WILLOW CUICKK (.OLD
IS I5IG IMiOm i'KK
Tile Willow creek gold .'amp, lo
cated thirty miles from 1-n k, every |
year shows an improvement of a1
most substantial character The ]
season has closed for 'his y ‘and
the gold output is the largest in the
history of the camp. A t otable im
provement was shov n dv tl." Gold
Bullion Mine Company's property,;
which produced its hrinn, r cleanup
this year. While the exact figures,
are not ohtaintable. it is said that .
the yield reached nearly the two;
hundred thousand dollar mrk. This
company is also developing, under ai
long-time lease, the Brooklyl- Devel
opment Company's claims, and may j
install a mill next season.
The Martiu mine, it Is sail. >id
not yield quite as much as Cue year,
before, due to the fact that ninth
development and ore blocking was'
done. The miue Is a rich one, her -
ever, and has years of life before. It.
The Independence mine was placed
on a profit-paying basis this year,;
for the first time since the ri ouany j
too kit oter, and yieUlol. approxi
mately, J40.0t»0. Aside l'ro inpro-j
diicing a profit to the owners, a cm
siderable amount of developing was
done, which proved the value of the
mine.
Next year wfll see the installation
of a stamp mill on the Mable prop
erty, owned by William Bartholf and
others. The mill machinery is now
being conveyed from Knik to the
mine.
Near the Willow creek camp, up!
the Matamwka river, there is a large
bodyf o low-grade copper ore, which j
will undoubtedly be developed into1
a mine when the railway line, which
will pass dose to it. Is completed to
the Matanuska coal fields. Ed Raw-1
son. of Anchorage, i sone of the
owners.
SKWARI) MAN TAKES PHOTOS j
OP HARBOR AT AM HORAOK,
The enterprising (?) town of Sew
ard hag gotae to the trouble to send
a moving picture man, with his ma- j
chine, to take a view of the so-called
ice conditions around Ship creek.
The result of this insane Jealousy;
on the part of Seward for the iudgh-’
boring town of Anchorage will serve
no useful purpose. If it "ill ha'e
any effect at all, it will tend to
harass the Alaskan Engineering
Commission and g'veammunltton toj
those members of the congress who,
have always opposed the Alaska rail- j
way project. This, the town of Sew.
ard can ill afford to do.
If Seward will exercise a little pa
tience, the railway will eventually
reecjf.'tta^t point. In fact, if the
eightmUlion dollar appropriation is
passed by the congress during the
« coming session. thVte is no doubt
whatever but that work will be com
menced on the Seward ehd of the
!‘ne. v
Jt is incomprehensible that gui-i
tens of that town should adopt sttdij^
a short-sighed policy. The interests i
of tihs town aTtd that of Seward are
inseparably connected with he
building of the gerat Alaska railway
project. Should work on this pro
ject cease, both towns are up against
if strong. Our Interests, therefore,
are mutual. This should lie appar
ent to Seward. t
The Pioneer has fa.’tli in the com-'
mon sense and far-sightedness of the
majority of the residents of the Res
urrection bay town, to believe chat
any effort on the part of some o”;r
enthusiastlc indieidualswili not re
flect public sentiment as a whole,
and that Seward will do nothing to
befoul its own nest, to use the ligcre
of speech.
SC<ITTV AI.I.AN STOPPED
WITH HIS WAR IMXiS
SEATTLE. Nov. 6.—-Scotty”
Allan, who brought a number of
Alaskan dogs to Seattle to take them,
to the war zone in Europe, is iu Que
bec. unable to cross the Atlantic
until the question of his citizenship
is straightened omit. Allan s agree
ment was to deliver the dogs at Que
bec. but he now wants to cross the
Atlantic w’th them, and the immi
gration inspectors won't allow him
to do so until he proves his Amer
ican citizenship. Allan was born in
Scotland, but became a citizen of the
T’nlted Stales in Seattle in 1X94.
ALASKAN IS IN.U RED
BY RITE OK INSECT
.--sy
SEATTLE.—Word received hefo
from Los Angeles is that George
Sboup, son of former I'nited States
Marshal .1. M. Slump, now practicing
law at Ketchikan, is seriou^y- ill at
the California city as the result, of
a ■ insect bite received while in
South America.
