Tdeyapi Hevs
MAKING NO PLEDGE
ON POST OFFICES
WuHhingtoi). Feb. t!i—It in denied
at the White House that I lie pre
sident promised Delegate Oale at
their inteview on tho matter of Alas
ka poHtmastership that he would
.ixuin send in the nomination of J.
L>. Jefferson to be postmaster at Val
de*. AH the president promised to
do was to withdraw the name of Mil
ler and order an investigation into
the merit* of the candidates and
loeiU opinion regarding the issue.
Auto Uacera Pass Detroit
l)«*tr«»it, Feb. 18—The sixth car in the
world's automobile race arrived here
t«arly this morning and the entire six
are now proceeding westward. No
•.crious mishaps have been suffered so
far nnd all the automohilist* are well,
rhey expoet to reach Chicago to
morrow and will go from there to
Omaha.
American Iyends Into Ohio
Cleveland, Feb. 19—The American
automobile in tin* world's race en
tered Ohio leading. The Italian and
()« rinan ear* were next, and the other
three unreport«h1.
House Yellts For Cannon
Washington, Feb. lit—Thirty-four
years ago yesterday Speaker • annon
made bin first s|>ecch in the house.
In noting thin fact lioutell of Chicago
urged the nomination of the speaker
for the presidency by the republicans
this year. The suggestion was greet
ed with wild cheers «'ii both sides of
the house.
Cnucuh Declares For llnghes
Sow York. Fob. in— A caucus "t
republican leaders in tlii* eity today
decided to issue ,-i general demand for
Mtpport for (io\ . Hughe- for the pie
«idential nomination.
Alaska PoHtmaater.s Niuned
Washington, Feb. 10- Pearl Watt
was api>ointe(l postmaster ni < 'andle
Citv, Alaska, and Hiram Met oy at
f'handlar, today.
Santa Clara Coining.
•Steamer Santa Clara i« schod»de«|
to leave Seattle, I t binary 21.
For Currency Reform
Washington. Feb. 10 — It i;< aomil
ted that planks demanding cur
rency reform will probably be ineor
l»orated in the platforms of both great
parties this year. The leaders in con
gress are holding frequent confer
ences on the issues to be pressed to
the front in congress jmd the cam
paign.
Stone Attacks Aldrieh liill
Washington, Feb. 19—Senator Stone
«it Missouri attacked the Aldrich cur
rency hill in the senate yosterday
afternoon. He argued that it gave
loo much power to the national banks
and alllrmcd that treasury notes urn
preferable for emergency issues.
White Pass to Oct Busy
Hka^way. Feb. 19—The report t»
eently sent out that the White Pass
road will build ore hunkers ol 6,000
tons capacity in thin city and extend
the railroad from Whitehorse to the
copper mines, is tnlly confirmed.
Work on the bunkers will begin A»»rll
16 and on the railroad spur as soon an
the front in out of t>»•» ground.
No Action on Confirmation
Washington, Feb. 19—The senate
Judiciary committee met last night
hut no mention was made of the
nominations of Siian U. Held to he
judge of the Third division or of
(loorge (Irlgrtby to he district attor
ney lor the Second. These nomina
tions are apparently held up with
others until the senate and the presi
dent get together on appointments.
It is said that the president will
stand by his nominations.
Weekly Mall For Ilowkan
Washington, Feb. 19— Mall between
Wrangel and Ilowkan, Alaska, will
be carried weekly after March I.
SNOWSLIDE FILLS
CANYON WITH WATER
A Miiowsllde early this morning
piled up water in Keystone canyon lo
;* depth variously reported to tie from
si* to ten feet. The On* stnge could
not get through hut passengers and
moil were sent around on double*
*nders. The Ice is solid and when
Um water runs out the trail will be •
aJl right unless the thaw continues.
COURT AT FAIRBANKS
TO BEGIN MARCH 23
Judge Reld has ordered s tt»rm of
th« district court to open at Fair
banks March 33. (irand and petit
Juries are to he summoned to appear
March 30.
1 will remain in my otfW Thursday
st sr.lnps from 7 to 9.
C T. Daooitt, Dentist.
Naxt to feftttU Uot«l. ,
QUIET REIGNS
IN FAIRBANKS
I Continued from page I»
nianb to go to work on the crocks y«»t.
Nineteen more Russians and seven
teen men of other nationalities are
now within forty miles of Fairbanks
coming this way and are expected to
arrive tomorrow sometime. An es
cort of special deputies will be sent
out, to meet them a short distance
from the city and escort them in to
avoid a conflict with the strikers.
