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The Washington Conference will have accomplished much if it
persuades nations to meet face to face, instead of talking behind one
another’s backs. If a similar condition were to exist in Nome, it might be
with profit to all concerned.
ALASKA HOLDS OUT BRIGHT l'HOMISK
From Fairbanks. Anchorage and other parts of Alaska come reports
that business condition# in those localities are much better than it was
expected they would be during: the winter season. Then to the westward
there is a most hopeful and optimistic feeling over the development that
is to follow the completion of the new government railroad. Seward is
again giving evidence of its firm faith that the railroad ocean terminus is
again coming into its own. And for that reason the merchants are giving
support to the Daily Gateway, which for many months was issued as a
weekly. Recause of the expected activity in fisheries and mining the
coming season the towns of Ketchikan. Wrangell. Petersburg. Juneau and
many lesser camps, believe'that the ebb has been reached and that the flow
of renewed prosperity will start in the spring. Then again the promise
of activity in the woot^pulp industry holds out much hope to the residents
of the people of Southeastern Alaska .
Seattle merchants and business men very quickly feel the pulse
of Alaska activity or promise, and it is encouraging to realize that they
are generally speaking, imbued with the feeling that the year 1922 will
be one> of greater activity and prosperity in this northland. And if
’ Congress will enact remedial legislation that will permit of speedy settle
ment of vital questions thru co-ordinated bureaus, it is believed that this
land of promise will soon become a land of realization. A transportation
expert predicts that Alaska’s trade this year, will nearly double that of
1921. And this thought prompts the Seattle Daily Times to Observe:
There isn’t the slightest doubt if the administration would put
thru the New bill or some similar measure coordinating the various Alaskan
bureaus and would back up this reform with others designed to show
the anxiety of the govenment that Alaska should be settled up and do
veloped as rapidly as its resources may permit, that 1922 would witness
far-reaching changes in the territory.
Capital, reluctant to go abroad ut this time but present in the
country and an amount without precedent, would pour into the Northland
were it assured friendly treatment and a reasonable opportunity for pro
fitable investment. A good part of the annual emigration to Canada would
be diverted to Alaska and would be supplemented by other emigration that
normally might not move into the neighboring great Dominion.
' In brief, even with its limited population, Alaska will have a big
year and the prospect of greater activity will attract numbers of men.
particularly those who formerly resided there, but who came back to
•'the States” wheiP mining operations in various districts were curtailed or
discontinued. But, the influx of money and labor would be inuch^greater
were* some of the long-pending errors of federal administration displaced
\by more progressive and more kindly policies.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer analyzes the recent report of Gov
ernor Scott C. Bone and finds much to be encouraged over. And in that
connection the paper takes occasion to call attention to some of the achieve
ments of and opportunities in the Territory as follws:
The year 1919 was a dull year for production, a part of the great
slump due to the war, yet the mineral yield of the territory was $15,634,801
largely copper and gold. The coal mines, just being developed, yielded
$333,912. When we remember thdt the whole territory was purchased
from Russia for 17,200,000, and that nearly 000.000 in gold has beqp
taken out of the ground, the Alaska purchase appears as a super-bargain.
Aside from ita mineral wealth, only In the beginning of its develop
ment, Gov. Bone stresses the opportunities of the future in farming, stock
raising and dairying. There are 100,000 square miles of farm land in
the /territory, capable, says the governor, of supplying the needs of three
million people. Wheat growing is no longer an experiment. Fairbanks
has built a flour mill, and the beginning of Alaska's great ability in food
production has begun. It is Interesting to note that a meat-porducing
agency Is now on Its feet—the reindeer industry with 216.000 animals.
As Gov. Bone says: "Alaska needs capital. It needs people.
Its natural advantages are obvious. Its resources are apparent and reaV*
And as fast as these matters come to the attention of the American public.
Just so fast Alaska will develop and progress to Its great season of
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THIS STOUT OF “THE KOIII’K MAPWX."
