SPIRIT OF THE HEROIC AGE
Revived By the Candidacy of Major John P. Clum,
Late of Washington, D. C.
Through last Friday's mail was received, in the same envelope hut on separate
sheets of neatly typewritten paper, the items reproduced below. Beyond the
Fairbanks postmark and the names contained in the items, there is nothing to
indicate who has furnished us with the remarkable fructification of Major Clum’s
eloquent Fourth of July oration which seems to have lifted the Tanana people to
such hights of glorious jubilation that they hitched their standard to the stars
and are unable to haul it down again:
The Fweddy Bates Society of
Harmless Imbeciles.
President— Fweddy Hates.
Hitch Executioner J. C. (Bolly) Pillow.
Toady—Colonel Ca>ey O’Bunch.
Stipe -Charles Ethelhert Claypool.
Hundler of Delicate Subjects—Gen. E. M.
Carr.
Stenographer—Barrabas Wulcott.
Orator—Lawyer Squiers.
Historian—Louis K. Pratt.
Moulder of Public Opinion- Barney Goss.
Manager Press Bureau- August Toellner.
The objects of this little society are
purely political ami have for their eiul
the election of Major Cluni as delegate
for congress to Alaska to succeed Mr.
Cale. We believe Major (Mum to be the
“fittenest” man in the district for the
place, and hope through the office of our
club or society to convince the voters
before the election in August, 11*08, that
we are right.
The Society of the Sons of Mars.
Imaginary Commander Major-General K.
M. Carr.
Balloonist—Brigadier-General Casey ()'
Bunch.
Master of the Fire Crackers--Col. Charles
Kthelhert Claypool.
Constructor of Windmills—I. i e it t e n a ti t
Colouel William Barrett.
Bearer of Quixote Colors- Major John I*.
Cltiin.
Bullet—Captain Barney Goss.
Sutler—Lieutenant Fred Bates.
Supper uml Miner—Private John L. McGinn
Most of the so-called heroic societies of
which the Sons of Malta may he taken
as an example, are too effeminate and
lack the chivalric and martial flavor of
the age “When Knighthood was in
Flower.” It is proposed to attempt the
revival of the spirit of that age insofar
as it may be possible, through the ef
forts of this society, and incidentally to
advance tin' candidacy of our comrade
in arms, Major John 1\ Olum, late of
Washington, I>. C., for delegate to con
gress from Alaska, having specially in
view the campaigns of 1910, 1912, 1914.
Chandlar’s Population Has Dwindled—
Activity Is Confined to Three Claims
There were only twenty-nine white
people in the Chandlar the middle of
July. Of these, 15 were <>n Big creek, 8
at Caro, 4 prosjieeting on East Fork, and
2 at Haines, the station established by
the Northern Commercial Company this
summer.
This is the statement made by J. I,.
Heed, who left Caro July 1(> and who
had been in the Chandlar since April It*.
He started from Candle Feb. 14, went
up the Kohuk, over the divide and
down the Alatna to the kovukuk, and
thence to the Chandlar by way of Cold*
foot. He will lie remembered by old
Uamparters as the “Jim” Heed who
mined on I.ittle Minook in ‘.>8.
Mr. Heed says the gold production of
the Chandlar is routined to discovery
and 1 and 2 above, Big creek. All other
attempts at productive work in thedir
trict have been abandoned. On Upper
Little Stpiaw, wln re it had lai n hoped
to get fairly satisfactory results, the
sluicing did not yield exceeding 11.5o
l*r man |**r day, and the pm|anotion, of
course, was abandoned, tine of tin1 ol -
staclra there was a ma-s of l.ig Is.wider*
which could not lie handled. Mr. Iteed
Islisvi* Big creek will probably yn Id
MMMI hi klA.ltt1. hut lids estimate mav
lie slightly over or under according to
the wcter supply. When Mr Hea l was
there tin* men were stile In sinks only
about 2W minutes .ntt of an tnair, hut it
was believed raiu would come ami make
conditions better.
Lower Big creek is still an unknown
quantity Several deep holes have l>een
put down which failed to reach Wdroek,
and a few have touched Wttoin ami
shown but little better pros|iects than
Were found on the surface. Mr. Heed
says the stream would be more properly
d( signated as a river than as a creek.
It carries a large volume of water and
has numerous tributaries which flow
through slabby slide material and are of
excessive gradient, lie doubts if there
is a paystreak on lower Big creek, or,
for that matter, a continuous one any
where through the district. The coun
try included in the Last Fork shows
mole erosion and is Wtter shaped for
placer, but there have Wen few or no
prospi i ts found there.
Most of the |«'ople now in the ('hand
Iwr will stay in the country the coining
winter. Mr. and Mrs. IVterson, the
Cam roadhouse |»ople, were figuring on
leaving, but have filially concluded to
remain.
Commissioner S. J. Marsh recently
learned that the large amount of ma
chinery and supplies whieh he has long
been rip cling was carried on toTauaua.
It ap|*-ars that the freight charges hail
not Wen pre|wid and there was no on*
on hand to ait just the matter w Ian lb*
gissts arrived at Fort Yukon; so they
were nut unloaded It ia nut known
what step* Mr Marsh has taken in tbs
matter, hut It is Wlievrd Ire will Anally
reeeivw the gisaia.
ABOUT INNOKO QUARTZ
A correspondent of the Nome Nugget,
writing from Gaines creek, June 22, has
this to say about Innoko quart/.:
I have made a trip to the Bald Hills
to the eastward of Tom Gaines creek for
the purpose of looking over and staking,
if possible, on the quartz vein which
has been discovered. The vein has been
traced and staked for a distance of about
twelve miles. I followed it for seven,
ami in a number of places where I
napped the quartz with a pick hammer
1 was able to see fine gold with, the
naked eye.
I have also seen some samples which
have come from the same ledge, and the
rock is thickly permeated with both fine
and coarse gold. This is generally be
lieved the best and most important
strike that has ever been made in
Alaska.
The discovery was made a little over a
month ago by Charles Olson, John
Mackin, Mr. Taylor and two others,
who were returning from a trip to the
Takootnay river, a tributary of the
Kuskokwim.
Discovery claim on this vein is located
at the head of Carter creek, a right
limit tributary of Tom Gaines creek—
the placer creek of the country. At
discovery the ledge, or vein, is twenty
feet in width, and the gold runs through
both the quartz and the porphyry.
All the miners here are confident that
these veins are the source of the gold
which have been found on Tom Gaines
creek and its tributaries. All the tribu
taries which head near the quartz vein
carry gold, and in some of them very
coarse and jagged pieces have l>een
found.
_UJST._
Ladies' nugget pin. Finder please leave
at Valley News office.
Gold-rimmed sjiecs in black leather
case. Valley News office.
l’urse containing $."> bill, $1 bill and 2
small keys; monev immaterial; want
the keys. Valley News office.
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