Marshal Perry was inclined to al
low the saloons to opou this morning,
but a majority of the volunteer dep
uties urged him not to do so, and the
saloons will be kept closed for a day
or two longer.
The marshal has twenty-live depu
ties under pay and l>">0 volunteer dep
uties serving without,J pay. The vol
unteers are formed Into companies of
ten, properly ofllccred, and with hjx?
clfie directions as to responding to
alarm calls. All guns and ammuni
tion are stored in the marshal's vault.
The marshal and the assistant dis
trict attorney feel that the situation
is well under control and that the
present status can be maintained un
til the troops arrive from Fort Gib
bon. Meanwhile the mining Industry
is paralyzed and little work can be
done until peace is restored or en
forced by some means.
SALMON PACKERS
DOI>GE ALL TAXES
(Continued from page l>
salmon. The amount their taxes
for the pant year, according to their
sworn statement of their output, was
&I2,272.112. this amount certificates
were turned into the clerk ol this
court tor the entire amount with the
exception of 32 cent*.
Tin tacts >ta.Tv<! plainly an* that
last year the Alaska Packer' Associa
tion alone. took sui.000 cases of
salmon lrom the waters of the lhird
judicial division. i'hat. they paid in
to the clerk's office the sum of 32
cents in currency, and certificates to
th. emount ol $32,272. for an alleged
amount of fry liberated, ol which
no adequate prool has been made,
that an\ court would admit as sutll
cicnt evidence of the tact.
The clerk <»( the court has no auth
ority or opportunity to investigate
these stat emci.ts as to the liberation
of salmon fry and no check on the
production of these private hatcheries
is provided for. Thus the Alaska
fund that was formerly received from
the canneries for the maintenance of
schools, care of the insane and the
construction and maintenance of
roads for the benefit of the people of
Alaska, is reduced by thousands of
dollars, to-wit', over j>30,000 for the
year 1907 and about *-10.000 for the
previous year.
The governor ol the territory is at
the head of the public school system
and there Is no wa\ he can bo ad
vised to the amount of lunds to bo
expected as available at any time, as
the clerk cannot, estimate the Income
at all until affidavits ot the cannery
men stand unquestioned, as no appeal
is provided for.
Your grand Jury therefore urgently
requests that the attention of con
gress be called to this matter and
that our delegate in congress be re
quested to work for the repeal as soon
as possible of this law, so that the
funds heretofore received from the
tax on salmon may again be availa
ble for schools, care ol the insane
and maintenance of roads In the ter
ritory.
We further recommend that fish
hatcheries be established in Alaska
and maintained and supported by the
government.
TAKE IN BIG OUTFIT
FOR MOTHER LODE
Tin* outfit of the Mother Lode Cop
];or Mines Company l«»ft Tuesday
for the Interior. This is tho corp°ra
tion formed in Seattle recently, fti d
which purchased the properties of
lloglund, Htnith, Hull and others &<!■
Joining the fomoun Bonanza group.
Twelve men will he employod this
Hummer on ,the proporty under tho
direction of Clarence Warner, who is
expected to arrive hero on the Harr.»
toga.
GASOLINE FOR AUTOS
REACHES GULKANA
The big consignment of gasoline
sent ahead for the automobile racers
roached Onlkana yesterday. A mes
sage to the Valdea Hank & Mercantile
Company, which in whipping the gn«o
line, so states.
Heavy Bnow At Seward
Arrivals from the interior report
tho soft weather as extending oloar
l'i rough to Fairbanks, but the trail ia
stilt In fine condition except a atrotoh
hetwoen Tolfchell and Heaver Dam.
James Pattoraon mot a serious ac«
eidonfc at his blacksmith shop Tuea- ,
day, tho handle of a large punching
machine striking him on tho foroarm,
breaking that wauobat.
TRPMOR BREAKS
ALASKA CABLES1
I Continued from page 1)
far north as Saina, just beyond tho i
summit on tho Fairbanks trail.
When the shook struck Valdez the •
sleeping awoke and tho rounders took i
oxcitod notice. Buildings swayed
violoutly for several seconds and
portables in many houses were
thrown down. Several stores next
i morning had fragment* of morchan
i disc strewn on the floors. No damage
I was done to fixtures.
The Northwostorn was just up to
i tho dock when tho tremor camu and
she was vlolenty rooked. Some pas
sengers thought tho utoamor had
struck the dock but othors recognized
tho movement as caused by an earth
quake.
Tho movement of the earthquake
seemed to ho from north to south.
1 Two slight tremors followed the first
1 at intervals of several minuted.
The tremor was accompanied by a ;
heavy rumbling which many persons j
insist was a loud roaring, like a high j
wind.