The Pathfinder of Alaska, breezy little Alaska magazine published
at Valdez and devoted mainly to the interest* of the Pioneers of Alaska,
reprints in Its September number the widely known poem known a»
“The Kobuk Maiden."
Both in theme and composition the poem is well worthy of repro
duction but we find that the Pathfinder has inadvertantly, or possibly
because of a lack of knowledge, failed to attach the name of the author.
In view of the fact that such credit is due the author and for the added
reason that the poem has been attributed to several people of literary
attainments, and also that in several instances its authorship has been
boldly claimed by former Alaska writers, we append herewith the true
facts of its authorship and the circumstances under which it was written.
The author was Edwin II. Black of San Francisco, California, and
the poem was written at the long vanished settlement kuown as Ambler
City on the Kobuk River, between July 1898 and July 1899. the exact
time being unknown. Black was a painter and papm-hanger by trade,
with strongly developed poetical inclinations. He came North in the
Kotzebue stampede of ’98, on the famous Argonaut ship Alaska, and lived
at Ambler City during the winter of ’98-’9. During his stay he conceived
many excellent verse compositions, some of which were Incorporated in
a small volume of poems published under a copyright in 1903. Black
was in Nome late in the summer of 1899 on his way to the Outside and be
came acquainted with many of the old time residents. United States
Commissioner Charles W. Thornton of this city was well acquainted with
Black and is in posseasios of a copy of the poem given him by the author.
According to Judge Thornton, the poem fiifct became known to the general
public through being read at a meeting of the Nome literary society dur
ing the winter of 1899.
The original title was "Minneluktuk” and. as set down by Black,!
the concluding liiie of each verse was "And the Waters of the ‘Kowac* i
Rippled Onward to the Sea.” that bein^ the name by which, the Kobuk j
was then generally known. Black wrote numerous poems on Alaska j
themes, the best of which have never been published.
In response to requests the “Kobuk Maiden” is reproduced below: ]
“THK KOHl'K M AI DE W +
By EDWIN’ H. BLACK. 4*
♦ **4 + + * + + ^4' + + + + + +
Where the sun shines bright ait midnight all through the month of June.
Where the winter’s sun sheds twilight on the snow and ice at noon.
Lived a dusky dark-eyed maiden; and her heart was free from care.
And she thought not of the morrow as she ate her salmon rare.
Her hands and feet were dainty; she could sing the mission psalms;
But a little soap and water would have added to her charms.
She could run before her do^ team and laugh with childish glee;
And the waters of the Kobuk rippled onward to the Sea.
She could paddle hev small kyak; she could trail the fox and bear;
She could dry the meat for winter; she could hunt and tish and snare;
She was handy with the needle, no furrier in the trade
Could chew a boot, or patch a skin, like this bright-eyed little maid.
She had very few accomplishments. She seldom wiped her nose,
And the perfumery about her resembled not the rose.
She had many dark admirers, but she heeded not their piea;
And the waters of the Kobuk rippled onward to the Sea.
She was not tall and slender as the poet's verses tell;
She'd have been far more attractive, if she had a different smell.
She was clothed- in skins of animals, and wherever she would roam.
Many tiny little creatures would make her clothes their home.
Don’t lay this up against her, for she had never seen
Pears' Soap, nor insect powder, fine toothed ocmb or Camelline.
But no high bom lady in the land had a warmer heart than she;
And the waters of the Kobuk rippled onward to the Sea.
When the Kotaebue excitement brought a crowd of miners there.
There was one young man among them, with blue eyes and sorrel hair.
He was smitten with this maiden,, and he was often seen
Hanging round her little igloo (which was not so very clean.)
At home he was fastidious, 'twould be very hard to tell t
How he became accustomed to that peculiar smell.
He brought her flour and bacon, sugar, beans and tea;
And the waters of the Kobuk rippled onward to the Sea. S'
When the sun came back in summer, and the winter’s storms were spent.
The miners left the country, where they hadn’t found a cent.
Empty cabins—rude reminders of the days of ninety-nine.
Stand all along the. river ’mid the stumps of spruce and pine.