Wanted—To rent a piano. Will
1 pool rental. Inquire this office /
\x< hokagk schools ai:k
l\ I \l KI.I.IA'T rONIHTlOX
The Anchorage nubile sclioolj are
now well organized, and there n g’> >1
attendance of pupils. As before
slated, four teachers areemployed.
In organizing the public schools
here, an unusual condition present'd
ttself. in that it was found that tin
pupils enrolled came from various
parts of the 1'nited States and
Alaska, and different teaching sys
tems prevailed in the different stair's
Hence, the puupils will have to learn
the system in vogue, which, hov -
ever, is up-to-date in all respects,
an especially competent corps of
teachers being employed.
Attending the Anchorage public
schools are former pupils of schools
in Panama, in the canal zone. Brit
ish Columbia. Washington. U. C.,
North Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon,
Washington and Alaska.
Washington state contributes a
larger number of pupils than any
other state in the Vnion—fourteen.
Alaska contributes the largest
number of pupils, there being In at
tendance pupil* front Cordova, Val
dez. Seward. Ustouche and Nome.
It has been suggested that there
should be another member of the
school board to take the place va
cated by M Finke.lstdn. the treas
urer, who has departed for the out
side. The work of organizing the
school* has devolved upon Mrs. W.
T. Nomile and A. .1. Wendler. the
remaining members, who have been
devoid to the cause and have work
ed faithfully to bring the good
schools which Anchorage now boast*.
They deserve much credit for their
untiring eftorts in this behalf.
MBS. DAI TR1CK FAL1.S
HFlit TO SOMK MOXEV
Juneau.—Mrs. A. S. Dautrick,
wife of the traveling passenger
gaent of the Great Northern rail
road. left on the Jefferson last night
for Philadelphia, where she will as
sist in settling tbe estate of a near
relative. Mrs. Dautrick was advised
that she had been willed a portion of
the estate, but the amount was not
set forth owing to the large number
of heirs.
MRS. ROBERT HENDERSON
DIRS IN VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER. D. C.- Mrs. Rob
ert Henderson, wife of the famous
discoverer of the Klondike sold
fields, died recently in a hospital in
this city. Mrs. Henderson left Daw
son over two months ago. accom
panied by her daughter, Cassie,
after twelve years' residence there,
intending to visit her old home in
Antigonlsh county. Nova Scotia.
She was taken suddenly ill in
Vancouver.
ALASKA LEADS IX THE
I’RODUt TION OE IT KS
Alaska is the greatest fur-bear
ing section of the United States. It
produces about $1,000,000 worth of
luAi annually. These include all va
rieties. from squirrel pelts of an
average value of 8 "tits each to
black fox pelts ip irom $2ii0 to
$ 1,2f:0 each, ’"he fur output in 1913
included 2,GOO bear skins, valued at
• ver $33,000, at from $9 for brown
bear skins to *40 for the grizzly or
iiolar bear.
ro HONOR KDKS
AND M IC KKRSA.M
SEATTLE, Nov. 20. Hon. .lames
iVickt rsiiam, delegate to congress
irom Alaska, and Hon. W. ('. Edes,
hairman of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission, arrived liere yester.
day, on their way to the national
capital. They will be tendered a
bauqueT by the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and the Arctic Club, act
ing jointly.
KRAl'SE RELEASED
AND RE-ARRESTED
SEATTLE, Nov. 26. —Edward
Krause, arrested on the charge of
kidnaping William Christie, was r-e
leased on lvabeas corpus proceedings
Wednesday afternoon. He was im
mediately re-arrested, and is being
held for extradition to Alaska, ihe
scene of his alleged crime.
The captain of the schooner Idaho,
which passed Middleton island one
day last week, reported at Cordova
that he saw the liiach boat drawn up
on the beach in front of the fox
farm, Indicating that there was uo
foundii&pn fql' the report that Mr.
(bach yV.l bis family had probably
beetj a storm hist month
1 iing home from Cordova.
McCarthy have just
impletcd riwfakthe winter trail
to Chisaua. or fthnshanna, over tJhe
Ftollu glacier. More snow lias falfcn
it McCarthy than during all of last
..inter.
1
LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK
(From Monday's Daily.)