Steamer Klsio arrived in Valdez
Sunday afternoon from Cordova
and way ports with the information
that uo damage was dono anywhere
along the east shore although the
tremor shook things up about as It
did In Valedz.
Tests by the local cable ofllco show
that, the Seward cablo was broken
la two and that tho wires of the Sitka
cablo were, broken although tho In
sulation remained intact. Currents
sent down by a more powerful battery
than tho ordinary burned the insula- i
tion in two. Doth breaks are believed j
to bo close to KUamar.
Tho big earthquake shoo k jarred |
Seward as hard it did Valdoz. It j
was sharp at l.atoucho also. Seward
had another shock Sunday evening
almost as heavy as tho first one.
VALDE7. TO HAVE
ORE CONCENTRATOR
i Continued Iroin pa^e l i
but failed to give satisfactory
Individual concentrating plants while
I giving excellent results, were os
pensive to install, u seventy-live
ton plant costing about *60,000
which makes them prohibitive to the
small producer. Aftor a consultation
; with several men interested In
the Prince William sound mines it
i was determined to construct a pluiit
| capable of handling the output of all
1 the mines in this section, and to this •
I end tho land and power for opera
I ting the plant have already boon
!secured.
I ,
From the tent* inado it is estimated i
1 that 76 per cent of all oros mined in
! Prince William sound are couceutrat
; ing ores, and thosaving to be effected ,
by concentrating before shipment U j
not only in the stoamer trclght, but
{in the smelting charges tin well, as j
' the silica in almost entirely eliini-!
: natod. The gold and silver values, ,
for which under the present system j
there is in most cases no returns, will \
i Im« saved to the shippor, and tho csti
I mated cost, of collecting the ore a
■ from the various mines, and concen
j trating tlioni is very modorato.
To Furnish Boats
I 1
It in the plan of tho company to
1 put on a fleet of ocoftn tugs oupuMo
of weathering any storm liable to i
arise on the nonnd, for tho purpose of j
towing barges e#pociall eonslructed i
for carrying ore. By this method
1 ore# can Ixi taken from float# near
the mine#, in places often Inaccessible
to steamers, doing away with the ne
cessity for expensive wharves, and
offering the small operator# an inoen
| tJvo to develop their properties.
It Is eathnated that by shipping j
j full cargoes from a central point the j
i present freight rate can be cut in
I half, and with the iron uhlt# In ox
[ cess In the concentrates, the (
premiums will cut the smelting rate ,
down to the minimum of $1 per ton. j
! Another feature of the projoct \
which promises not only a Having to <
the operator but added facilities to ,
mining operations will be tho fleet <
of boat# regularly operated calling at 1
very part, of the sound, which can
dollver supplies cheaply and at the I
convenience of the operator, and J
without tho dolay which Is such an ^
Item of cost to operators far removed (
from the few ports visited by the j
steamships.
A competent corps of chomUts will ,
assay each cargo of ore when re- ,
celvcd at tho concentrating plant,
and another assay will be made of
the concentrates, thus compelling
fnlr and )u»t. treatment at the smelt* '
or, and It Is expected that one-half {
tho saving effected by t his plant will 1
pay the mine owner a handsome '
profit.
The plans for the installation of the j'
plant have progressed so far that It
ia now ox pec tod work will commence
on it some time In May, and it ia ]
hoped to have it in operation bafora (
tho end of the summer. 1
i<
Dr. J. II. Burton return ad on tba;(
Northwestern from. Ha ward. (
—""Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in
General Merchandise
and Carry the LARGEST STOCK In
Southern Alaska
Having been established since 1900 our experience
gathered in eight years has enabled us to guage the
requirements of this country accurately and our stock
is selected with this end in view* The Miner
and Prospector will find in our store everything
he may require for his needs. We carry:
Groceries
Provisions
Hardware
Stoves and
Ranges
Drill Steel
Dynamite
Fuse, Caps
Gasoline
Hay & Oats
Men's
Clothing
Hats and
Shoes
Underwear'
Blankets &
Comfortables
(uul u jfrcat variety of nil claSHea of
morchnndlfto loo Humorous to mention.
Ygeneraf Banking "SSkfxglS*
Buy and Bell Exchange and Gold Dust
Wto AJ^LEVY«CO: m
MARINE MOVEMENTS
Hortha; hwIWm! from Seattle 10th.
Saratoga: mailed from Seattle lGth.
Santa Clara; sail* from Soattle 21th.
Jennie; nalUnl for Seattlo 6th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 12th.
Farallon; walled for Seattlo 13th.