On the banks of Crooked river, sits a maiden all forlorn; ‘‘Kabloona kow
kow peluk,”
(All the white man’s grub is gone.)
A blue-eyed Mickaninnio she holds upon her knee;
And the waters of the Kobuk tippled onward to the Sea.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Gustaf Eklund and Ole .1. Talsnes
your heirs. and legal represenfa
You and each of you are hereby
notified tbaf the undersigned ban ex
pended the sum of one hundred dol
lars, during the year 1920 in labor
and improvements on and tor the
benefit of each of the following de
scribed claims towit: The Number
Six placer mining claim location no
tice whereof Is recorded in book 86
at page 350; and Number Seven
placer mining claim location notice .
whereof is recorded in book 86 at.
page 349. both situated on Big Hur
rah Creek, in the Cape Nome Re
cording District. Alaska. In the per
formance of the annual labor as pro
vided by section 2324 Revised Sta
tutes of the United States and Sup
plemental legislation in order to
hold said claims.
And you Gustaf Eklund are here
by required to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure on the I
Number Six claim as your interest]
may appear as co-owner in said i
claim to the undersigned within !
ninety days after the service on you I
of this notice by publication or your |
interest in said claim will become I
forfeited and vest in the undersigned j
as provided by said statute.
And you Ole .1. Talsnes are hereby
required to contribute your propor- I
tion of such expenditure on the
Number Seven claim as your interest j
claim to the undersigned within j
claim will become forfeited and vest j
in the undersigned as provided by
GUSTAF J. XASBY.
By ROBERT JACOBSON.
Publish—Jan, 21. 28. Feb. 4. 11. 18.
25. March 4. 11. 18. 25, April 1. 8,
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska. Second Division, j
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK OF ,
ALASKA, a corporation.
FRANK HALL.
Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
To FRANK HALL, defendant above ;
GREETING:
pear and answer the complaint of j
the plaintiff on file in the Office of j
the Clerk of the above entitled Court !
at Nome, Alaska, within thirty (30) ,
days from the date of the service of
this summons upon you. or Judg- j
ment for want thereof will be taken ;
against you.
Aiul you are hereby notified that if ;
you fail to answer the said com ,
plaint the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for the relief de- j
mancted in the complaint, to-wi:: j
For the sum of $1100.0u, with in
terest thereon at the rate of one per
cent per month from the 4th day
of October. 1920. together with the
sum of one hundred dollars attor
ney fees, and the costs and expenses
of this action.
The date of the order for the ser
j vice of this summons by publication
| is February 4th. 1922.
The date of the first publication
[is Fefiruary 4th. 1922: and the date
of the last publication is March 18th.
1922; and the date within whir n you
[are to appear and answer is thirty
days from the 18th day of March.
WITNESS the HONORABLE G. J.
LOMEN. Judge of the District
Court for the Territory of Al
aska. Second Division, and the
seal of said Court hereunto af
fixed at Nome, Alaska, this 4th
'day of February. A. D. 1922.
(SEAL) J. SUNDBACK.
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska. Second
Division.
By W. C. McGUIRE.
Deputy Clerk.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. W. Gallop. J \V. Morris, J. j
Ingal, Annie Hendrik. Edward
Tuft and Geo. Pendergast. your
heirs and legal representatives:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned as co
owner therein, has expended the sum
of one hundred dollars for each of
the years, 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916,
1920, 1921, and one and one-half
dollars for each of the years 1917,
1918 and 1919 in labor and improve
ments on and for the benefit of the
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION placer
mining claim situated on the Niuk
luk River about three-quarters of a
mile above the town of Council, in
the Council City Recording District.
[Alaska, (notice of location whereof
[ is recorded in Volume 23. of Loca
j lions, at page 17. of the records of
said district) in the performance of
the annual labo>- required by Section
2324 Rav'ised StUutes of the United
States, and supplemental legislation
in order to hold 4aid claim.
And you are severally required -to
contribute year proportion of sacli
expenditure, according to your sev
eral interests iu said claim to the un
dersigned eooweer with you therein
within ninety days after the service
of this notice en you by the publi
cation thereof, or your interest In
said claim will become forfeited and
vest In the undersigned as provided
by the eaii statute.