The steamship Farragut arrived
early this morning, bringing Cu<) tons
of freight.
George Bittner has purchased
from Ralph C. Smith a half interest
in the Northern lodging house.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
southbound Saturday night., having
discharged its entire cargo, save JIJ0
rails.
Frank Ennis, a prominent resident
of Seward, is making the round trip
on th eFarragut.
J. A. Laubner expects to depart
on the steamer Admiral Farragut,
enroute to Lents, Oregon, where lie
will pass the winter.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)
Choice strawberries were raised
this season by a homesteader on
Eagle river.
The work of clearing a site for the
electric power plant at Petersburg
was started oti October IS.
A return of the good old days of
Nome is apt to materialize if the
several recent placer strikes pan ovtt '
as the fare expected lb.
Brooks and Sutherland havt se-:
cured a contract to cut 5ti,0t)0 rail-1
wav ties this winter. They will se
cure the lies near Point Possession.
The telephone line leading from
Anchorage to Matanuska Landiug
ties been completed and the force
engaged in its construction returned
here yesterday.
A barge being towed from Sunrise
to Anchorage by the launch Buffalo
was cut adrift off Turnf.gain arm the
other day, due to a heavy storm pre
vailing. The bgrge had on board a
hundred gasoline drums, the prop
erty of Charles E. Herron, and sev
eral trunkn. After delivering the
maiV,af Knifc, the Buffalo set out in
search of the castaway.
At 1.30 o'clock this morning Rob
ert Dunlap suddenly passed away at
his home at the Kootenai inn. a vie- i
CAVT VOTK, KB?
Some'prominent attorneys; of the
neighboring town of Sewai*d. said
town always being solicitous for the
welfare of this community, hold thu
view that residents of Anchorage
will be denied the right to vote at
the delegate election because, ior
sooth, the town is located within
the cot finer of a federal reserve
Regardless of the rpinion or the
learned members of the bar of Sew
ard. the residents of Anchorage will
exercise their prerogative and vote
at the delegate and all other elec
tions that may some to pass, in
which this vicinity is concerned. It
is absurd to think otherwise. The
law is presumed to be the essence of
common sense, and, if so, why
should the largest town in the Thiul
judicial division be denied the right
to vote, just because it is located in
a federal townsite reserve? The
residents of this community, or those
who bid in lots in Anchorage, cer
tainly acquired an equity in their
lots when they made the original
payment. Title passes to them at
the expiration of five years from the
time the first payment was made
provided they conform to the regula
tions governing the sale.
The government exercises a sort
of suzerainty over the townsite. f r
a period of five years. But to sug
gest that the bona tide veslden's or
Alaska who are living here 1 me
their right to vote at elections, ap
pears to us to be the veriest i rt
lacking a substantial element, either
in equitv or law, to bolster it up
When the time comes, the people
cf Anchorage will vote alright, uijfl.
further, this town will cast the nig
gest vote in Alaska, with the possi
ble exception of Juneau, and that
splendid embryonic city will have to
get out its full vote to heat as
-- Henry' Phillips, a peddler of deer
meat at Juneau, was dilatory. Ho
was cited fo appear before the U. S.
commissioner last week Jor selling
venison, and going on the theory
that it were better to put oil until
tomorrow what he should do today,
he dallied by /the wayside. His
honor., becoming peeved, got out a
bench warrant, ahid haled Henry fhto
his presence. .lined $ld a"1*
given ,»ax ways. He
will break spWdRecords trie next
time the court desires his presen|e.
* ■*'BlfVwA-jrtOX. Nov. 2«.—Secre
tary* ot the, Navy Daniels ai^rouuccs
that the Bremerton and thd Norfolk
navy yards williaclj bnild one of the.
ufeuKlfftftrtnaui'Rts planned in the
iroporod* increase in'tire navy.
Um of heart, disease, rhe departed
was 4 1 years of age. and had long
resided in this part of Alaska. To
mourn his loss re leaves a widow,
Mrs. Alafar Dunlap. The funeral
will he held at 2 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon from the Kootenai Inn,
and all friends are invited t.o attend
the ohsetiuies.
(From Wednesday's Daily.)
The telephone line connecting An
chorage with Seward went down this
forenoon, hence the outside newg in
this issue is limited.
