Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
GOLD, COAL AND LUMBER ON
SAME GROUND ON PETERS CREEK
BASIS BIG MINING VENTURE
LEWISTON, IDAHO PEOPLE BACKING NOVEL
SLUICING OPERATIONS IN CACHE CREEK
DISTRICT AFTER PROSPECTING HAD
SHOWN GOOD PAY. HAVE STEAM SHOVEL
SAW MILL, MACHINE SHOP, WELDER, TRAC
TOR AND WILL EMPLOY TWENTY MEN IN
THE SPRING.
With a 40-ton caterpiller steam shovel, capable of
lifting a yard of gravel at a scoop, and burning coal
from the very ground that they will be sluicing, the
Peters Creek Placer Mining Company, backed by
Lewiston, Idaho people, is initiating one of the most
remarkable mining ventures in the history of Alaska.
Fifty tons of machinery and equipment and five
men connected with the organization came in on the
SS Alameda Friday and have departed for the Interior.
Manager Wagner for the company is coming with more
machinery on the next freighter, propably the Depere,
leaving Seattle Jan. 20. Charles McGuire, an oldtimer
who has been in the Cache Creek district where Peters
is located, will also come from Lewiston later in the
spring to take charge of the sluicing operations. Much
of the ground goes over $2.50 a yard.
RED IPS SEEDS
TELL Gf
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11. TO HI
BERKELEY, C '.U'.. Jan., 19, T
—R. W. Chancy, curator of the
'University of California, speukh-.;
. ; the pale-botaineal collection,
aid the fossilized wood, cones
...rid leaves impressions of ret
■. sod trees were found on S .
'.vwnn.ee Island in tin Bcrina
Sea and were evidence ■ that
ta'idge of' land, connected the
"wo continents.
Sequoia seeds will not float,
a.or will - the tree shed cones be
fore seeds have dropped.
He said 100 pounds of rock
>hale containing petrified fossils
were gathered by Henry B. Coi
nns, Jr., of the Smithsonian In
stitute, and that Capt. Edward
Jones of the Cutter Northland
brought them here.
HEN'S CLUB GIVES
Rim LIBRARY KELP
For the purpose of donating
the proceeds to the library for
new books, the Women’s Club
will give a card party next Sat
urday night at 8:15 at Odd Fel
xrws hall.
Those attending the bean feed
Saturday will have the oppor
tunity to finish a pleasant
evening in an equally enjoyable
manner if, after finishing their
dinner, they will go to Odd Fel
lows hall to attend the card par
ty which is set for an especially
convenient hour for their bene
fit.
The Woman’s Club have, in the
past, made many donations of
books to various local organiza
tions through similar means, and
-t is hoped that the townsfolk
will turn out en masse and make
the entire evening a success for
all.
FI LL EQUIPMENT
Those who have already ar
rived are J. F. NefTzinger of
;Pullman. Washington; W. J. Har
row. C. E. Peterson and W. J.
Gregory. NefTzinger has been on
the ground before and pros
pected it. getting such results
in pay that they have no doubts
as to the success of the present
vent are. They have gone on with
the equipment which includes
a caterplller tractor and sleds a
complete sawmill outfit, a weld
h.;c and cutting machine and
•sonera 1 supplies. They will o> t
rub supplies at Tulkeetna and
'.mediarclv start freighting in
-O Peters with the tractor
They will then set up their
'■aw mill and start cutting lum
ber for sluice -.boxes .and any ad
ditional buildings they may need,
cutting timber that grows on the
.round and will haul coal down
the hillside. The gold lies right
along the creek sides to pay for
it all. To cap the store of Nat
ure’s bounty, they can take a day
off now and then to kill their
:wild meat supply in the imme
diate ^surrounding country and
•fish from the mountain streams.
It comes under the head of what
might be called gold mining de
luxe.
HAS PRODUCED
The ground to be worked is
20 claims of the old Carlson
Weatheral holdings on Peters
Creek which has heretofor pro
duced. Ground is to be handled
that previous sluicers did not get
at because of water difficulties
and lack of tailing space. They
have ground enough to keep
them busy several years and
| following the smoothing out of
'first problems will very likely
j bring in other shovels for en
larged operations.
All of the men on the present
crew have been selected for their
fitness for the various jobs on
hand. There is an experienced
sawmill man; Gregory will look
after the steam shovel and trac
tor. They are all machinists and
one of them is an experienced
welder. The sawmill will be run
from the tractor flywheel with
gasoline fuel. The haul from
Talkeetna to the creek is 23
miles but they will have to do
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FURTHER SEARCH !
REKHH VOTE
HOPELESS TASK
PAPERS DEMONSTRATED 4<PAT
IS GONE,” MRS. RENEHAN
STATES
KETCHIKAN, Jan., 19, iff)—
Bad weather held Pilot Eckmann
to the ground. He had planned
tying Mrs. Renehan back to
Prince Rupert.
At a conference among the
searchers, the Seattle Times, the
Ketchikan Chronicle, the cutter
Cygan and provincial police, all
of whom are now in Ketchikan,
failed to map out any program
for future search.
Although most all of the lead
ers are inclined to abandon the
hunt, the feeling that any fur
ther wreckage of the Renehan
plane may be found anywhere
will be accidental as it evidently
was carried far afield from the
| point where the plane crashed.
The possibility of asking the
Dominion government to trans
fer funds posted for search to
! Ketchikan to institute search by
| small boats and thus bring the
| hunt to a definite and immediate
j end, was vetoed by Mrs. Rene
j han who did not see the wisdom
j of asking Canadian funds be
I transferred to American terri
' tory.