W. K. TAYLOR.
Co-owner
Publish—Feb. 18.25. March 4,11,18.
25.April 1.8,15.22.23, May G.13,1922
NOTICE, OP FORFMTt'IIB
To J. W. Gallop. Alice Savage, J. VV.
Morris, Annie Hendrik. J. Inga Is.
L. B. Adams, your heirs and legal
representatives
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned as co
owner therein has expended the Hum
of one hundred dollars for each of
the years 1912, 1913. 1914, 1915,
1916, 1920, 1921. and one and one
half dollars for each of the years
1917. 1918 and 1919, in labor and
Improvements on and for the bene
fit of the U. S. ASSOCIATION, placer
mining claim situated on the Xiuk
luk River, about oue-half mile above
the town of Council, In the Council
City Recording District, Alaska.
(Notice of location whereof is re
corded in Volume 24 of Locations,
at page 297 of the records of said
district), in the performance of the
annua] labor required bv Section
2324 Revised Statute:, of the United
Slates, and supplemental legislation
in order to hold said claim.
And you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure, according to your sev
eral interest* in said claim to the un
dersigned coowner with you therein
within ninety days after the service
of this notice on you by the publi
cation thereof, or your interest in
said claim will become forfeited and
vest in the undersigned as provided
by the said statute.
\V. K. TAYLOR.
Publish—Feb. IS.25. March 4.11.IS.
25.April I S.15,22.29. May 6,13.1922
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Olaf Lind bloom and Miss — --
Lind bloom and your heirs and legal
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned aa co
owner therein, has expended the sum
of one hundred dollars each year,
during the years 1906. 1907, 1908,
1909, 1910, 1911 1912, 1913. 191 4.
1915. 1916. 1920. 1921. in labor and
improvements on and for the bene
fit of the LUCKY THREE ASSO
CIATION placer mining claim, on
Dahl Creek, a tributary of Kobuk
River, in the Xoatak-Kobuk Record
ing District. Kiana, Alaska, notice of
location whereof is recorded and is
more fully described in the records
of said recording district,, in the per
forming annual labor required by
Sec. 2324 Revised Statutes of the
United States and supplemental leg
islation. in order to hold said claim.
And you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure, according to your sev
eral interests in said claim to the un
dersigned coowner with you therein
within ninety days after the service
of this notice on you by the publi
cation thereof, or your interest in
said claim will become forfeited and
vest in the undersigned as provided
bv ihe said statute.
MICHAEL TUOHY.
Publish—Dec. 31, 1921, and Jan. 7.
14, 21. 2S. Frb. 4. 11. IS. 25, and
March 4, 11, 18, 25, 1922.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Martin Moran and Ace Wilcox.
your heirs and legal representa
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned as co
owner therein, has expended the sum
of one hundred dollars each year,
in labor and improvements on and
for the benefit of the PIONEER AS
SOCIATION placer mining claim on
Dahl Creek: and the POPLAR AS
SOCIATION placer mining claim
which joins the Pioneer on the East;
and the PTARMIGAN ASSOCIA
TION Bench claim which joins the
POPLAR on the North, in the Noa
tak-Kobuk Recording District. Ki
ana, Alaska, notice of location where
of is recorded in th«' records of said
recording district, in the perform
ance of the annual labor required
by section 2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States and supplemental
legislation, in order to hold sai-1
To Martin Moran for the years
1912. 191’3, 1914, 1915, 1916. 1920
To Ace Wilcox for the years 1915,
1916. 1920 and 1921.
And you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure, according to your sev
eral interests in said claims to un
dersigned coowner with you therein
within ninety days after the service
of this notice on you by the publi
cation thereof, or your interest in
said claims will become forfeited and
vest in the undersigned as provided
by the said stalute.
MICHAEL TUOHY. 1
Co-owner.
Publish—Dec. 31, 1921. and Jan. 7.*
14. 21. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25. and
March 4, 11, 18, 25. 1922.