Frank Ennis, the Insurance man,
who came over from Seward on the
Farragut. plans to cotne and remain
here for some time In the very near;
future. He is occupying his time.
while here to sizing up insurance'
conditions. He represents several,
old-line companies.
Five skilled mechanics ate e,m-,
ployed by the Commission in assem-:
bling the locomotive No. Z80, and .
expect to complete the work about I
Christmas. Tt is the No. 200 model,'
110 tons. No. 28# Is similar to No.
265, the first one assembled and now
in nse.
The funeral of Robert Dunlap j
took place this afternoon from the
Kootenai Inn. and was largely at
tended by friends of the departed;
old-timer. The remains were em
balmed by Undertaker Wood, and i
will be shipped to the states for per
manent interment in the spring.
Tt is reported by Captain Lock
hart. of the Northwest Police, that
two Catholic priests and two pros- j
pectors had been murdered by Es
kimos north of Chesterfield Inlet, at
Hudson bay. It is reported that the
four men were murdered bjr the
same tribe of natives that attacked
Radford and Street, the exptorers.
It Is hard to get any Information
from the Eskimos, as they are sus
picion us of white men and are taci
turn and morose whenever visited
by them.
l*ORCl'I*INR STOHV l.KARS
TO IXH'HTS OK VKHAt'ITY
The story published ill the Miner
last Sunday regarding the Valdez
Indian who had a litter of e'ght
porcupines trained to shoot their
quills into a tub so the poor but
honest owner could make a living
selling them for toothpicks, has
caused us to become the butt of ridi
cule, and in some cases have been
openly charged with a lack of ve
racity.
We did not vouch for the truth of
the story when published, but ob
tained it second hand from the lips
of "Mc.lamute George," a poor but
honest Copper river Indian. who
makes a living by carving mastodon
tusks into bracelets for the eastern
clieehaco, and who said his brother
knew the man that had trained the
porkies.
Clarence Fitzliugh Montmorency,
living just over the glacier from
Valdez, who is an expatriated son of
Great Britain, having left that coun
try to escape serving in the present
war, says that he had a couple of
porcupines that laid it over anything
the Indian could produce. By trim
ming the quills carefully on the
larger one, his porcupine was
trained to play “God Save the
King" and other popular tunes,
while the smaller one. being more
active, played ragtime only. The
quills are hollow, you know, and
produce a musical sound as the por
cupine ambles along, so by trim
ming the porky's quills carefully the
most harmonious sounds would en
sue. He says his pet came to an un
timely end by losing part of his
quills, and the discord was so hide
ous the poor rellow grieved himself
to death. The smaller one thrived
and grew fat on ragtime, until he
attempted to teach it to play one of
Harry Gander’s productions, when It
choked over the Scotch hurr-r-r, and
could never he resuscitated.
Several men around Valdez claim
that Clarence ia not truthful, and
"Texas Jim" says—but that is an
other story, and will be told at a
later date.
Dick Buahell. former editor of
the Ketchikan Miner, is now enjoy
ing himself on a ranch at Snohom
ish. Wash., and recently paid a visit
to Clarence S. Brown, editor of the
Snohomish Advance. Browm was
formerly of the Prospector staff.
The general merchandise firm of
Smith & Nelson, of Koyukuk, have
to give employment to the operator
of the wireless station if Falcon .Tos
Mn will establish a wireless plant
there. The people of the'district are
very anxious to see the 6*|jton es
tablished. i’W',
MASQIJ-IKADE HA lib
PUOVKS BIG Sl t'CKSS
A huge success ill all respects was
the verdict of the patrons of the
masquerade hall In Robarts’ hall,
Thanksgiving night. The cosiumes,
as a whole, were good, and in many
caseg particularly clever; the crowd
was jolly and entered into lue spirit
of the occasion with whole-hearted
ness and good feeling; the music
was entrancing and added to the
success of the affair; the turnout
was the largeest that ever attended
a dance in Anchorage. This briefly
sums up an event that will long be
remembered in this town.
Silent judges made the awards of
the various prizes given by local
business firms and individuals, with
the following result:
Best dressed lady, Martha Wash
ington, sustained by Mrs. Martha
White.
Most beautiful lady. Miss Cora B.
Francisco, under mask.
