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HAM TAUT, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1007
No. 50
The Two Hydraulic Companies Lost Heavily, but Several Outfits on Little Minook
Were Benefited and on Little Minook Junior Two Are a Year Ahead.
The great rainstorm that burst at 8
o’clock last Wednesday evening was
unprecedented in this district..
It commenced with an electrical dis
turbance of unusual severity, and rain
fell in torrents and continued through
out the night. Cabins with dirt roofs
were all flooded to greater or less ex
tent and furniture and household goods
were damaged.
Thursday morning the creeks were all
#booming and still rising. During the
day Rampart creek cut the banks away
and tlie bridge fell in.
Karlv in tire morning a boom gave
^ way at the mouth of Minook creek and
twenty-odd cords of wood belonging to
F. M. Smith was lust.
The Hunter creek and Little Minook
bridges, on Minook creek, were slightly
damaged. Two logs were camud away
from the first named. A great pile of
drift lodged against the center pier, but
it withstood the tremendous pressure
and remained solid and unbudged. One
of the piers of the Little Minook hri !ge
was partly undermined, and lias ca
reened a little, but it is believed the
damage can be rejuiired at little cost.
Water overflowed considerable of tbe
newly built Minook wagon road and the
side ditches ran full for a long stretch
through the flat; but the damage is in
significant.
On Hunter creek the lower thousand
feet of the Ballou-Mann pipe line was
so badly damaged that it will have to
be relaid. The plant had just l>een
installed and the hydraulic lift was
ready to commence work. The lower
part of the line crossed the creek five
times and one of the bridges was carried
out and the others undermined and
rendered useless. The pipe on that
stretch will now be laid along the hill
side, so that a repetition of the trouble
will be impossible. Some cuts will have
to be made in the hill and a delay of at
least two*weeks will be suffered before
the line can be gotten in place.
Stockstead, at discovery, sustained the
greatest loss on Little Minook. One
side of his dam was carried away, he
lost a string of Iroxes, and a heap of
mud and gravel was piled into his cut
the damage caused by which is hard to
estimate, lie had just gotten his ground
in fine shaja* for economic working.
Frank & Graham and Lewis Shequin
raised their Ho.nl gates and their dams
held fast. In each of their cases the
fhssl groumlslniced away a great deal of
muck and thereby was of big advantage.
It i-. said the water accomplished as
much as they could have done under
ordinary circumstances from now till
the freezeup.
Parsons, Nelson and Larson, who are
putting in a dam on i> Little Minook,
were also bettered more than they were
were injured.
Among the luckiest ones of all are
Bowen & Cooil and Tom Antonson, on
Little Minook Jr. They had been long
at a standstill for lack of water. The
flood swept away an immense amount
] of tailings and obstructive material and
| advanced them about a year in their
work.
The lloosier hydraulic people were j
the hardest hit. Five trestles support
ing their pipe line were destroyed and J
a month will be required in which to
j put the works in order again. Of course
the loss of valuable time is the biggest
item in their damage account. Before
the freshet struck them they were han
dling the gravel to good advantage.
They have commenced to make repairs,
but realize that the best part of the re-;
maining season will be lost.
Telegrams from across the divide said
the force of the storm did not reach to
the Glen side. There was considerable j
rain, but nothing like the deluge that
i occurred on this side.
A. H. MONROE
NIE «UL
Authorities Raised the Blind and
C. B. Allen Passed.
A II. M'>nrw wa.» releaaetl front the
local jail last Httardtj anti ilt-ptirte i
on the Seattle No. it, tlown l» uu-l, Min
•lay. Ttie hall cunt', tine to »tart ini
metiintwiy U|*m the -ailing of the (Mint,
.|t«| U' t a|t|<eal lt» Mr. Monroe ttrubn
• n.'iijfti Iti imlnee hiiu to remain over.