Mrs. Renehan has at last giv
! en up hope that her husband will
i be found alive. “'You have dem
onstrated that Pat is gone.” she
'said when she came to the
Chronicle office.
OFFICIALS DON'T EVEN DARE
TO TALK ABC FT IT YET,
IT IS REPORTED
I CHICAGO, Jan.. 19, (TP*-The
police tore the lid off of a verit
able ‘Pandora’s Box’ of crime se
! crets and sent shudders quiver
! mg through the underworld and
| purported public allies.
I Detectives swooped down upon
j the Rex Hotel where the gang of
i Capone for years had sent their
henchmen to deal in liquor,
gambling and vice, and emerged
with two safes full of records
which the authorities describe as
astounding.
Assistant State Attorney Chas.
Mueller said the records cast a
shadow of suspicion into every
branch of government in Cook
County and even into Congress.
Officials said the records re
veal illicit dealing between the
{gangsters of Capone, policemen,
politicians and public officials,
including what they described as
“Names we don’t even dare talk
about yet.”
OPTIMISTIC BANKER
“Its been a fine season with
an excellent production,” said
Eddie Stroeker, of the First Nat
ional Bank of Fairbanks who was
an outgoing passenger Saturday
on the SS Alameda. “Things are
looking exceptionally good. There
are more placer operations com
ing up and the hard rock mines
are disclosing new treasures.
Fairbanks will be a live town for
[a long time to come.”
AVIATOR HERO WEDS
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan., 19,
(/P)—Everett Wasson, hero of the
Captain Burke search, married
Misi Florence Jones, Whitehorse
hospital nurse, at her home in
West Vancouver. They are leav
ing Tuesday on a honeymoon
trip to New York via San Fran
cisco.
COMMITTEE GIVES
PRESIDENT REPORT
1 ENFORCEMENT
REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLICATION TO
MORROW
WASHINGTON, Jan., 19, (£>)—!
The law commission’s prohibition
report was given to President i
Hoover today. Chairman Wicker-!
sham arrived at the Whitehouse
at 9 a .m. and carried the bul
ky report.
It is said the report is largely
factual but embraces recommen
dations for improving enforce
ment conditions.
The word has been given out
that the report contains no rec
ommendations for repeal or mod
ification; that no effort was
made to gloss over facts, favora
ble or unfavorable and that it
includes the individual opinions
of the 11 members of the com
mission.
The number dissenting from
the majority will be made known
when the President gives the re
port to Congress tomorrow at
noon.
Each member wrote his separ
ate opinion on the report to care
for discrepancies. The commis
; sion expects to concentrate now
; on other laws.
'President Hoover is studying
; the report today and cut his en
; gage meat ■ list to a minimum.
The report will be available to
No apprehension is felt here
regarding the diptheria situation
in Seward, according to Dr. A.
; D. Ha verst ock of the Seward
General Hospital, and there will
;be no necessity of closing schools
as has been rumored. There are
only three cases and these are
| all doing fine.
Dr. H a v e rs t o c k examined
many of the pupils at the school
(Friday and is making another
examination today. Thus far
i there are no indications of in
jfection and the situation calls
for no unusual measures, the
doctor said.
wills*
Em OMIT OUT
| NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Jan.,
! 19, (/P)—The Niagara state re
servation commission ordered an
aerial survey of American Falls
to determine the extent of the
rock slide which has changed
the contour of the crest into a
miniature of the Canadian
Horseshoe Falls.
Officials of the U. S. Geologi
cal Survey predicted the even
Jtual disappearance of the falls
j unless the erosion is stopped.
ANTHRACITE COAL
DEPOSITS H TO
BE INVESTIGATED
HOWELL EXPLAINS TOE CHIEF
PURPOSE OF DEVELOP
MENT IDEA
WASHINGTON, Jan., 19, </P)—
Senator Howell, author of the
amendment to the Interior De
partment appropriation bill pro
viding for $250,000 for develop
ing tonnage for the Alaska Rail
road, explained the chief pur
pose of the fund would be to de
termine the extent of the an
tracite deposits in the Chickaloon
district on the Matanuska line
branch.
“The deposits o f anthracite
are reported to be 15 to 20 miles
from the end of the Chickaloon
branch line—eastward. The mon
ey would be used to drill and de
termine the extent of the de
posists which seem to offer the
the best opportunity to develop
tonnage,” he said.
None of the money would be
used to help any particular pro
ject such as private enterprises.
The language in the amendment
said the money would be used to
“investigate mineral and other
resources available which would
affect tonnage.”
by ■ Calvin Coolidge. to --.ponsor
a Hed Cross drive for $10,000,000
for drought relief
CiCrr d Smith was made vice
cha inna n.
The President said; “We are
faced with a, national emergen
cy.” He made no reference to
the congressional movement to
appropriate $25,000,000 for the
Red Cross.
ISIS GIVE SOtIM
TIME RESPOND RED
GROSS SUBSCRIPTION
WASHINGTON, Jan., 19, OR)—
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania
I moved in the Senate for post -
poned until February 9 consid
eration of the $25,000,900 federal
appropriation for the Red Cross
drought relief.
He urged postponement to give
the Red Cross an opportunity to
complete private s u Inscriptions.
The move is in line with Pres
ident Hoover’s steps in appoint
ing Coolidge and Smith to lead
a drive in an attempt to bolster
up the campaign.
Robinson of Arkansas is pre
pared to press for an immediate
vote.
VON ELM DEFEATED
AGUAN CALIENTE. Jan., 19,
(/P)—John Golden of Connecti
cut defeated George Von Elm in
an 18-hole play-off in the local
$25,000 golf tournament.
The regular bi-monthly meet
ing of the Seward City Council
is scheduled to be held tonight.