Acquiring
the Earth
Just a Few Straws Nodding In the
Breeze Now -- Look Out for the
Cyclone By and Bye.
The Fairbanks Weekly Times of Jan.
19 contains an interview with a man
who had just returned from Birch creek.
Circle district, where he and his party
had staked a twenty-mile stretch of
bench placer ground. With a few small
lots held on prior location, the party of
five men had taken up the entire valley.
“Every man had a double-bitted ax
and a pencil,” said the man. “We had
plenty of powers of attorney and went
at it systematically to get everything
that had not been taken. Anything
that we overlooked while I was there
has been gathered in since, for the two
partners who staid behind were swing
ing their axes when we got away.
We have staked with the idea of form
ing a block of ground which we can
eventually offer to capitalists as a big
hydraulic or dredge proposition.
“We were able to make a discovery on
every group, as all that is necessary to
get gold is to pan on the rim. Failure
to get a color is the exception rather
than the rule
Coining nearer home, the Times also
tells of a Fairbanks party taking up
four miles of ground on the Chatanika.
The paper assures its readers that the
staking was “properly done" on this
occasion, each group (of 1 *50 acres being
correctly marked with reference to some
natural object.
The Times of Fell. L'l! says:
“Claims to L’t>,720 acres of placer
mining ground on tributaries of Wood
and Tatlanika livers were tiled yester
day, Attorney To/.ier acting on behalf of
the Tanana Alaska Mines Company. The
amount of fees was the greatest single
contribution of its kind ever paid into
the recording office here.
“The whole great urea was located in
the names of [ eighteen persons.)
“The ground was secured by the com
pany, whose representatives John Sin
gleton and J. II. Hughes were in here
last summer, for a big dredge proposi
tion. The promoters of the undertaking
are all outside now, working on the or
ganization and financing of the cor|M.ra
tion."
These are a few cases that indicate
Mike Engels
Sourdough Mike
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks
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HOT SPRINCS TRADINC POST
HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA.
Full line of General Merchandise. Our stock is fresh and of the very best
quality. We carry no inferior goods in any line. Prices right. We are
fter your business. LET US FIGURE WITH YOU.
F. G. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR
considerable progress 1 >v the howlers for
“bettor conditions for miners in Alaska.”
In Rampart district also there is not
wanting signs in plenty that the “good
times” are approaching for those who
are hungry for placer ground. So much
ground has been “taken tip” in some
localities that the supply of stake timber
might have been decimated had claims
been confined to the statutory LI) acres
instead of the more convenient 160.
Two years ago the association-claim
mania was in its infancy compared to its
present lusty growth. Yet there are
prospectors who can recall how even at
that early date the “system” worked.
The Beaver River country might he
cited as an example. Prospects were
found there and a good many prospect
ors moved in outfits to test the ground.
They found that a few people had laid
claim to a territory approximately 50
miles square, upon which all others
were forbidden to enter. In consequence
the ground is untested, the region is
discredited, and no one will venture in
there again unless some gang concludes
to organize anil finance a company to
sell the right to prospect to some outside
dupe.
CARLO’S LITTLE CIRL
MARTHA’S DEATH
Carlo Jaekett’s little daughter Martha,
4 yearn old, died last Saturday night of
eerehn* spinal meningitis. She had heen
ill for more than a week and her lift’
had been despaired of for several days.
The funeral was held Monday and was
largely attended. The Yukon Order of
Pioneers attended in a body. Mueh
sympathy was felt by every one for the
l>ereaved parents.
CIRCUMSTANCES
ALTER CASES
Jack lladigan will not musli to the
Chandlur ju-t now
That is a |*o*itivc faet that a contrary
and w* ll*delined intention, recently pe
tered out, i- piwerli^ to change.
l.ate re|M»rt« have not tended to en*
ham * t!••• enthusiasm of any • d tin* in*
tending murthrr* to the new «tistriet.
Ihi*inc»« consideration-* may Kuve bad
somewhat t*> do wttb the change *d
programm* Anyhow, Jack \* lin k in
bis **1*| pla*«- at the More net*, from
W hence he pro|MMes |*» XleW the coming
breakup
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
Adopted by the American Federation of Labor at Minneapolis, Minn.
Iii furtherance of our claim, namely,
that our principles comprise the fullest
and highest scope of human activity,
and from time to time will he enhanced
and advanced in accordance with the
demands to satisfy human needs and
desires, we recommend the following as
a partial statement at this time of the
demands of the American Federation of
Labor:
Free schools, free text books, and
compulsory education.
Abolition of all forms of involuntary
servitude, except for punishment of
crime.
Unrelenting protest against the issu
ance and abuse of injunction.
Release from employment one da)-in
seven.
The abolition of the contract system
on public work.
The municipal ownership of public
utilities.
The abolition of the sweat-shop sys
tem.
Sanitary inspection of factory, work
shop, mine and home.
Liability of employers for injury to
body or loss of life.
The nationalization of telegraph and
telephone.
The passage of anti-ehild-labor laws
in states where they do not exist, and
rigid defense of them where they have
been enacted.
Woman suffrage co-equal with man
suffrage.
Initiative, referendum, imperative
mandate and right of recall.
Suitable and plentiful play grounds
for children in all cities.
Continued agitation for the public
bath system in all cities.
Qualifications in permits to builders of
all cities and towns that there shall be
bath rooms and bath-room attachments
in all houses or compartments used for
habitation.
We favor a system of finance whereby
money shall be issued exclusively by the
government, with such regulations and
restrictions as shall protect it from ma
nipulation bv the banking interests for
their own private gain.
JUDGE GREEN
TO CO TO TANANA
Commissioner Green is to start to
Tumtna this morning to take official
action in the case of Mrs. Black, who is
being hcM as an insane person.
The unfortunate lady was first taken
1m*fore Magistrate Bathurst at Tatiana
last Octolier. At that time her condi
tion was such that there could In* no
<|tlcstioii of the unbalanced state of her
mind.
Later, however, she improved, and
friends were I d to ho|*» that her ail
ment was only teui|M>rary. After being
eared for until tin- present time, she
has not recovered, and it is now feu red
her case is lm|M'le*s.
By }M»st|»oning the hearing of th«* in
•piiry the woman has Imi ii |w*riiittted to
remain near her relatives and friend*,
ami In reach of the professional services
of the medical officer of th« at my |*«»t.
In the federal juit at llumpurt, of course,
she coitUI not have been property cared
for
JiKlifiduo ii will haw to meet his own
I'lfenea on the trip. It i* one of the
several points of inferiority of the United
States colonial system, compared to the
methods of the Canadians, that our
government makes no provision tor
meeting such extraordinary expenses as
the commissioner must incur in the
present case and in holding inquests in
distant places, for succoring disabled
persons, bringing in dead bodies, or for
doing a great many things that human
ity and common decency demand.
The
Miners Store
•lust received a full and complete
line of
Men’s Furnishing
Goods.
SPECIALTIES:
Underwear.
Overshirts,
Socks
II )•)•'(•* Hilt' •»#
Eggs. Potatoes
and Onions