Best sustained lady character.
Bowery Girl, Mrs. Wilson.
Most historical lady character.
Goddess of Liberty, Miss Polley.
Most comic lady character. Old
Uncle Tom, Mrs. F. A. Tlixon.
Most graceful lady character, but
terfly. Miss Ashton.
Best lady clown, Mrs. .T. R. NesTor.
Prettiest girl character, Grecian
girl. Miss Fitzgerald.
Best character lady costume, colo
nial dame, Miss Boon.
Best Alaskan female costume, Mrs.
A. O. Craig.
Best Anchorage female costume,
Seward to rear. Anchorage to front,
Mrs. Martin.
Consolation prize, Mrs. Sol Silver
man.
Best sustained gent character.
Bowery tough, Mr. Chester Murphy.
Most original male character, up
side down. Mr. Oscar Neilson.
Fattest man dancing, colored
preachef. Mr. Hall.
Best gent clown. Mr. Hay C. Lar
son.
Heat gent costume, oimiumi * te
ller, Mr. Hay Larson.
Best dressed male character.
Uncle Sam, Mr. E. R. Davidson.
Best hard times couple, Mr. and
Mrs. P. O. Sundberg.
Tn the dancing contests, the prize
waltz was won by Mr. Frank Pollev
and Mrs. \V. R. Ma^niyg: two-step
prize was won by Mr. J. 3. Grady
and Mrs. P. Standiford: the three
step prize was taken by Mr. Fred
Pollev and Mrs. Pollev. and the hesi
tation waltz was won by Mr. S. D.
Maxwell and Mrs. E. M. Campbell.
While in such a large gathering
of maskers it was quite impossible
to secure the names and costumes of
all the participants, the following
list is considered very complete:
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Corlew, Alas
kans of the vintage of ’98.
E. .7. Warner, fat gentleman.
Mrs. Warner, flower girl.
Mr. G. M. Campbell, clown.
Mrs. Campbell, Japanese girl.
Mr. Newt W. Pilger. clown.
Mrs. Pilger. April tool.
Mr. W. T. Watts, colored gent.
Mrs. .T. T. Watts, nurse.
Mr. W. R. Manning. French
waiter.
Mrs. Manning, flower girl.
Mrs. F. Standiford, fairy girl.
Mr. A. C. Craig. Jew.
Mrs. Craig, Mackenzie river native
woman.
Mrs. M. White. Martha Washing
ion.
Miss Babe White, harem girl.
Mr. George Cotter, Turkish gent.
Mr. Ray Larson. Spanish cavalier.
Mrs. Larson, character.
Mrs. A. .1. Wendler, summer girl
Mrs. Sol Silverman, sunflower girl.
Mrs. Wilson, just off the Bowery.
Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Reedy, char
acters.
Mr. E. R. Davidson. Uncle Sam.
Miss Cora B. Francisco, colonial
dame.
Mr. William Hopper, coon.
Mrs. Hopper, Uncle Sam.
Mr. Robert Small, Alaska native
trapper.
Mr. Henry Dohrmann, Alaskan.
Mrs. Nestor, clown.
Messrs. .1. .1. Grady. Fred and
Frank Policy, Ray C. Larson and
O'Neill, who came together, were at
tired in clown makeups.
Mrs. Rennett. historical character.
Mr. Bennett, female Impersonator.
Mr. A. .1. Walters, Yum Yum.
Mrs. Fred Pollev, Yum Yum.
Mrs. Bailey, male Impersonator.
Mr. A. Grant, colored female Im
personator.
Mrs. Robert Speck, Goddess of
Liberty.
Mr. C. P. Pedersen, advertising
character.
Mr. Casey Jones. Chinese gent.
Mrs Jones, patriotic costume.
Mrs George Vause, old woman.
Air S. D. Maxwell, character.
Mr. Jack Robarts, Snow.
Miss Boon, colonial dame.
Mrs. Ashton, character.
Miss Ashton, butterfly.
The Misses Bennett, Whalen and
i Lockhart, under mask.
Mr. Hall, colored preacher.
Mrs. Brewster, juvenile.
Miss Allen, clown.
Miss Bichette and Miss Wilson,
harem girls.
Miss Mackey, Spanish girl.