When C. It. \llen t'tiinel Monroe'*
.vrrt 't tini in. ar<. mil >, Tnetthit •>( Ui»t
week, on • tha r*e ■.( attempting t-> met
away ami tleiraml hia trretliltire, he eg
l«riel t«» pay let a .lay lor the .JelHta'*
living egprnmm at the ell* tilltutt hnuer,
ami no mull. Alter mailing wrtaiti <<i
their action in the preinina l>y tele
graphing to heaik|unrter*, however, the
authorities informed Mr. Allen that the
prisoner was entitled to a day ami a
night attendant also, whicli would ran
the expense up to $111 a day. Mr. Allen
wouldn't stand the raise, and the game
ended with Mr. Monroe several opiar
meals to the gi od.
It ap|>ears that Monroe has no prop- •
erty here which can lie uttaclied. July
X* he made certain transfers to C. II.
Khrborn, and they are presumed to iutve
ineluded the last of his holdings in this
district
Longest Ball Gams.
Tin- longest twit gallic ever played was
lietween the Urmia Vi. tors and t'ohim
hus Selects, amateur teams of tVluiti
hns. Ohio, July 22 They played thirty -
six innings ami the game was called
iscause the plays rs were exhausted.
The score sh*«i J to 2. IVcker id (tie
Melects struck out twenty men, amt
, Koluns of the Vk ten nineteen mcu. ,
TO PROSPECT
THE HOSIANA
Fairbanks Man Going In With a
Good Outfit. l
Alec Nicul, (ram Kiiirluiuk-*, with a
Imilrr ami » complete |iriw|wlingimtlll,
wa* mi the Scuttle No. 3 Momlay, on Ma
way to the Humana river.
With the Itnowlc'lxc ••( the country
previoualy trquirnl ami the c<|iii|»iiicitl
with which lie ia provklnl, it ta m> n
aviiferatmti to ray that lie i* in a |«»ntioii
to aei-om|'liah more the i"inina winter
than haw hern ilone in alt the irvrli
year# tlitmtg which proapeatorw have
been making tleanltory incoraiona into
the region.
The outcome ul hta fathom will W a
matter ul mtere.t to a e>4ieelerahle
aumbar <•( |a»yle.
HAYWOOD TRIAL
SETS HIM FREE
Jury Out Twenty-four Hours Before
Verdict is Rendered.
BOISE, Idaho, July 20.—After being
out 24 hours the jury brought in a ver
dict of not guilty at 10 o’clock yesterday
morning.
After the verdict had been read and
tiled the court orally discharged the de
fendant from custody, who, after thank
ing the court and shaking hands with
the jury, left the court, accompanied by
his counsel. His appearance at the
outer door was a signal for an ovation
at )he hands of the assembled thousands
outside and the demonstrations contin
ued until he and his attorneys entered
the hotel, where the latter have apart
ments.
This morning on the opening of court
the attorney for the defense renewed
the application for bail for Moyer and
Pettibone. The court admitted Moyer
to bail in the sum of $25,000 and set the
trial of Pettibone for Oct. 1.
Haywood will leave by social train
for Denver. Among those who will ac
company him are Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berkman.
DENVER, July 29.—Officials here
say that Haywood will la- arrested ui>on
his arrival on a warrant charging him
with being implicated in the Indej>en
dence depot tragedy.
Now Unit the trial in over, of course it
is freely commented upon all over the
world. W.Bryan’s opinion of it will
lie as eagerly read as anybody's. He
said:
“1 am glad to learn the verdict and
that llaywood is not guilty. I watched
r
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one
rd's
rged
tlie trial and did not see how
could be found guilty just on O
lestiuiWnyi hvery crime lie _ _
anyone 1m himself bad suggested and
it wn»sh*#n he was in communication
feith the mine owners' association and
Was atteiiwtiiig to induce the defendant
In engageMn crime. Also the manner
in which prisoner* were taken from
Colorado *us hardly in keeping with a
lair prosecution."
I hi w so 11 News, July Jit: Thirty ••even
application* tor claim* itakel >n Falla
creek, a tributary of F<xtytnile river,
were received in the mail Wstay. The
.liscoeerere are (i. I. tiate* and W K,
McKinney