 1 in the Mount McKinley (Mc
virath) district Improvements are be
mg made in the* Cache Creek dredge,
in the Yentna district, and this will
probably be operated next year. Plans
are also being made for installing two
dredges in the Innoko district, and for
the cxp|pitation of other dredging
ground in the Kuskokwim region. Ow
he present high operating costs
most dredging companies will consider
only placers whose gold content is 75
cents or more to the cubic yard. The
average recovery of the dredges in
Seward Peninsula in 1919 was only 52
cents to the cubic yard, and the exten
sive reserves of dredging ground in -
the Peninsula are consequently now
attracting little attention.
Estimated value of placer gold min
ed in Yukon districts in 1919 and 1920.
District 1919 1920
Circle t $135,000 $ 50,000
Fairbanks 730,000 500,000
Fortymile 41,000 . 40,000
Hot Springs 100,000 45,000
Iditarod 725,000 500,000
Jnnoko 140,000 100,000
Koyukuk 110,000 60,000
Marshall 100,000 80,000
lluby 165,000 75,000
Tolovana 525,000 75,000
All others 139,000 75,000
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MISCELLANEOUS
The production of marble continu
ed in the Ketchikan district, south
i
eastern Alaska, Oh about the same
scale as in previous years. The gyp
sum mine, in the Sitka district, which
was flooded in 1919, was pumped out
in 1920 and production was resumed.
The Alaska Sulphur Go., completed its
mining and reduction plant on Akun
Island, in the astern part of the Aleu
tian Chain,' late In the summer of 1920
A shipment of garnet sand, to be used
as an abrasive, was made from Nome
in 1920. It was mined in the beach
nof Inturuk a tidal estuary
about 00 miles north of Nome.
W. N. Gregory, of Gold Creek ar
rived last night on the Limited. Mr.
Gregrny !* thing nouth on the North
Wwtern. He fa itoj>pU* fee Hotel
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