Mrs. DeHohn and Mrs. Ramsey;
harem girls.
Mr. R. J. Logemann, Alaskan.
Mr. C. W. Rekmann, under mask.
Mr. J. .1. Longaere, Anchorage. 1
Mrs. Longaere, Cook Inlet Pio
neer.
JUrs. P. J. McDonald, colonial
dame.
Mr. Frank Hnnis, mechanic.
Mr. C. L. Strathcona, female lm
| personator.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McDonald, char- *
acters.
Mrs. Alfred Carlson, Mrs. Katzen
■ jammer. ,
j Mr. Charles Sheehan, clown.
Mrs. Sheehan, fortune teller.
Mr. Chester Murphy, Bowery
tough.
Mrs. Jack Brown, hard times.
Miss Fitzgerald, Grecian girl.
Mr. and Mrs. P. f). Sandberg,
hard Uunes couple.
Mrs. Alpha Nelson, Goddess Of
Liberty.
Miss Polley, Goddess of Liberty.
Mr. Harry Moten, Charles Chap
lin, the comedian. •
Mrs. James F. Gay, Philippine
lady.
Mr. Oscar Neilson, up side down.
Mr. and Mrs. Nealy, .sultan and
sultana.
Mr. W. Peterson, prospector.
Mr. Bain Furman, character.
Miss Josephine Hertel, character.
Mrs. S. E. Milliken, character. •
Mrs. Martin, Seward going back
ward, Anchorage going forward.
Mr| C. H. Samson. Joekoy.
Mrs. A. Spear. Red Cross nurse.
Mrs. J. McNeill, Bowery girl.
Mr. M. Gottsteln, tinder mask.
The Misses Spillman. butterfly
girls.
The Misses Wendlar, Gladys Mur
phy and Dora Murphy. Pierrot.
Mrs. Ray Larson, summer girl
Misa Vera Austin. Red Wing.
Mr. Gus Norton, clown.
Mr. Evans, gypsy character.
Mrs. Evans, gypsy girl.
Mrs. Wooley. the girl in pink.
Mr. Edward Tweedale. Eskimo. •
Despite diligent inquiry, the Pio
neer could not ascertain the name
of the man who portrayed the nart
of Old Black Joe, one of the clever
est makeups and best sustained
characters of the masquerade.
Flashlight pictures of the happy /
throng were taken by the McCnirt /
Studio. /
FAIRBANKS PIONEER /
CROSSES GliKAT IHVIIAK
DUBUQUE, la., Nov. 11.—Ger>rge
G. Perry, at one time United plates
marshal at Fairbanks, Alasaa, died
•'ht« yesterday. Me was 6!i j*h-s
of age. end hail been pronyinnt .n
Iowa polities for many years. P*Trv
leaves a fortune estimated at
$50,000.
The death of George G. Perry re
moved a man who was well known "
throughout Alaska when he served
as head of the policing system of
the Fairbanks district during the
early days of the camp. It was dur
ing Perry’s administration that Hen
derson, the notorious "Blue Parka"
bandit, operated on Pedro creek,
robbing miners of tbeir gold dust.
Henderson was caught, and after his
conviction was sentenced to a long
term in McNeil's island penitentiary. 1
Perry was appointed in X90H, by
President 'William McKinley. He
served for two terms, and was suc
ceeded by Marshal Henry K. Love.
When Mrs. E. P. Frohock, wife
of the teacher of the government
school atGood News bay, near the
mouth of the Kuskokwim river, ar- *
rives at her destination, she will
tind great difficulties facing her. She
is a passenger on the schooner Ben- *
tier Brothers, and her husband was
to have met her at Ketchikan, bin
owing to the destruction of the
schooner .]. B. Abler, at Juneau, by
tire, he was unable to make connec
tions, and the Bender Brothers had
sailed for the Kuskokwim two days
before he reached Ketchikan. The
woman is a stranger in the coiinry. ,
and has two small children, the eld
est of which is but two years of age.
The Cordova Times reports that
the first of the equipment for the
t opper River & Northwestern rail
road has arrived, consisting of a
snow plow and additional engines
and freight cars, it is announced ^
that as soon as the equipment is in
service a two-train each flay sched
ule will be maintained to handle the “
big shipments of copper ores from
the interior.