Northwostorn; sallod for Seattle
HHh.
WITNESSES THINKING
HARD ABOUT FEES
The wltneesos In tlie Hasey cudO
we trying to find out how rnuoh pay
they are drawing while waiting for a
»toamer to take them to Juneau und
how much they will draw "en tour."
The district attorney's ortlce can give
Lhein no Information because the
matter I* simply ono of statutory con
jtruotlon and a Philadelphia lawyer
jon't toll In advance how the bureau*
jrat* in the department of Justice will
■ule In any case.
The stipulation ontered Into by
counsel for both Hides when the o«Be
vas transferred to tho First division
>rovldes that witnesses shall salt* on
he first steamer for Juneau after tho
;ase might be set for trial there, and
fudge Reld's order discharging the
v^tnosses from furthor attendance In
tie court wan to tho same effect.
Several Shocking Incident**
Soveral slight earthquake shocks
iave boon noticed In Valdea slncotbe
>lg oue Friday morning. Ono late
Saturday evening gave tho town a
erk that overybody noticed. Others
vero very slight and escaped olmor-1
nation by many persons.
L. Straus, a heavy stockholder and
»ff1clal of the Alsska Commercial
'oinpatty of San Franolnoo, la a west
vard passenger on the Northwestern,
to will go to the peninsula on the
lora to Inspect tho company'* stores
md trading stailons then*.
Ooorge Davison arrive* en the
Northwestern and Will leave soon for
he Kotslna country*to do develop
nent Work on the ooppev properties
>f the DUlman Oormpaay. He has
welve men and nln« horses, and wjll
aka In a large outAt.
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♦ I
Alaska Coast Co.
mtttmtttThe Inside Route Between;mmmu
Southwestern Alaska and Puget Sound.
Operating Steamers Portland, Bertha and Jeanie
NoxtHttiUiiK for Seattle, Tacotyiu uud all Intermediate Port*
...STEAMER BERTHA...
II. K. ALEXANDER, A. 8. DAUTRICK,
UENERAL MANAGER, TaOoMA GENERAL AOENT, Vai.DKC
Alaska Steamship Co.
All Alaska Routes
OPEHATINO
ON
SEATTLE-SEWARD-VALDEZ ROUTE
4O0TH WE8TERN aI./V^KA KOUTK-Htemnori Sail fiom I'lur No. 1
FOR CORDOVA, VAIDKZ, LATOl'ClIE AND 8F.WARD
Steamships NORTHWESTERN, SARATOGA, SANTA CLARA
Through ticket* Imuod to Fairbanks, via vk|Je*, and Ed. 8. Orr <* Co.'a Stage Lluo.
Hat'* from Reward tixe 16th of each mouth for Heldovla, Kodlak
I'yak, Cold Ha/, I'ngA, Chlgulk, Dutch lfarbor and Uuala^ko.
S. S. DORA
SEATTLE-JUNEAU-9KAGWAY ROUTE
XOMtitAStcrn Ala»V» Rout#--FOR KETCHIKAN, WRASOELL. DOUOl/Art
IIAJNKH AND MKAOWAY
Alaska Flyers JEFFERSON end DOLPHIN
KOR KETCHIKAN, W RANG ELI/, METI.AK AlITLA, HADLEY, DOUUI.A8,
S. S. FARALLON and DIRI00
All M<§trter« connect with the Whlt»» Fm« and Yukon Route. Through tlckot* to
I>n\vM>n in connection with Mof$e lino from Wfolt* Horw. Right to change stoamor* or
sailing daw la re»erv*d.
LJh SSS9S Vaidc-z Dock Co. Agents
«KATTf«F., WAMt. VALOEZ, ALASKA
OFFICERS
H. A. IlKMpfje, Prefl.
.11 P. Frrovsou,
VIco-Tith.
Arthur I,a no,
Caahlnr
rnoMAH Scott,
Awt. Ondhlnr.
niRKOTORH
E. V. Gray,
J. K. (Jh<mjkro
John Lyoh*,
R. P. Fbrou&ok,
8. I. IIrmplr,
Arthur Lawo
8. A. Hrmplk
i—— .
WORTH DOING WELL
Tho old nnylntf, "What'a worth do
ing Ih worth doing well," In exempli
fied in tho Hvoh or many of onr truly
MlCoeMful men. If you havo not been
navlng money in tho pa«t, make tho
ntart to-day~opon an aooount with
the Valdez Hank A Mercantile Oo.
make a regular addition to your fund,
•nd yon will exporlonoo that which
I* well worth your effort and economy.
Paid up Capital (75,000
Resource* In Alaska over 1200,000
i Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
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